Peanut Butter Stuffed Jalapeños

I’m going to spice things up a bit. It’s Saturday, why not get a little crazy? And what’s crazier than jalapeños?

NOTE: Lots of things are crazier than jalapeños. However, this does not stop me from telling you about these amazing peanut butter stuffed jalapeños. I went to Butcher and the Boar for dinner a couple of weeks ago. This place is soooo good. If you live near Minneapolis, please go. Make reservations right now. They have an awesome floor made of pennies, a huge selection of good meats and sausages, and a lot of bourbon. Check.It.Out.

Besides bourbon and meat and pennies, they also have these amazing stuffed jalapeños. Initially one would think they are stuffed with cream cheese, which is, you know, cool and all. But noooo. No, these are stuffed with a peanut butter cream cheese mixture. PEANUT BUTTER. Then they are baked and sprinkled with feta and golden raisins.

Delicious. They are unlike anything I have ever tried before.

Peanut butter in jalapeños – weird, right? It works. Those people at Butcher and the Boar know what they are doing.

Anyways, I had to recreate them.

I wish I could say that my version was as delicious as the real thing, but I cannot. I am not a master chef and posses very little skill in the kitchen. I just like to experiment, cook, and eat. However, I will say that these are still pretty delicious.

Not only are they delicious, they are also easy to make. We take our jalapeños, cut them in half, and then scrape out the seeds. Next we make the filling by mixing together cream cheese and peanut butter with a little bit of lime juice. The filling is stuffed into the jalapeño halves and placed in the oven for 25 minutes.

Now it’s time to place them on a serving tray, sprinkle them with feta cheese and golden raisins, and then add a drizzle of honey.

If you think about it, these are kind of like a fancier, less healthy, spicier version of ants on a log. The jalapeño replaces the celery (both green). The peanut butter is still there, but cream cheese is added to it. Raisins are placed on top, but are golden and, therefore, more sophisticated.

Do you see it or am I crazy?

Again, it’s Saturday.

I think these stuffed jalapeños would be a great little appetizer to serve at a gathering of friends, like Friendsgiving for example. You can prep the jalapeños ahead of time and place them in the oven right before your guests arrive.

You can also wrap them in bacon, because I think that would be awesome and no one would yell at you for doing this. Unless all your friends are vegetarian. Then that’s just completely rude on your part. But then you can eat all the bacon peanut butter jalapeños yourself. So, do what you want.

You can also make them and eat them for dinner with cauliflower mashed potatoes.

But who does that?

No one.

Ok, me. I did last night.