This dairy free bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers recipe Is another delicious recipe in my healthy “bar” food series. Now you don’t have to salivate over the menu when you see other people eating bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers filled with dairy, because you can make your own without it!
What you’ll need to make this recipe
You won’t need any fancy equipment to make this dairy free jalapeno poppers recipe as it’s pretty straightforward and easy, but you will need a couple standard kitchen tools.
- Cutting board
- Sharp knife
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- Toothpicks
- Optional: rubber gloves – those jalapeno peppers can get pretty freaking hot so if you want to protect your fingers (and therefore also your eyeballs), you’ll want them while you are cutting up the jalapeno peppers.
Recipe substitutions and variations for dairy free jalapeno poppers
- Jalapeno peppers: if you are unable to find 5 large jalapeno peppers, you could also use 10 small ones, but instead of wrapping each pepper in one whole slice of bacon, use just half a slice of bacon.
- Cashew cheese: if you aren’t able to get your hands on cashew cheese, you could also sub in other dairy free cheeses. One disclaimer I will make though is that I’ve never tried it with other cheeses, so I’m not sure how it would affect temperature and time. If you try it with another dairy free cheese, leave me a comment and let me know what you found!
- If you tolerate dairy: feel free to use regular cream cheese or a mixture of cream cheese and shredded cheddar. Again though, I’ve never tried this recipe with regular cheese, so I’m not sure how it would affect the oven temperature and time. Let me know if you try it!
Watch the cooking video for this recipe
You can find the full instructions for this dairy free bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers recipe below in the recipe card, but if you want to watch a step-by-step cooking video on how to make it, check out the video below.
Dipping sauce ideas
These poppers could be paired with any type of sauce, but here are a few suggestions:
- Make a dairy free ranch dressing (here is one by Simply Whisked!)
- Mix mayonnaise with a bit of garlic powder, onion powder, parsley, dill, salt, pepper and chives – or any combination of these ingredients. You’ve basically just made ranch sauce. Congratulations! 😆
- Forget the sauce and just eat the poppers on their own. They are delicious as is!
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Looking for more dairy free recipes?
Check out my other dairy free recipes on my blog (in fact, all my recipes are dairy free, cuz so am I! 😁), or if you’re looking for more, grab my gluten and dairy free recipe book which comes with 140 recipes in total (35 each for breakfast, lunch/dinner, snacks and desserts).
I hope you like this recipe and please let me know what you think of it in the comments. I’m always looking for feedback on how to improve my recipes. See you in the next one!
Bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers (dairy free)
Equipment
- Tooth picks
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
Ingredients
- 5 large jalapenos
- 10 strips bacon
- 1 cup spreadable cashew cheese (we use Spread-em chive and garlic)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F and gather ingredients
- Slice 5 jalapenos in half lengthwise
- Scrape seeds out with spoon and rinse with water to get remaining seeds off
- Fill jalapeno "boats" with cashew cheese
- Wrap filled jalapeno boats with one strip of bacon and secure with toothpicks
- Bake for 50-55 minutes or until bacon is cooked to desired crispiness
- Remove from oven, remove tooth picks and serve
Video
Nutrition
Tara Klippert is a Registered Health and Nutrition Counselor and holds a diploma in Holistic Nutrition and Health Coaching. She shares her gluten free, dairy free & allergy friendly recipes.
Welcome to my blog! I am a Registered Health and Nutrition Counselor, and hold a diploma in Holistic Nutrition and Health Coaching. I share my gluten free, dairy free and allergy friendly recipes. 
Yum this one is so good!! The perfect recipe for a Saturday night when I am craving cheese… this dairy-free version really hit the spot!
These poppers are a hit at any party! I received so many compliments on how tasty they were, no one noticed that they were dairy free. Definitely recommend, will make again. I used Spread Em cashew cheese and Boursin Dairy Free cheese for the filling.
These were delicious!! Didn’t NEED the whole 50 min, probably 40 because many of us were eager to eat them! 50 would have probably worked as well but they were crunchy at the edge a bit earlier.
I can sometimes tolerate goat cheese so I made these with Lost Ruby Ranch garlic fresh goat chevre (a local farm’s goat cheese) and your directions worked well! We live in TX and I didn’t see Spread ‘Em at the few stores I checked, so maybe that brand is not available in our area. I will probably try Kite Hill or Miyokos next time.
My family eats dairy and my husband and older son had NO COMPLAINTS about these!!Yippee! My younger two (7,9) didn’t finish theirs because they couldn’t tolerate the amount of heat from the Jalapenos , but liked the small bites they tried before the heat set in!! Obviously that is a result of peppers, not your recipe!
So glad I found your site (via this recipe on Pinterest) How yummy!! It would be torture to put in the work to and smell these babies and not be able to eat them!!
Awesome! Thank you so much for the feedback. I live in Canada so maybe Spread Em is only a Canadian brand. Either way, glad they worked out and I’m happy you all liked them! 🙂 Are you able to get the Boursin brand? They make a dairy free herb and garlic spreadable cheese that would be amazing in these!