1 T. chili powder

½ cup brown sugar

8 mini sweet peppers

8 oz. cream cheese

8 bacon slices, raw

In a small bowl, mix chili powder and brown sugar. Set aside. Wash, halve and seed peppers. Fill each pepper with ½ oz. of cream cheese. Cut bacon slices in half. Wrap ½ of a bacon slice around each pepper half, securing each with a toothpick. Arrange in a baking dish. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture over pepper halves. Bake, uncovered, at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until bacon is crisp.

Recipe courtesy of Glenda Sensenig Cutler, Indiana