Welcome your guests by serving these cheesy baked bites made using bacon and macaroni. Perfect appetizer for Halloween.
Bacon Mac ’n’ Cheese Bites
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 5 min
- Ingredients 11
- Servings 34
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups uncooked elbow macaroni (8 oz)
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cups milk
- 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (6 oz)
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 oz blue cheese, crumbled (1/4 cup)
- 6 slices bacon, crisply cooked, crumbled (1/3 cup)
- 3/4 cup soft bread crumbs
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 34 mini muffin cups with cooking spray. In 3-quart saucepan, cook and drain macaroni as directed on package; return to saucepan.
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Step2Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Stir in flour and salt. Cook and stir until mixture is smooth and bubbly. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly, until mixture boils and thickens. Stir in 3/4 cup of the Cheddar cheese until melted. Stir in Parmesan cheese, blue cheese and bacon until blended. Pour over macaroni, stirring until well mixed.
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Step3Spoon mixture into mini muffin cups, filling full. Sprinkle with bread crumbs. Sprinkle evenly with remaining 3/4 cup Cheddar cheese.
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Step4Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand 10 minutes. Sprinkle with chives. Remove from pans.
Nutrition
80
Calories
4g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
6g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 80
- Total Fat
- 4g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 159mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 6g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1/2 High-Fat Meat;Carbohydrate Choice
1/2Tips from the
Pillsbury Kitchens
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