This recipes is NO JOKE! I thought how could something so simple be as good as everyone is says, but I was wrong. IT IS! I made them for my daughters' birthday party and we set a few aside for some family that got lost and were late...you should have SEEN everyone circling them joking about who would get them if the latecomers never made it! LOL! One pound of bacon was PERFECT for 1 package of smokies. I used CHEAP bacon, used no toothpicks/skewers, ROLLED them in brown sugar (as was suggested by another reviewer) once they were put together instead of sprinkling and then baked them on a cooling rack on top of a baking sheet with foil to catch the fat. I did have to bake them about 13 minutes longer to get them crisp. DELICIOUS!

Reviewed On: Jan. 16, 2011

Great recipe, everyone loved it, but will add more Thousand Island Dressing to add to the flavor, especially as it sits in the crock pot for a while! YUMMY

Reviewed On: Dec. 21, 2009

I am sorry it has taken me so long to review this recipe considering how many times I have made this! We love this dip! I can't handle things too spicy but even I use a "medium" salsa (hard to find picante here) b/c the cream cheese chills it out so much. This sweet hot flavor is just wonderful and it is so pretty! I love the idea the previous poster had about using peach preserves...that would be great for Halloween and Thanksgiving! I will have to try that too!

Reviewed On: Oct. 3, 2009