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This week I made BBQ Bacon Smoked Cheddar Grilled Cheese.

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Oh boy. Smoked Cheddar! Bacon! Barbecue Sauce! I’m in heaven.

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I love my BBQ sauce! I pretty much drowned my sandwich in BBQ sauce cause I LOVE IT!

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After I smothered a thick layer of BBQ sauce on the bread, I added the cheese. Yum yum.   Smoked gouda is my favorite cheese of all-time, but it was cool to try something different: Great Midwest Smoked Cheddar.

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And here comes the BACON!

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And then… another layer of BBQ sauce if you love it like me! 😉

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Finally, add more cheese. This is an amazing fromage grille’ as the French call a grilled cheese.

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I took the term “grilled cheese” to a whole new meaning. I actually made a GRILLED cheese!

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Does that look good or what?! This is an instant addition to my Top 3 favorite grilled cheese recipes EVER!!!

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Superman approves. 🙂

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Thank you Great Midwest Cheeses for providing the cheese necessary to make this grilled cheese! I enjoyed it immensely!!! 

And even a kid can create the ultimate grilled cheese using only his imagination… Like Me!

BBQ Bacon Smoked Cheddar Grilled Cheese

BBQ Bacon Smoked Cheddar Grilled Cheese

Pretty much the most epic grilled cheese sandwich ever.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Sandwiches
Cuisine American
Servings 1 sandwich
Calories 911 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 slices of your favorite bread
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • ¼ cup (more or less) of your favorite smokey BBQ sauce
  • 3 slices cooked bacon
  • several slices Great Midwest Smoked Cheddar Cheese

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your grill to medium-low.
  • Butter your bread slices. Place one slice of bread butter-side-down on a plate or baking sheet. Drizzle the bread with BBQ sauce. Add a layer of cheese. Add the bacon, more BBQ sauce and another layer of cheese. Place the second slice of bread butter-side-up on top.
  • GRILL your sandwich until golden brown on both sides. You want the grill kind of low so you don't torch the bread (you can also do this on the stove in a pan, of course). Close the lid on the grill so your cheese melts. Flip and toast the other side.
  • Remove from the grill, slice and chow down.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sandwichCalories: 911kcalCarbohydrates: 53gProtein: 34gFat: 63gSaturated Fat: 34gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 16gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 168mgSodium: 2007mgPotassium: 407mgFiber: 3gSugar: 23gVitamin A: 1684IUVitamin C: 0.5mgCalcium: 693mgIron: 3mg
Keyword bacon, cheddar, grilled cheese
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

This recipe comes from RecipeBoy.com

This post was originally created in partnership with Great Midwest Cheeses. These are the flavors of their cheeses that I tried.

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I particularly liked the Mango Fire Cheddar (although it was flaming hot!!!) and the Cranberry Cheddar (Which was one of the few fruit cheddars I liked.). And of course… I liked the Smoked Cheddar.

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176 Comments

  1. I have to go with MORE CHEESE!!!!!! I like to mix the variety of cheeses that I have on hand and add a good dill pickle on the side, and I am happy!

  2. Caramelized onions with Swiss on French bread and au jus for dipping called the French Onion Soup Sandwich!

  3. Guacamole! (BTW, this sounds amazing!!) My husband bought me a panini press last year, and we love making “fancy” grilled cheese on it!

  4. I love adding buffalo chicken breast and a little cream cheese and blue cheese on sour dough or french bread.

  5. Oh boy does that look good! Sometimes we had some ham to our grilled cheese. Thanks for the giveaway.

  6. I like to use fresh mozzarella and then add tomatoes, fresh basil and balsamic to make a Caprese grilled cheese.

  7. homemade sourdough bread with hose dressing maple kielbasa and fried sauerkraut fried onion rings top with Horseradish cheddar. Yummy. my Dad tops my sandwich with grilled onions

  8. Another great “grilled sandwich” is to take a brick wrapped in tin foil and place it Ontop of your favourite normal sandwich on the grill. Make sure to brush the outside of the sandwiches with olive oil before! This makes a DELICIOUS pressed sandwich!

  9. Your grilled cheese looks perfect. Bacon is probably my favorite thing to add, too, along with grilled onion and tomato!

  10. My favorite thing to add is a crisp green apple! I had this at my cousin’s wedding rehearsal and could not get enough of the combo!

  11. One time I made a grilled cheese with some chorizo and roasted red peppers to use up some leftovers…it was the best one I’ve EVER had! Now that I’m thinking about it, I really need to make it again 🙂

  12. I love adding fresh tomatoes in the summer or some type of salty bacon or ham any time of the year!! YUM! 🙂 I’ll have to try your version.

  13. Midwest Cheese! Yes! I love the Mango-Fire Cheddar with black beans and caramelized onions!

    Hot, sweet, just plain good.

  14. My favorite thing to add to a grilled cheese sandwich is mustard! I’ve been known to just dip it on the side, or schmear it on the outside of the bread before grilling it (they do the same thing to the buns when you order animal style at In N Out). Yum!

  15. I always add a garlic-parmesan spread to the sides of the bread that get toasted. I love that you get flavor from both the grilled cheese filling and the outside!

  16. I’m with you, smoked Gouda all the way!! I love using smoked Gouda and adding thinly sliced Granny Smith apples, delicious!

  17. I like to open it up after it’s grilled and add slices of fresh tomato and onion…close it up & you’;e good to go!

  18. I LOVE carmelized onions on grilled cheese. They give a sweetness and texture that I love and complement the goofiness of the melts cheese.

  19. I like my grilled cheese with sauteed onions and mushrooms! Yummy. Or avocado and bacon. So hard to choose! Who knows what I could come up with if I had the opportunity to try all these cheeses!! 🙂

  20. Oh so many options with grilled cheese – and really depends on the cheese of choice. So with a flavored cheddar, I’m gonna go with caramelized onions – it would work well with any of them.

  21. My favorite grilled cheese is a grilled pimento cheese with fresh tomatoes. A very southern grilled cheese!

  22. Depends on the kind of cheese your using. Cheddar with bacon,or cheddar with carmelized onions, swiss with tomato, fresh motz with pesto. I add turkey or ham or avocado or…. the possibilities are endless!

  23. I love grilled cheese…it’s perfect just as it is. A good fresh bread , mayo, cheese(any kind is just fine), butter. Yum!

  24. Grilled cheese with lots of butter on the bread for toasting and lots of gooey cheese on the inside. Doesn’t get better than that.

  25. Where to begin, looked at the other add in and now, so many other goodie to try. But have to go with more and different kinds if cheese.

    Our little vegetable market is selling some awesome new kinds of flavored cheeses, that will make the Grilled Cheese with add in so new and different.

    Sorry…got to go fix a grilled cheese for lunch…thanks for the great recipe.

  26. Gosh, it’s hard to pick one thing because I’m such a grilled cheese freak. Sandwiches with multiple kinds of cheese usually interest me, as do those with fresh herbs or fruit.

  27. my favorite thing to add to a grilled chesses sandwich is thinly sliced apples I love the way the taste of chesses with apple tastes!

  28. I like a schmear of apple butter mixed with a little bbq sauce (chipotle is our fave)…and a nice sharp white cheese…mMmmMMMmMMmMMm

  29. Hmm… in the summer tomatoes, otherwise always hot sauce on the side. I once had mac and cheese IN a grilled cheese… it was pretty amazing!

  30. I love adding ham or turkey. kinda Monte Cristo style. Mmm. Or jalapenos. So much you can do with a grilled cheese 🙂

  31. Probably a meat… like ham and cheese. Or what you’ve done here, bacon and cheese. I also really like grilled cheese made with brie, apples, peanut butter, and raisins. 🙂

  32. I love mild green chilies added to warm cheese. My family would love this cheese assortment. Thanks for the giveaway.

  33. I’m pretty traditional – I don’t usually add much besides a couple varieties of cheese, but your version looks great!

  34. I’m a purist! I like my grilled cheese with just cheese, but I do combine cheeses and like a variety of cheeses. Your creation looks great, and I may have to stop outside of my comfort zone and give it a try. Thanks for the inspiration!

  35. I love adding bacon and tomatoes, pretty standard, but so delicious! I do know a gal at work that adds peanut butter and tomatoes, yuck!

  36. I eat grilled cheese on average 4 days a week! I love a good old fashioned plain grilled cheese but if add something it’s definitely going to be bacon!

  37. I love adding carmelized onions and mushrooms to a grilled cheese, but bacon and barbeque sauce might have to be on the menu – your sandwich looks fantastic!

  38. Love grilled cheese with tomatoe soup ,I like to sprinkle French fried onions on my grilled cheese,I am a cheese fanatic,always looking for a new cheese to try so I hope I’m lucky 🙂

  39. I do like bacon on mine, but I’d have to say caramelized onions are probably my favorite thing to add (or avocado, or sautéed mushrooms or just plain).

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