BACON CHEESEBURGER BOMBS make the best party food! Juicy beef stuffed with cheddar and wrapped in bacon. We like to dip these in my homemade thousand island dressing.
‘Tis the season for football food and I am here for it!
We love snacks in our house!
Hosting parties is my favorite thing to do, especially for something like a big football game where the food is just as big of an attraction as the dudes chasing a ball around the tv screen.
These bacon cheeseburger bombs are sure to be a hit with any guests you might have over for the big game and they’re easy to make too!
Juicy ground beef, melty cheese, crisp bacon…what’s not to love about that?
Cheesy bacon bombs:
Making these cheesy bacon bombs is really easy! You’ll need ground beef, garlic, onion powder, salt, and pepper for seasoning the beef.
Once that’s combined, grab a chunk of the meat and flatten it into a patty. Put a chunk of cheddar in the center and wrap the meat all around it.
Be careful to enclose the cheese entirely. You’ll get a bit of cheese melting out no matter what, but if you close the beef around the cheese, you’ll keep as much gooey cheesy goodness inside as possible.
These are called bacon bombs, so the final step is to wrap a slice of bacon around the meatball.
These bake in about 40 minutes.
Note: No matter what you do or how well you wrap that cheese in the meat, some of the cheese will melt out. This is normal and expected. Not to worry – you’ll still have cheese inside your bacon bombs!
These are absolutely fabulous dipped in my thousand island dressing. Seriously, so good!
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Bacon Cheeseburger Bombs
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cracked pepper
- 4 ounces cheddar cheese
- 9 slices bacon
- Thousand island for dipping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Add the beef, garlic, onion powder, salt, and pepper to a mixing bowl and stir well to combine.
- Portion the mixture into 9 evenly sized balls.
- Cut the cheese into 9 small cubes.
- Flatten each ball and place a cube of cheese in the center. Form the meat around the cheese, sealing it in all the way around.
- Wrap each ball of meat with a slice of bacon and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the beef is cooked through and the bacon is crisp.
Tim says
My former girlfriend would use an ice tray and lay bacon strips over the spots for ice cubes, then place a meatball into each spot and fold over the bacon, neat convenient way to wrap the bacon around them without having to struggle with that part. Makes awesome wrapped meatballs, I’ll pass on the cheese 🙂
Bonnie Pottie says
How do you keep the cheese from leaking out of the meatballs?
Karly Campbell says
Be careful to enclose the cheese entirely. You’ll get a bit of cheese melting out no matter what, but if you close the beef around the cheese, you’ll keep as much gooey cheesy goodness inside as possible.
Veronica says
I wonder if freezing the cheese for about 10 to 15 min will help with them not melting.
Karly Campbell says
Maybe! Good idea. 🙂
Jalisa says
I tried it. I enjoyed making it, but all my cheese melted out sadly so it was dry.
Angela says
Could it be stored overnight in fridge? Thinking of food preps this one in the weekend, for office lunch o er the coming week.
Karly Campbell says
Yep, these will last a few days in the fridge.
Nicole says
Made these in air fryer exact same time and temp and they were awesome!!
Maggie Martin says
Okay okay, keyboard can’t spell!
Sorry
Maggie
Maggie Martin says
Hubs ate all of these! I had to make a 2nd batch justto get a taste, so gld I did, these are very good! Made the 2nd batch with 2 slices of bacon, umm umm good!
Thanks Karly
Maggie
Karly Campbell says
Haha! So glad you and the hubs got to enjoy these. 🙂
Theresa says
Oh yea! I think this recipe will be loved at our house. we love bacon, cheddar cheese and easy to make. and my son loves finger food and g.beef. so will be making these soon! Thanks for sharing.
Cris N says
This looks awesome. Did you experiment with cooking them in an air fryer? Can’t wait to try this.
Karly Campbell says
No, I haven’t but I’m sure they’d be great! Might have to work in batches though.