Description
Smoked cream cheese with hot honey is a flavorful appetizer perfect for gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ tsp paprika sweet
- ½ teaspoon granulated garlic
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon fennel seed
- 8 oz cream cheese cold
- ½ cup honey (Local Hive Honey recommended)
- ½ tsp crushed red pepper
- 6 oz seasoned crackers for serving
Instructions
- Heat smoker to 160°F-180°F.
- Place block of cream cheese onto a small sheet of parchment paper.
- Mix paprika, garlic, onion powder, sugar, salt, and fennel together. Sprinkle evenly over the top of the cream cheese.
- Score the cream cheese and place it in the smoker for 1½ hours.
- Right before removing the cream cheese, heat honey and red pepper flakes in a small sauce pot until warm.
- Remove cream cheese from the smoker and transfer to a platter. Top with hot honey.
- Serve with crackers alongside warm cream cheese.
Notes
- Ensure cream cheese is cold before smoking.
- Adjust the amount of crushed red pepper to your heat preference.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Smoking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 of the recipe
- Calories: 360
- Sugar: 27g
- Sodium: 470mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0.3g
- Carbohydrates: 44g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 38mg
Keywords: Smoked Cream Cheese, Hot Honey, Appetizer