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Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• yellow mustard
• hot dog
• cheddar cheese
• bacon
• hot dog bun
• dill pickle

Instructions

1. 1 Gather the ingredients. Preheat grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
2. 2 Smear 1/4 teaspoon mustard inside each butterflied hot dog. Put 2 Cheddar cheese matchsticks inside each hot dog.
3. 3 Secure one end of a bacon strip to one end a hot dog using a toothpick. Wrap the bacon strip tightly around the entire hot dog, securing the far end with another toothpick; repeat for remaining hot dogs.
4. 4 Cook on preheated grill until hot dogs are heated and bacon is cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes per side.
5. 5 Place each cooked hot dog onto a bun and top with 2 pickle slices.

By Rebekah Rose Hills

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• kosher dill pickle
• all-purpose flour
• egg
• brown mustard
• cornmeal
• salt
• black pepper
• canola oil
• hot dog
• bacon
• hot dog bun

Instructions

1. 1 Slice dill pickles lengthwise into strips. Place flour in a dish. Combine eggs and 1 tablespoon mustard in a second dish. Combine cornmeal, salt, and pepper in a third dish.
2. 2 Heat canola oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Dip a pickle slice in the flour, egg, and cornmeal mixtures. Place in the hot oil. Fry until golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Turn and cook the other side until golden, about 2 to 3 minutes more. Remove from skillet and place on paper towels to drain. Repeat with remaining pickle slices. Pour off most of the oil; reserve the rest in the pan for frying hot dogs.
3. 3 Fill a saucepan with water and bring to a boil. Place hot dogs in boiling water, remove from heat, and let stand for 5 minutes. Remove hot dogs from water and let cool slightly. Wrap each hot dog with a strip of bacon, securing with a toothpick if desired.
4. 4 Heat skillet with reserved oil over medium heat. Fry bacon-wrapped hot dogs until bacon is crispy, turning occasionally, 5 to 7 minutes.
5. 5 Spread remaining mustard on a toasted bun and top with a bacon-wrapped hot dog. Tuck in slices of fried pickle. Repeat with remaining mustard, buns, hot dogs, and pickles.

By Linda T

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• ✓ toothpick
• magic grow capsules
• yellow candy-coated milk chocolate candy
• fruit snack roll
• fruit-flavored gelatin snack
• 7-grain cracker
• jicama
• red bell pepper
• salad green
• vial
• dressing
• cheese square
• cheese square
• whole wheat tortilla
• mayonnaise
• green onion
• celery
• chicken breast

Instructions

1. 1 Mix chicken, celery, green onion, and mayonnaise together in a bowl to make chicken salad.
2. 2 Slice tortilla into pieces that resemble bandages; place cheese squares over the middle of each bandage. Pour Italian dressing into a vial to represent peroxide.
3. 3 Lay salad greens over the bottom of a container that resembles a first aid kit. Lay the bell pepper red cross on top. Place chicken salad in its own compartment. Arrange bandages, cheese squares with heart toothpicks, peroxide, splints (jicama), eye patches (round crackers), swabs soaking in iodopovidone (gelatin cubes), and gauze (fruit rolls) in the container. Place aspirin (yellow candies) and magic grow capsules in mini silicone muffin cups; add to the kit.

By bdweld

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• tuna
• mayonnaise
• egg
• sweet onion
• hamburger dill pickle chip
• salt
• tomato
• banana
• lemon juice
• pineapple chunk
• strawberry
• carrot
• cucumber
• black olive
• egg

Instructions

1. 1 Combine tuna, mayonnaise, chopped egg, onion, pickle chips, and salt in a bowl to make tuna-egg salad.
2. 2 Place tomatoes on a flat work surface. Cut slits from the top towards the bottom to make partial wedges. Fill tomatoes with tuna salad.
3. 3 Dip banana slices in lemon juice. Thread a toothpick through a banana slice, pineapple chunk, and strawberry. Repeat assembling kebabs with the remaining fruit.
4. 4 Cut 1 carrot and 1 cucumber into 3/4-inch circles. Cut each carrot slice into the shape of a tulip using a small knife. Trim cucumber slices into leaves. Thread a leaf through a toothpick; insert a tulip on top. Repeat with the remaining leaves and tulips.
5. 5 Cut the other carrot and cucumber into 1/2-inch slices. Cut out mini carrot and cucumber flowers using a mini flower-shaped vegetable cutter.
6. 6 Place the hot egg in a heart-shaped egg mold; close the lid slowly and tightly. Soak the mold in a bowl of cold water for 10 minutes. Remove egg and drain on a paper towel.
7. 7 Arrange tuna-egg salad, fruit kebabs, tulips, carrot and cucumber cut-outs, and heart-shaped eggs in a bento box.

By Lela

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• bratwurst sausage
• prune
• bacon
• bratwurst bun

Instructions

1. 1 Prick the casing of each sausage in a few places to prevent them from bursting. Place the sausages in a pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium; simmer 8 minutes. Remove from pot and let cool.
2. 2 Place toothpicks in a small bowl of water and soak 10 minutes to prevent burning on the grill.
3. 3 Slice sausages halfway through on the long side. Stuff 3 prunes into the opening. Wrap a bacon slice around the sausage in a spiral and secure with two toothpicks. Repeat with all 6 sausages.
4. 4 Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat.
5. 5 Place sausages onto preheated grill and cook, turning once, until desired doneness, or until bacon is browned. Serve on buns topped with desired condiments.

By Heather

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• cream cheese
• garlic
• italian seasoning
• baguette
• turkey
• spinach
• red bell pepper
• artichoke heart

Instructions

1. 1 Combine cream cheese, garlic, and Italian seasoning in a small bowl and set aside.
2. 2 Slice top third off the baguette using a serrated knife. Scoop out some of the bottom half, leaving a 1/2-inch shell. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over both halves. Layer turkey, spinach, red pepper, and artichokes on the bottom shell and place the other half on top. Wrap tightly in foil and refrigerate for 2 hours, or overnight.
3. 3 When ready to serve, unwrap and slice the loaf diagonally into 1- to 2-inch portions. Secure each with a toothpick.

By Nikki

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• vegetable oil
• onion
• rosemary
• clove
• cranberry sauce
• rye bread
• dijon mustard
• ham
• rye bread
• swiss cheese
• rye bread
• arugula
• baby salad greens

Instructions

1. 1 Heat oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions; saute until well-browned, 10 to 12 minutes. Add rosemary and cloves; continue to saute until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes longer. Stir in cranberry sauce, and simmer until heated through. Remove from heat and set aside. (Cranberry-Onion Relish can be cooled, covered and refrigerated up to 2 weeks ahead.)
2. 2 To assemble: Working in batches, lay breads on a work surface and spread with about 1/4 tsp. mustard and 1 tsp. cranberry relish. Top half the breads with a portion of ham, cheese and arugula (optional), then the remaining bread slice. Halve each sandwich on the diagonal, sticking each half with a toothpick. (Sandwiches can be covered with a damp paper towel and plastic wrap and can remain at room temperature for 2 hours.)

By USA WEEKEND columnist Pam Anderson

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• ✓ toothpick
• turkey breast
• grape
• cracker
• tomato
• cucumber
• carrot
• lemon juice
• apple
• green apple
• salt
• mayonnaise
• lemon juice
• cream cheese
• celery
• pimento pepper
• onion
• carrot
• cream cheese
• black olive
• black olive
• carrot

Instructions

1. 1 Cut a slit from top to bottom into the side of each jumbo olive. Ease the olive open slightly to insert about 1 teaspoon of cream cheese, forming a penguin belly.
2. 2 Cut a small triangle-shaped notch out of 9 carrot rounds to form feet; press 1 triangular piece (trimming if necessary) into each small olive to create the beak.
3. 3 Thread each jumbo olive onto a toothpick lengthwise through the existing holes. Anchor the toothpick onto a carrot slice (line belly up with feet); set a small olive on top (beak facing forward). Place penguins on a plate; refrigerate until assembly.
4. 4 Combine shredded carrot, onion, pimento peppers, and celery in a bowl. Mix 2 tablespoons softened cream cheese, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, mayonnaise, and salt in a separate bowl; beat until fluffy. Fold carrot mixture into cream cheese; mix well. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before use.
5. 5 Toss green apple slices, red apple slices, and 1 tablespoon lemon juice together in a bowl.
6. 6 Cut carrot rounds into decorative shapes using vegetable cutters. Wrap in a wet paper towel and place in a plastic bag; refrigerate until assembly.
7. 7 Pat cucumber slices dry. Place 1 half-slice tomato at the end of a cucumber slice; roll up together and secure with a toothpick.
8. 8 Arrange 1/2 the carrot shapes in a bento box. Place 1/2 the sandwich spread in a small silicone baking cup; place 4 crackers in another cup. Arrange 1/2 the green apple slices, red apple slices, and grapes. Add 5 cream cheese penguins, 4 turkey slices, and 3 cucumber-tomato rolls. Use remaining ingredients to create a second bento box. Refrigerate until ready to eat.

By Lela

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• maraschino cherry
• bacon

Instructions

1. 1 Set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
2. 2 Wrap each cherry with a bacon half, secure with a toothpick, and arrange on a baking sheet. Drizzle reserved cherry juice over wrapped cherries.
3. 3 Broil in the preheated oven until bacon is crisped to your liking, 3 to 10 minutes.

By Aaron Jones

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• bacon
• feta cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
2. 2 Wrap bacon around feta cheese cubes and secure with a toothpick; arrange on the prepared baking sheet.
3. 3 Broil in the preheated oven for 3 minutes. Turn pieces and continue broiling until bacon is crispy, about 2 minutes.

By oceanica

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• tortellini
• cherry tomato
• pesto

Instructions

1. 1 Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil; stir in tortellini and return to a boil. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tortellini float to the top, 5 to 6 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water.
2. 2 Toss tortellini, cherry tomatoes, and pesto together in a large bowl until evenly coated.
3. 3 Skewer 1 tortellini and 1 tomato on each toothpick; arrange on a tray. Keep refrigerated until serving.

By J Scholfield

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• bacon
• beef cocktail wiener
• brown sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
2. 2 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Line a large, rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
3. 3 Wrap each cocktail wiener with a piece of bacon; secure with a toothpick. Place bacon-wrapped wieners on the prepared baking sheet.
4. 4 Evenly sprinkle brown sugar over the tops of the bacon-wrapped wieners.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until bacon is crisp and sugar is bubbly, about 40 minutes.
6. 6 Serve immediately, or place in a slow cooker set on Low to keep warm.

By JILL1018

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• strawberry jam
• lychee
• blueberry

Instructions

1. 1 Spoon a little bit of strawberry jam into the hole of each lychee. Place a blueberry in the hole and secure blueberry with a toothpick.

By JuliettevanSon

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• barbecue seasoning
• beef tip
• bacon

Instructions

1. 1 Rub barbeque seasoning into beef tips until meat has an orange hue, 3 to 5 minutes. Cut beef into 1-inch cubes.
2. 2 Wrap each beef cube in a bacon slice and secure bacon slice with a toothpick.
3. 3 Heat a skillet over medium-heat. Working in batches, cook wrapped beef tips in hot skillet until beef is browned all over and bacon is crispy, 5 to 10 minutes.

By jhollinger12

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• new potato
• bacon
• ranch dressing mix

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat an outdoor grill for low heat and lightly oil the grate.
2. 2 Wrap each potato with a piece of bacon and secure with a toothpick. Sprinkle each wrapped potato with powdered ranch dressing mix.
3. 3 Cook on the preheated grill, turning potatoes several times to allow bacon to cook on all sides. Potatoes are done when bacon is crispy, 20 to 25 minutes.

By hungryallweighs

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• milk chocolate chip
• shortening
• strawberry

Instructions

1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
2. 2 Melt chocolate and shortening in a double boiler, stirring occasionally until smooth.
3. 3 Insert toothpicks into tops (stem ends) of strawberries. Hold a strawberry by the toothpick and dip it into the chocolate mixture.
4. 4 Turn the strawberry upside down and insert the toothpick into a Styrofoam block or place strawberry on a sheet of waxed paper; allow chocolate coating to cool. Repeat with remaining strawberries.
5. 5 Enjoy!

By Kitten

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• jalapeno pepper
• pepper jack cheese
• bacon

Instructions

1. 1 Slice caps off the jalapeno peppers; reserve. Core and seed the peppers.
2. 2 Cut pepper Jack cheese into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Cut each slice into sticks the thickness of a pencil. Stuff jalapeno peppers with as many cheese sticks as will fit. Secure caps back on the jalapenos, using at least 2 toothpicks per pepper.
3. 3 Wrap 1 slice bacon around each jalapeno pepper. Keep bacon secure by skewering the end on one of the toothpicks.
4. 4 Preheat grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate. Grill jalapeno peppers, watching for flare-ups, until bacon is browned, about 20 minutes.

By Skyler Murray

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• kielbasa
• polish sausage
• maraschino cherry
• green olive
• processed cheese food

Instructions

1. 1 Onto each toothpick, place one piece of sausage, one cherry, one olive and one cube of cheese. Arrange them neatly on a plate. Eat the entire contents of the toothpick at once, but don't eat the toothpick!

By Carrie Dave Sedlik

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• bacon
• halibut
• black pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until just beginning to brown but still soft. Set aside until cool enough to handle.
2. 2 Preheat the oven broiler.
3. 3 Season halibut with pepper. Wrap 1 bacon piece around each halibut cube and secure with a toothpick. Place on a baking sheet.
4. 4 Cook under the preheated broiler until fish is cooked through and bacon is crisp, about 5 minutes, turning halfway. Transfer to a platter and serve warm.

By ROBIN JOYE

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• jalapeno pepper
• cream cheese
• vegetarian bacon strip

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. 2 Fill each jalapeno half with cream cheese. Wrap 1 bacon strip around each jalapeno half and secure with a toothpick. Arrange wrapped jalapenos on baking sheet.
3. 3 Bake 12 minutes in preheated oven, or until bacon strips are crisp. Serve warm.

By Seahawks Fan

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• cooking spray
• mushroom
• bacon

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
2. 2 Clean and dry mushrooms. Wrap 1 bacon slice around each mushroom and secure with a toothpick.
3. 3 Cook mushrooms, turning often, on the preheated grill until bacon is browned and crisp, about 10 minutes.

By Patricia Newberry Tatum

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• green grape
• banana
• strawberry
• marshmallow

Instructions

1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
2. 2 Thread 1 grape, 1 banana slice, 1 strawberry (narrow end facing up), and 1 marshmallow onto 1 toothpick to resemble the Grinch's head in his red hat.
3. 3 Repeat with remaining grapes, banana slices, strawberries, and marshmallows.
4. 4 Serve and enjoy!

By CNM CATERING

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• pheasant breast
• jalapeno pepper
• bacon
• bamboo skewer

Instructions

1. 1 Cut pheasant breast into 36 pieces and place into a large bowl. Pour liquid from jalapeño peppers over pheasant; stir and marinate at room temperature for 20 minutes.
2. 2 Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
3. 3 Drain marinade from pheasant and discard. Place a jalapeño pepper slice on each piece of pheasant breast and wrap with 1/3 of a bacon strip. Skewer 6 bacon-wrapped pheasant pieces onto each skewer.
4. 4 Cook on the preheated grill, turning frequently, until bacon is crispy, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove pheasant pieces from the skewers and insert a toothpick into each piece to serve.

By Lizzy

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• shrimp
• cajun seasoning
• bacon
• hot honey

Instructions

1. 1 Place shrimp on a plate and sprinkle both sides with Cajun seasoning. Wrap each shrimp with 1 narrow strip of bacon and fasten with a toothpick. Refrigerate for 25 to 30 minutes.
2. 2 Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
3. 3 Place bacon-wrapped shrimp in the air fryer basket and cook in the preheated air fryer for 3 minutes. Flip and continue cooking until bacon is lightly crispy, 4 to 5 minutes more. You may have to do 2 batches depending on the size of your air fryer.
4. 4 Remove to a serving plate and drizzle with hot honey. Serve hot, being watchful of any toothpicks.

By France Cevallos

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• grape gelatin mix
• water
• water
• straw

Instructions

1. 1 Whisk the gelatin mix with the boiling water in a bowl until dissolved. Pour cold water into the gelatin mixture; stir. Transfer the mixture to a small bowl.
2. 2 Stick eight 2-inch straws around the mold to serve as the "legs," 4 on each side.
3. 3 Refrigerate until gelatin is set, about 4 hours. Poke 2 toothpicks into the gelatin to serve as the "eyes."

By CandyCookies

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• jalapeno pepper
• cream cheese
• cajun seasoning
• jalapeno bacon

Instructions

1. 1 Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
2. 2 Fill jalapeños with cream cheese; sprinkle with Cajun seasoning. Wrap each stuffed jalapeño with 1 halved strip bacon; secure with a toothpick. Arrange wrapped jalapeños in a single layer, stuffed-sides down, on a broiler pan.
3. 3 Broil in the preheated oven until bacon is crisp, 8 to 15 minutes per side.

By templina71

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• bacon
• potato nugget
• cheddar cheese
• hot pepper sauce

Instructions

1. 1 Gather the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. 2 Lay each slice of bacon onto a work surface. Place a potato nugget in the center of each bacon slice.
3. 3 Cut a slit down the center of each potato nugget and place a piece of Cheddar cheese into the slit. Top each nugget with a dash of hot sauce.
4. 4 Wrap bacon around each nugget, secure with a toothpick, and transfer to the prepared baking sheet.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until nuggets are cooked through and bacon is crispy, 15 to 20 minutes.

By pinklady

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• cream cheese
• jalapeno pepper
• bacon
• water

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat and lightly oil the grate.
2. 2 Spread cream cheese in each jalapeño half; wrap with bacon. Secure with a toothpick if needed.
3. 3 Cook on the preheated grill until bacon is crispy, turning often, about 10 minutes.

By Miss G

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• teriyaki sauce
• brown sugar
• ginger root
• bacon
• sea scallop

Instructions

1. 1 Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Line 2 baking sheets with aluminum foil.
2. 2 Whisk teriyaki sauce, brown sugar, and ginger together in a bowl.
3. 3 Wrap each scallop piece with 1 half-strip bacon; secure with a toothpick. Dip bacon-wrapped scallops in teriyaki mixture; arrange on one of the prepared baking sheets.
4. 4 Broil in the preheated oven until lightly charred, about 6 minutes. Flip scallops; transfer to the clean baking sheet. Broil until bacon is charred on second side, about 6 minutes more.

By Mimi Calo

Ingredients

• ✓ toothpick
• ham
• brown sugar
• pineapple slice
• maraschino cherry
• ginger ale

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. 2 Place ham in a roasting pan. Rub brown sugar over ham. Attach pineapple slices to the outside of ham with toothpicks. Use additional toothpicks to secure a cherry into the middle of each pineapple slice. Pour ginger ale and reserved pineapple juice into the pan. Tent aluminum foil over ham.
3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven for 4 hours. Remove aluminum foil and continue baking for 30 minutes more.

By Fawn