Thanks for joining Sarah and me for Meatless Monday today. Who is ready for some football food? Since I was visiting my kids this weekend at Indiana University and I was headed to my first tailgate party, I was thinking about all kinds of yummy tailgate munchies. These Jalapeño Popper Wontons are perfect for football fans everywhere.
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These Jalapeño Popper Wontons are easy to customize by adding more or less jalapeño based on your spiciness tastes. Normally, you would find them listed on a menu deep fried but I’ve “healthied” them up a bit by baking them. They came out crispy and delicious and did I mention oozing cheesy goodness?
With just 5 simple ingredients (cream cheese, cheddar cheese, jalapeño, red bell pepper and wonton wrappers) you can create a tasty appetizer than will have all your football fans cheering for more. These Jalapeño Popper Wontons are a crowd pleaser no matter which team you are rooting for.
The key to getting a crispy Jalapeño Popper wonton is two fold. You must preheat your oven to 400 and spray your wontons with a cooking spray (like Pam) on both sides. I also place a wire cooling rack on top of the baking sheet to allow the wontons to brown and crisp on both sides. Super simple!
Looking for more football fun food? Check out my Zucchini Nachos recipe.
Jalapeño Popper Wontons Meatless Monday Football Food
Ingredients
- 6 ounces of whipped cream cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar
- 1/2 red or green bell pepper diced
- 2-3 jalapeño peppers (seeds removed/diced)
- 1 package of wonton wrappers
- optional: squirt of siracha
- serve with your favorite salsa
Instructions
- preheat oven to 400 degrees
- place a wire rack on top of a baking sheet
- spray rack with cooking spray
- In a med bowl combine cream cheese, cheddar cheese, bell peppers and jalapeños
- add a squirt of siracha if desired
- lay out a wonton wrapper and add about a teaspoon of cheese mix on top
- fold over and seal
- To obtain a good seal: dip finger in bowl of water and run onto wonton to seal
- repeat process and place wontons on wire rack
- spray with cooking spray
- bake for 10-12 min turn over and bake another 5-10 m until browned
- serve warm with salsa
Do you have certain foods that a must make for your tailgates and football weekends? Are you superstitious about what you serve when your home team is playing? What teams are you rooting for this season?
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These sound perfect for snacking! I love anything cream cheese based, so creamy.
creamy cheese is my weakness 🙂 and my favorite
These sound delicious!! Plus they seem really easy to make.
They are really easy and is there really anything better than melty cheese?
Such a perfect snack for football Sundays!
They were so yummy 🙂
I’m all about football food! 😛 These look delicious!
Thanks! Melty cheese always has my vote
So it’s 6:00 am and my mouth is watering for wontons! Those look really good.
They were so good! I know you can’t do the cheese so I won’t tell you how good 🙂
These look so fun! I’d go light on the jalapeño. Love the baking tips.
definitely customizable to your liking
What a great idea for an appetizer!
Thanks! They are fun for parties
Yes please! I love this idea for a party- wontons are my fave!
Thanks! I could not stop eating them
These sound so delicious! It doesn’t sound like you would miss the frying at all 🙂
I agree!
Not a football fan but I do like food. LOL.
Chili screams fall sports to me.
I am anxiously awaiting chili season!
Genius idea!
My girls like cream cheese wantons but I’m not a fan. Jalapeno poppers I love those so I think I’d love these!
They were so addictive I may have eaten way more than I planned to
Don’t always read your MOnday ones in detail since I don’t cook at all, but I’ve been looking forward to this one since you teased it yesterday. My mouth is literally watering
well see what you are missing out on! 🙂
Yeah I really need to learn to cook. Eventually
You can do it!!
These sound like the perfect snack for a tailgate. I would love the jalapeno!
me too I love spicy foods 🙂
Oh yum…all that cheesy goodness totally got my attention! I have never tried making wontons, but these look simple!
Very simple and super delicious 🙂
These appetizers look super addictive! I’ll be focusing on these snacks instead of the game
Well yes that could happen!
I’m always looking for a good snack for football games and tailgates! These look great!
Thanks a bunch!
You can stuff just about anything in a wonton wrapper and it will be delicious. These sound like a perfect treat!
Probably true!
These look so good! I need to find some gluten free wonton wrappers!
I wonder if they make those?!
Yum! These look so delicious. I can’t wait to make them for the next game day!!
Thanks they do not disappoint
Ok. Totally pinning this because this is something my husband would love.
Thanks! Hope he enjoys them
Those wontons look so good!
Thanks so much! I really chowed on them myself bc no one else was here 🙂
These sound delicious! I’ll definitely be giving them a try!
Fabulous hope you enjoy
Alright, you had me at jalepenos! We are hoping to head down to IU on October 20th for the game against Penn State. Let me know if you might be there!!!
I won’t be there again for a while! Have a fantastic time though it’s such a fun school to visit
Ahh! These look and sound so good! I love that they have a kick to em’!
thanks me too! The spicier the better for me