Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375F.
2. Place sausage in large skillet. Cook over medium high heat, crumble and cook until brown. Drain sausage.
3. In large mixing bowl, mix softened cream cheese and Pepper Jack cheese until fully blended. add sausage crumbles and fold in with rubber spatula until combined.
4. In a small seperate bowl, whisk together brown sugar and cayenne pepper.
5. Place bacon on a parchment paper covered sheet pan. Generously rub brown sugar mixture over bacon strips and bake in 375F oven until crispy (about 20 min).
6. Cut jalapeños in half lengthwise (leave the stem attached). Remove the seeds. (Optional: for milder peppers remove the placenta/membrane). Stuff each pepper with the cheese and sausage mix.
7. Allow bacon to cool and chop into small pieces. Sprinkle pepper stuffing generously.
8. Bake filled peppers in 375F oven until cheese is melted and golden brown.