# Stuffed Pull Apart Jalapeno Poppers

A delicious and easy-to-make stuffed pull apart jalapeno popper recipe perfect for game day.

- Total time: 35 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Appetizer
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- bacon
- 5 jalapenos
- 2 pounds cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 0.5 tablespoon salt
- mozzarella
- 3 balls pizza dough
- olive oil
- sesame seeds
- shredded cheddar

## Instructions

1. Cook the bacon on a tray.
2. Broil the five jalapenos.
3. Place the broiled jalapenos into a bowl and cover with aluminum for 10 minutes.
4. Add 2 pounds of cream cheese to a bowl.
5. Add a heaping tablespoon of smoked paprika.
6. Add half a tablespoon of salt.
7. Rub off the black skin from the jalapenos with your hands.
8. Finely chop the jalapenos with the seeds.
9. Add the chopped jalapenos into the bowl with the cream cheese, saving a little bit for later.
10. Finely chop the cooked bacon.
11. Add the chopped bacon into the bowl with the cream cheese mixture, saving a little bit for later.
12. Grate some mozzarella into the bowl.
13. Mix everything in the bowl with your hands.
14. Grab three balls of pizza dough.
15. Stretch out a piece of pizza dough.
16. Put a tablespoon of the filling into the stretched dough.
17. Fold and seal the dough to form a ball.
18. Place the sealed dough balls on a baking sheet with the bacon grease.
19. Put the baking sheet in the oven at 425 degrees for 15 minutes.
20. Brush the baked balls with olive oil.
21. Sprinkle sesame seeds over the balls.
22. Add a bunch of shredded cheddar cheese.
23. Top with the saved bacon and jalapeno.
24. Put it back in the oven for 10 minutes.

## Equipment

- tray
- bowl
- aluminum
- grater
- baking sheet
- brush

## Tips

- If you make your balls super big, they might have to go in the oven for an extra 10 minutes, but you can just take them out and look whatever the fuck.
- If you don't make these for the Super Bowl, you're a fucking idiot.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89rtvEt/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/dfe6b54e-94d3-41bf-b6d9-3b713f996a56
- Extracted: 2026-02-07

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