Good simple jalapeno popper recipe for beginner?

[motocrash]

More shredded cheddar to cream cheese ratio to make it pasty like.And sure add anything else you mentioned.Can't always lead off with a home run,sometimes you just get a base hit and learn from it.:cool:

 

[wimpy69]

I use crumbled smoked sausage chubs, minced red/vidalia/green onion, garlic and minced celery as filler to cut down on cc. I use Neufchâtel cheese in lieu of cc. Little easier piping mix and seems not as heavy in the mouth. When chubs are on sale, i'll smoke a half a dozen and freeze so I have some stock.

 

[chef jimmyj]

I too am not a big fan of hot cream cheese. I like simple, a 1/4" X 1/4" stick of X-sharp Cheddar in each half Jap and wrap with 1/2 strip bacon. Two hours a 225 give good smoke but the bacon is a bit lip. A few minutes in a 500 degree oven fixes that...JJ