Bacon Cream Cheese Stuffed Tomatoes
With a cream cheese filling that's loaded with fresh herbs and real bacon, these cherry tomato appetizers are literal BLT flavor bombs you and your guests will love
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Servings: 30 cherry tomatoes
Calories: 34kcal
Ingredients
- 24-30 cherry tomatoes, washed & dried
- 6 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 2 tablespoons finely grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons real mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped chives
- 8-10 medium basil leaves finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- salt & pepper to taste
- 4 tablespoons real bacon pieces
Instructions
- Use a sharp knife to cut off the bottom of each tomato (NOT the stem end). Cut off about ¼ of the tomato. Cutting off the bottom end instead of the stem end will make sure your tomatoes stand up and not roll around.
- Use a tomato corer, small melon baller or a ¼ teaspoon to remove the core of the tomato and hollow out the inside of each tomato. Rinse out the tomatoes after coring and turn upside down on a paper towel to drain.
- In a small bowl, add cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, mayo, chives, basil, garlic, salt and pepper. Use a mixer or fork to mix well. Fold in the bacon pieces.
- Load cream cheese mixture into a piping bag or zip top bag (cut the corner tip off the zip top bag). Pipe filling into each tomato.
- Garnish with more chopped chives and bacon. Serve immediately or chill and serve later.
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Notes
- Room temperature filling is the easiest to pipe into or fill the tomatoes with.
- Keep a paper towel handy to wipe away any stray filling that gets on your fingers, on the tomatoes and to clean up the edges when needed.
- Choose the largest cherry tomatoes you can find. They are the easiest to core and stuff.
- Use REAL bacon pieces (even if they're packaged) not imitation bacon bits.
- Also real mayonnaise and real cream cheese- not low fat- works best.
- The same goes for the Parmesan cheese. Finely grated REAL cheese delivers the best results.
- Don't skip rinsing out the inside of the tomatoes and turning them upside down on a paper towel before filling them.
- Don't rush. This is not a hard recipe, but you do have to just settle in and handle all those tiny tomatoes. It's completely worth it!
Nutrition
Calories: 34kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Sodium: 59mg | Sugar: 1g