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KRAFT Deluxe Mac & Cheese Jalapeno Poppers

KRAFT Deluxe Mac & Cheese Jalapeno Poppers recipe

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Get your next party started with deep-fried, cracker-crumbed balls of bacon and jalapeno-spiked KRAFT Deluxe Mac & Cheese.

time

prep:

20 min

total:

45 min

servings

total:

30 servings

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What You Need

pkg. (14 oz.) KRAFT Deluxe Macaroni & Cheese Dinner

RITZ Crackers, finely crushed (about 2 cups), divided

egg, beaten

slices OSCAR MAYER Bacon, cooked, crumbled

tsp. chopped drained pickled jalapeño nacho slices

oz. (1/4 of 16-oz. pkg.) VELVEETA®, cut into 30 cubes

Vegetable oil for frying

Make It

PREPARE Dinner in large saucepan as directed on package. Stir in 1 cup cracker crumbs, egg, bacon and jalapeno peppers until well blended. Cool 20 min.

SHAPE into 30 balls, using scant 1/4 cup macaroni mixture for each ball. Insert 1 VELVEETA cube into center of each ball, completely enclosing VELVEETA cube. Roll in remaining cracker crumbs until evenly coated. Place in single layer on waxed paper-covered baking sheet.

HEAT oil to 375ºF in deep fryer. Add balls, a few at a time; cook 2 min. or until golden brown. Drain well. Serve warm.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Don't Have a Deep Fryer?

Heat 3 inches of oil in large saucepan to 375ºF. Use to cook poppers as directed.

Make Ahead

Prepare poppers as directed but do not cook. Refrigerate up to 4 hours before cooking as directed.

Make it Easy

Use a small (1-oz.) ice cream scoop to portion the potato mixture for each popper.

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missy44281

posted:7/4/2012

While these are time consuming and messy to make, the effort is well worth the praise! These are awesome and everyone loved them! Next time I might use more jalapeno because we all felt they weren't hot enough (possibly fresh jalapeno piece with the Velveeta!). They fried up easily but made a mess of my oil and fryer. My tip: using a small 1 tablespoon scooper, pack it full then smashed the cheese cube into center (while mixture is still in scooper) adding more mac & cheese mixture to create somewhat of a ball dropping into cracker crumbs. Way too sticky to roll in hands. Somehow my recipe made 60 bite size balls - didn't look like the picture but they were really yummy!

a cook

posted:9/5/2011

I not only will make this recipe again, I have been ORDERED to make it again - according to everyone that ate these poppers! I have taken them 3 times to outdoor family functions where we always use the deep fryer. I can't make enough - grownups and kids alike LOVE this recipe. Glad I found something that I will always bring to the cookouts! They are now known as "Aunt Nancy's Poppers"! Takes a while to make, and I think I need to buy one of those ice cream scoopers to help me make them into balls. A little messy for my kitchen. But all worth it for the reviews I get!!

bausie

posted:5/18/2011

Very easy to make. Well worth the effort. Adults and children alike enjoyed them. This was one of the most popular of the 5 apptizers that I had made!