Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Bread is a quick & easy appetizer that has all of the flavors of Jalapeno Poppers. These are a wonderful time-saving alternative, and taste every bit as delicious as real jalapeno poppers! Perfect for game night or tailgating.
Money & Time Savers
I almost always have the bread for this recipe in the freezer. I’ll buy a bunch of loaves of bread off the clearance cart at the grocery store whenever I see them. I often get Baguettes, French Bread, Italian Bread and sandwich rolls for half-price. When I get them home, I’ll slip each bag into another bread bag, using an extra bread tie to close, then pop them in the freezer. They seem to stay fresher that way.
When we fry bacon, we usually fry the whole package up, so we have it for a breakfast or two, and maybe a BLT. But when we don’t finish it off quick enough, I’ll put the leftover bacon in a freezer bag. I happened to have a bag in the freezer with 3 or 4 slices, so I crumbled those up for this recipe.
I had fresh jalapenos from the garden, but I used my fermented peppers. I drained them on a paper towel and cut the larger slices in half before using.
Cheesy Jalapeno Popper Bread
- 1 loaf Baguette (or French bread)
- 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
- 1 – 2 cups shredded cheddar (Monterrey Jack & Colby blend or Mozzarella)
- 2 – 4 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
- several jalapenos, sliced, raw or out of a jar
- Print recipe
- Preheat your oven to 350° F.
- Cut the bread loaf in half length-wise, place on a baking sheet.
- Spread softened cream cheese over the cut side of the bread halves.
- Lay slices of jalapenos on top of cream cheese.
- Sprinkle crumbled bacon across top of jalapeno layer.
- With a fork, press the peppers and bacon down into the cream cheese.
- Sprinkle shredded cheese over the crumbled bacon.
- Add a few jalapeno slices to the top.
- Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes.
Cut in diagonal slices and serve immediately.
Just look at that ooey-gooey cheesy topping!
Store leftovers in a lidded plastic container n the fridge. To re-heat, set bread pieces on a damp paper towel in the micro-wave, then heat for about 30 seconds. It’s just as tasty the next day for lunch.
Haphazard Homemaker 
Looks delicious! Perfect for football-watching season:)
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They were delicious!
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This looks absolutely delicious ❤ Jaalpenos are definitely very welcome in our kitchen 🙂 Thank you for inspiration!!!
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My pleasure to share!
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Those look scrumptious. Have you tried other kinds of peppers with it? I love spicy hot foods, but for some reason, jalapenos aren’t my thing. Or maybe I should go ahead and give this a chance and try it with the jalapenos anyway. 🙂
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I haven’t tried other peppers, but I can’t think of any reason why it wouldn’t be just as delicious!
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Robin I must have this and a bowl of soup immediately. Thank you for sharing!
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Sounds good to me! Enjoy!
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This looks amazing I had no idea you could freeze bread like that I am totally stealing that idea
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The bread is usually on the “sell by date” when it’s put on the clearance rack, so it’s still good bread. Double wrapping helps a lot. I save bread bags just for this purpose. 🙂
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Gosh, those look delicious Robin…do you deliver???
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If I was in your neighborhood, I would! 🙂
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Sounds really good! Too hot for me but the boys would love it!
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It definitely had a bite. Make yours without peppers. 🙂
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That sounds like a much better plan for me!
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🙂
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Yumlicious! 👍
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Oh, yes! It definitely is! 🙂
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