The Easiest Recipe Ever: Bacon Wrapped Dates

I am not much of a cook and I've never brought anything but a bottle of wine to an event. This Thanksgiving I wanted to do something. Something easy, fresh, something that reflected my dietary style but would be embraced and ate up by others.

A week ago my paleo, runner boss made bacon wrapped dates for a large event. I wasn't to sure about them as I am not the biggest bacon fan. Let me tell you people swarmed them.
I cant describe the flavors.
They were so unique and I instantly fell in love.

My boss shared his "secret" recipe.

Ready?

Pitted Dates
Thinly sliced bacon

Overwhelmed by the ingredient list? I know I was...

So here is how to make them...

You will get each slice of bacon and slice it in half. Half a slice is all you need to successfully wrap your date.

I found it most helpful to cut off the ends of the bacon as they tend to be fatty and uneven which made it hard to wrap the dates.

Next get your date and slice it in half.

Lie your bacon strip down and tightly roll it over your date making sure to firmly press the end of the bacon strip against the date.

Place it onto a ungreased cookie sheet.

Repeat!

Place in the oven at 350 for 12 minutes. You will need to take them out of the oven at 6 minutes and turn them over.

Once out of the oven place them on a plate with paper towels and gently press the bacon wrapped dates to get rid of any excess grease.

Let them sit and cool.

Place them on a new plate, poke tooth picks in them and you will have an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre everyone will be grabbing at!