Bacon wrapped dates are the best way to unite bacon with fruit! The natural sweetness of the dates goes so well together with the saltiness of the bacon.
My first experience with dates was as an adult. Someone brought them to work one day to share with her co-workers.
At first, I thought they looked kind of funny. Then I started to bite into it and I thought the texture was kind of funny. <—Yes, I was picky.
I pointed both out to my co-worker who told me to try it anyway. So I did, I eased into it a bit, and it was FANTASTIC! She gave me a couple of more for later.
Now here I am a few years later, publishing recipes left and right (the pickiness is mostly gone!), and I needed to bring dates into the picture! So since we focus on easy recipes here, this is the easiest recipe ever using dates!
The taste of bacon-wrapped dates is somewhat similar to honeyed ham. Sweet, salty, rich, chewy, all the good things! So if you like that, you will like this!
Ingredient Notes:
Dates– Dates are in season during the fall in the United States. This is the best time to get fresh dates. Outside of that, dates are still delicious. When picking out dates, it is good for them to be wrinkled and plump, but you want them to be a little soft as well. We need them pitted for this recipe, so try and purchase them that way if possible.
Helpful Tip!
If you need to pit the dates yourself check out this great tutorial for pitting the dates!
Comments & Reviews
Gina Cooper says
what makes these even better is putting goat cheese with these…you put it inside the date..we had these when we lived in washington state…holy cow these are flipping good with the goat cheese..;0)
Karly says
Sounds delicious!