Sweet Peppers with Cheeses and Bacon Bits - Simple and Tasty Appetizer or Side

Baby sweet peppers filled with sharp cheddar, flavored cream cheese, and bacon bits make a delicious and easy appetizer. The number of peppers can easily be scaled up or down and the cheese mixture can be changed. The recipe is from Publix. I made two changes:
- Instead of wrapping a whole strip of bacon around each pepper, I mixed precooked bacon bits/pieces with the cheese filling.
- I used chive & onion flavored cream cheese instead of jalapeño-cheddar flavored cream cheese.

Ingredients
- 8 oz bag of baby sweet peppers (6-8 peppers)
- several spoonfuls of precooked bacon bits/pieces
- 4 oz flavored cream cheese, such as olive oil & herb, jalapeño & cheddar, chive & onion
- 4 oz shredded sharp cheddar

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 325° or preheat grill

2. Remove pepper stems; slice peppers lengthwise; and remove seeds and membranes.

3. Combine cream cheese, cheddar cheese, and bacon bits.

4. Fill pepper halves with cheese and bacon mixture.

5. Roast or grill for 2 to 3 minutes until cheese melts.