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April 7, 2026
Cortney LaCorte
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Candied Bacon Blue Cheese Roasted Dates

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INGREDIENTS:

Dates

Treasure Cave Gorgonzola Blue cheese

Brown sugar

Bacon

Fresh Thyme

Hot Honey

DIRECTIONS:

Set the oven to 400.

Cut dates in half and stuff with Treasure Cave Gorgonzola Blue Cheese.

Wrap dates with bacon and cover in brown sugar.

Bake on top rack for 20 minutes.

Take out of oven, and drizzle with hot honey.

Enjoy!

Enjoy!

Cortney

Cortney LaCorte

Cortney LaCorte is the creator of CheeseGal, a food and entertaining blog born in her Nashville kitchen that celebrates cheese, charcuterie and joyful gatherings

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  1. Linda Podorski
    January 15, 2024
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    Husband loves dirty martinis but won’t touch blue cheese (lol). What other cheese would u suggest? I don’t have tic tok!

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