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Bacon Blue Cheese Wonton Cups - The flavors of blue cheese and bacon come together perfectly in this appetizer sure to please at all of your holiday parties.
The holiday season is officially in full swing. That means parties. That means food. That means party food!
I LOVE party food. Party food = appetizers. Appetizers = awesome.
I do a ton of entertaining during the holiday season. Not only do I host Thanksgiving, Christmas breakfast, most years the family Christmas party but we also have all 5 of our birthdays sprinkled in from November to Jan! Yes, I am a busy girl around the holidays. You can imagine I have a hard time mixing it up from party to party, but I manage.
Last year at Nora's birthday party, I played around with wonton cup appetizers. They were a huge hit! I had filled them with Sausage and cheese and they were all kinds of delicious. This year, however, I can't serve up the same thing. I like to wow my guests with something new every time they're here. I did think the wonton idea was fun enough and easy enough, which is a must for me.
Since I've kind of been on a bacon and blue cheese kick lately, I definitely wanted to work those ingredients into the mix. The people from Litehouse were kind enough to send me a few ingredients and they all worked perfectly together.
I'll admit, I was a bit skeptical about the herbs. I've never worked with freeze-dried herbs before. But I'll tell you, I was kind of amazed at how the red onions just bounced back to life as though I had just chopped them. Since trying the Red Onion, I have actually purchase 3 other varieties and I've been equally impressed with those as well.
So, for wonton cups, you just place the wonton wrapper in a mini cupcake tin and bake it for like 8 minutes. Then you place your filling inside and pop it back in the oven for about 10 minutes or so and you get these perfect one bite appetizers! I particularly like the ease of eating something like this. My guests can grab one and walk around. No messes being dropped or dripped on my floor.
For my filling I combined bacon, Opa Greek Yogurt Blue Cheese Dressing by Litehouse, Simply Artisan Reserve Blue Cheese Crumbles by Litehouse, Red Onion by Litehouse and cream cheese.
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Printable Recipe Card
Bacon Blue Cheese Wonton Cups
Ingredients
- 8 Slices Bacon Cooked
- 20 Wonton Wrappers
- 8 oz Cream Cheese softened
- 5 oz Blue Cheese Dressing Opa Greek Yogurt by Litehouse
- 1 T Chopped Red Onion Litehouse
- ¼ C Blue Cheese Crumbles Litehouse Simply Artisan Reserve
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Spray a mini muffin/cupcake pan with non stick spray. Press wonton wrappers into mini muffin/cupcake pan. Bake at 350 for 5-8 minutes, until just beginning to brown.
- Crumble 5 slices of the bacon, reserving the other 3 for garnish.
- Place cream cheese and blue cheese dressing a bowl. Stir or beat to combine well. Stir in red onion and crumbled bacon.
- Fill each baked wonton cup with filling.
- Return to oven and bake an additional 5-7 minutes until browned and warmed through.
- Sprinkle blue cheese crumbles on top and garnish with pieces of the reserved bacon.
- Serve warm.
Melissa R says
I love cheese-stuffed, bacon-wrapped dates!
foodyschmoody says
Oh those sound yummy. I've never had them but if there is bacon and cheese involved I'm sure I'd be a fan!
Tara says
These look like awesome little appetizers, love them!!
Nicole Neverman says
Loving the look of these wonton cups! What a great idea for holiday entertaining 🙂
Patty Haxton Anderson says
I love the combination of bacon and bleu cheese - these are perfect for holiday apps!
Angela says
Genius!! What an easy and elegant appetizer. These would be great for our holiday party with friends!
kristi@ishouldbemoppingthefloor says
My favorite holiday appetizer is cheese with a raspberry chipotle sauce on crackers...easy by yum! These wonton cups look amazing!
foodyschmoody says
Oh that sounds good. I'm a huge fan of brie cheese on holidays w/ some sort of fruit or jam. That raspberry chipotle sounds different!
Nicole Brady says
This looks delicious. I only recently developed a taste for Blue Cheese and now I want it on everything! My favorite holiday savory recipe is a miniature pizza that my mom used to always make. My favorite sweet recipe would have to be... everything. LOL. Actually, I love the Turtle Bars and English Toffee my moms makes each year most.
foodyschmoody says
Mmmmm, turtle bars sound like just what I could go for right now!
Healing Tomato says
I love the idea of using blue cheese in wonton cups. This is a new concept for me and I must try it.
linda spiker says
I love using those little wonton cups! Yum! And entered!
foodyschmoody says
Good luck!
Michelle @ The Complete Savorist says
Anything with cheese is my favorite appetizer. ANYTHING.
Ashley says
I love cheese and veggie trays
Linda (Meal Planning Maven) says
What a fun party nibble!
The Food Hunter says
everything tastes better with blue cheese!
reesa says
What a delicious combo!!!!
Rebecca B. says
My blue cheese bacon dip is always a favorite!!
Debi @ Life Currents says
I saw these on Facebook the other day, thank goodness I found them again, because they look fabulous! I can't wait to try them.
foodyschmoody says
<3 thanks Debi
Joan Kubes says
I like spinach artichoke dip with flax crackers.
foodyschmoody says
I love spinach dip!
Lucy says
I love wonton cups but my favorite appetizers is basically anything with bacon!!
Jillian @ Food, Folks and Fun says
Oh my goodness, these look amazing!
Debra says
These look so amazing! I love wonton cups!
Sandra Shaffer says
The won ton wrappers make the best little holders! Great appetizer for a party!
Joy @ Joy Love Food says
I love party foods too, these are so cute and sound delicious, can't go wrong with bacon and blue cheese!
Danita says
These do look good and easy! My favorite appetizer it probably sausage balls
Sharon @Nut Free Wok says
What a fun recipe! I am a fan of Litehouse foods too