Reviewed: May 13, 2012

Made this exactly as instructed. AWESOME. Only recommendation: DO NOT USE CHEAP BLUE CHEESE!!! Don't use "Treasure Cave" or any other kind of blue cheese that looks dry or made for crumbling into a salad (I've done this recipe a number of times with different blue cheeses). You want moist blue cheese that can easily be shoved into a date. Something with a little stickiness to it. Otherwise, the cheese just crumbles everywhere and is difficult to stuff. The moister cheese melts a little bit more, so if you can't get the bacon entirely around the date, you lose some of it, but don't worry...it still tastes great...and most of the cheese stays in there. I don't bother with the toothpicks usually (I wrap the bacon so the ends are on the bottom) but tastes great either way.

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damnitgigi

Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2012

The best appey

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Lisa

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2012

We love this recipe. Just the right balance of sweet, salty and very creamy. Thanks for the recipe.

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JEMMELCAM

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Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2012

I made these this past Christmas and am pulling it up again for the recipe, so thought I would review. I used Mejdool (spelling?) dates and stuffed with a mix of chopped smoked almonds and blue cheese. I let the bacon soak up some brown sugar before I wrapped the dates. I used thin bacon and had no problem with it cooking in 30 minutes, 15 minutes per side. I used skewers and put several on a skewer on a broiling pan to let them drip. TO DIE FOR!

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Babs

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Reviewed: Jan. 29, 2012

Utterly awesome.

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LisaP-S

Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2012

Delicious, beautiful & impressive! A must try! Just for fun I brushed them with some apricot jam that I added a dash of cayenne pepper to first (brushed it on during the last 10 min. of baking) and it raised these beauties to a whole new level of fabulousity! With or without the glaze, they are awesome! Enjoy! :-)

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St.PaulMom

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Reviewed: Jan. 8, 2012

This was a great appetizer and none were left by the time we had dinner. I basically used the same recipe but substituted cream cheese for the blue cheese and also baked another batch without the cheese. I prefer the pitted Deglet Noor dates because of the great combination of flavors. I tried the Medjool dates but they needed to be pitted and they were a little too meaty. To me, the combination of flavors with the Medjools didn't come through. It's a very quick recipe so try it at least once.

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msj6191

Home Town: Los Angeles, California, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 4, 2012

Made 2 full bags of dates and they were gone within 20 minutes at a relatively small party with LOTS of other foods. The sweet date coupled with the savory blue cheese and then wrapped in bacon..... AMAZING!! I bake them for 20 minutes on one side and 10 on the other...if you allow them to brown a bit more they sort of carmalize and taste really good too!

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Ostermayers

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2012

I turned the dates at 20 minutes and took them out after 10 more minutes and the bacon was almost burnt and most of the cheese melted out. Next time I will not cook them as long and/or lower the oven temp to 350. Glad I wasn't making them for guests.

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