Bacon-Wrapped Cherries

This recipe for bacon-wrapped cherries makes one of my favorite appetizers. I say it serves 18 people, but if no one stops me, I will eat the whole batch myself and start making more.


Meat and Poultry · Pork · Bacon · Appetizers


Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Servings: 18
Total Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

Ingredients List

  • 36 maraschino cherries, stemmed, drained and juice reserved

  • 18 slices bacon slices, halved

  • 36 toothpicks


Directions

  1. Set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.

  2. Wrap each cherry with a bacon half, secure with a toothpick, and arrange on a baking sheet. Drizzle reserved cherry juice over wrapped cherries.

  3. Broil in the preheated oven until bacon is crisped to your liking, 3 to 10 minutes.

Tips

Cooking time may be increased if you want the bacon crisp, but I think that the bacon is better soft.

Although I have never tried it, I imagine that this recipe would also be good on a grill with a grate small enough that the cherries don't fall through.


Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Nutrition Facts
65 Calories
4g Fat
4g Carbs
3g Protein


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