Jalapeno Cream Cheese Cocktail Meatballs Recipes

JALAPENO POPPER MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly spray a 9x13 pan or four sided baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a medium-size mixing bowl, combine ground beef, onion, jalapenos, bread crumbs, cheddar cheese, milk, Worcestershire sauce, basil, and salt. Mix thoroughly until ingredients are evenly distributed.
• Shape into 20 roughly shaped meatballs. Divide the cream cheese into 20 tablespoon-sized pieces, one for each meatball. Working one at a time, take a meatball and flatten it in the palm of your hand. Place a piece of cream cheese in the center and wrap the meatball around the cheese, sealing it inside the middle.
• Place the fully shaped meatballs into the prepared baking pan.
• Cook in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes. Serve hot.

JALAPEñO CREAM CHEESE COCKTAIL MEATBALLS RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• MEATBALLS: Add all the meatball ingredients to a large bowl and use a fork to combine well. Refrigerate 20 minutes or up to 3 days. DRESSING: In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the mayo and sour cream, then slowly whisk in the buttermilk. Whisk in garlic, vinegar, parsley, chives, and dill. Season to taste with salt and pepper. From here you can tweak it to your own individual taste by adding more mayo, buttermilk, vinegar, or herbs. Refrigerate. Preheat oven to 425°F. Line a large roasting pan with parchment paper. Scoop slightly rounded tablespoonfuls of the meat mixture up and roll into balls. Place 1 to 2 inches apart in pan. Bake 14 to 15 minutes. Serve hot, warm, or at room temperature with ranch on the side.

JALAPENO POPPER AND BACON MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Position the oven rack in the top third of the oven and preheat to broil. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and lightly coat with cooking spray.
• Pulse the jalapenos and parsley in a mini food processor until finely chopped and transfer to a medium bowl. Add the meatloaf mix, breadcrumbs, egg, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, but do not mix the ingredients yet. Place in the refrigerator to keep cold.
• Pulse the bacon in the mini food processor until finely chopped and add to the meat mixture. Mix together using a rubber spatula until just combined. Do not overmix.
• Dampen your hands with water and shape the meat mixture into 30 meatballs (each about 1 inch diameter) or use a 1-tablespoon ice cream scooper. Make an indentation in the center of each meatball with your thumb and stuff with a frozen cream cheese cube. Mold the meat around the cream cheese. Work quickly so that the meatballs stay cold. Arrange the meatballs on the prepared baking sheet.
• Broil until golden brown and firm, 6 to 7 minutes, rotating the baking sheet halfway through.
• Meanwhile, stir the maple syrup and Sriracha together in a small bowl.
• Brush the top of each meatball with the syrup mixture. Broil 1 minute and 45 seconds more. Top each meatball with a Cheddar square. Broil for about 15 seconds more until melted.

STUFFED CHEESY JALAPEñO MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese spread, shredded cheese and peppers until blended. Roll cream cheese mixture into 12 balls, using about 1 Tbsp. cream cheese mixture for each ball. Place in parchment-lined pan. Freeze 2 to 3 hours or until firm.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Combine bread crumbs, taco seasoning mix and milk in medium bowl; let stand 5 min. or until bread crumbs are softened. Add egg and 1/4 cup cilantro; mix well. Add meat; mix just until blended.
• Roll meat mixture into 12 (1-3/4-inch) balls. Flatten slightly, then top each with 1 frozen cheese ball. Wrap meat mixture around cheese balls to completely enclose each cheese ball. Reroll into round balls, if necessary. Place on baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 30 min. or until done (165°F).
• Top with salsa, sour cream and remaining cilantro.

JALAPENO MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Make the dressing for dipping: Stir together all ingredients listed for the dressing. Refrigerate while making meatballs so that flavors have time to combine.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Make the meatballs: Add all the meatball ingredients to a large bowl and combine well.
• Take meat mixture and roll into balls. I scoop the meat mixture into a 1/4 cup measuring cup (use a smaller or larger one depending on the size you want for your meatballs), then I shake the meat mixture out of the measuring cup and shape into a ball. It usually shakes out of the cup pretty much in a ball shape so it doesn't take much to make it into a ball. Place 1- 2 inches apart in pan. Bake 14 - 15 minutes.

JALAPENO CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• Blend together softened cream cheese, mayonnaise and garlic powder until smooth and no longer lumpy. Add chopped jalapeno to cream cheese mixture and stir until just blended.
• The longer the mixture sits, the hotter it becomes.