Smoked Peach Bacon Cream Cheese
Smoked Peach Bacon Cream Cheese is a fancy smoked cream cheese variation with sweet peaches and bacon topping cooked on the griddle!
Equipment
- Traeger/Pellet Grill
- Smoker
- Flat Top Grill/ Griddle
Ingredients
- 2 (8-ounce) blocks cream cheese
- seasoning blend of choice (I used Kinder's Cherry Chipotle seasoning)
- 1/2 pound bacon
- 2 peaches (ripe but still firm) diced
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- kosher salt, pepper, crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Optional: balsamic glaze, fresh basil, crackers, toasted baguette slices
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with foil and add the cream cheese blocks. Cut diagonal slices about half inch deep a few times. Sprinkle a seasoning blend of choice over the cream cheese.
- Set your smoker or pellet grill between 180 and 200 degrees and place the tray with cream cheese on the grill grate for 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
- When the cream cheese is almost ready, preheat your Blackstone griddle or large skillet over medium heat. Use kitchen scissors to cut the bacon into bite size pieces and add bacon to griddle or skillet.
- Cook 5 to 6 minutes, until the bacon is almost cooked through, soak up some of the grease with paper towels.
- Add the peaches, brown sugar, kosher salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes. Cook 4 to 6 minutes, mixing it all together. Add lemon during last few seconds once peaches and bacon are cooked how you prefer.
- Top the cream cheese with the peaches and bacon and with balsamic glaze and basil if desired. Serve with crackers or toasted baguette.
Notes
If you only make one block of cream cheese, I recommend still making all of the peach and bacon mixture and save it to enjoy on grilled/ griddled pork chops or chicken.