# Whipped Goat Cheese with Candied Bacon and Dates

Whipped Goat Cheese with Candied Bacon and Dates is a sweet, spicy, herby, creamy, crunchy, and a culinary experience, making it the perfect appetizer over the holidays.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Appetizer
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- bacon
- diced dates
- chopped rosemary
- brown sugar
- cayenne pepper
- honey
- kosher salt
- cold cream cheese
- cold goat cheese
- olive oil

## Instructions

1. Cook off bacon until it's 90% done.
2. Get rid of the fat from the pan.
3. Add diced dates to the pan.
4. Add chopped rosemary to the pan.
5. Add the cooked bacon to the pan.
6. Add brown sugar to the pan.
7. Add cayenne pepper to the pan.
8. Add a drizzle of honey to the pan.
9. Cook that for about 5 minutes so the bacon gets fully crisp, the dates soften and everything gets a candy coating.
10. Set it aside to make the honey drizzle.
11. Drizzle honey into a measuring cup.
12. Add kosher salt to the measuring cup.
13. Add cayenne pepper to the measuring cup.
14. Add more chopped fresh rosemary to the measuring cup and stir.
15. Set aside the honey drizzle.
16. Add cold cream cheese to a food processor.
17. Add cold goat cheese to a food processor.
18. Add kosher salt to a food processor.
19. Add olive oil to a food processor.
20. Add honey to a food processor.
21. Process until creamy.
22. Spread the mixture evenly in a dish.
23. Top with half of the honey drizzle.
24. Top with all of the bacon and dates mixture.
25. Top with the rest of the honey drizzle.

## Equipment

- pan
- food processor
- dish

## Tips

- This is one of the best appetizers, so make it!

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSNiO4qgIqg/?igsh=MWNhdGJyazBxemptMg==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/184ab2ce-6632-4522-a615-24e5a378df15
- Extracted: 2025-12-27

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