I brought my 29 years of San Diego living Mexican food influence into this appetizer for Grilled Cheese Guacamole and Bacon Bruschetta. It’s a good one for snacking and for Game Day too!
These are little melted cheese toasts topped with a simple homemade guacamole and crispy bacon. There aren’t a whole lot of things that are better than that. It’s comfort food to the max!
Ingredients needed:
How to make Grilled Cheese Guacamole and Bacon Bruschetta:
*The complete, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the end of this post.
- Prepare the easy guacamole: Cut avocados in half and scoop out the avocado into a medium bowl. Mash the avocado with a fork. Stir in sour cream. Season to taste with salt and pepper, cayenne and a squeeze of lime juice.
- Make the grilled cheese toasts: Preheat oven to broil and set rack in the middle of the oven. Place baguette slices on a baking sheet. Spread each slice lightly with butter (I use spreadable tub butter), and sprinkle with garlic salt. Broil the bread slices 1 to 2 minutes, just until beginning to crisp. Top the bread slices with shredded cheddar. Broil again until the cheese is melted and toasts are browned lightly on the edges (1 to 2 minutes). Remove from the oven.
- Assemble the bruschetta: Place the grilled cheese toasts on a platter. Spread each toast with a generous smudge of guacamole, a few bacon pieces and tomatoes, and a garnish of cilantro or Italian parsley. Serve immediately with lime wedges added to the platter for optional squeezing.
What’s the best type of bacon to use?
I always buy center-cut bacon, but to find center-cut bacon that was of the Applewood Smoked variety is even more exciting. It’s infinitely better than the regular stuff. Center-cut bacon doesn’t have as much fat on it, and you’ll get a nice, meatier piece of bacon to use on your appetizers. Fry it up until it’s crispy, then chop it into little chunks.
Totally optional here, but you can garnish them with a little leaf of cilantro or Italian parsley, if you’d like.
Add a few lime wedges on your platter for those who might like a squeeze, and serve to your hungry party guests. This one is pretty much guaranteed to be a favorite for Game Day- for both avocado and bacon lovers alike. My family of taste testers happily gobble these up in no time!
Favorite Game Day Appetizer Recipes:
- Buffalo Celery Sticks
- Honey Glazed Chicken Wings
- Potato Skins
- Chili Cheese Dip
- Easy Pigs in a Blanket
Grilled Cheese Guacamole and Bacon Bruschetta
Ingredients
- 3 medium just-ripe avocados
- 3 tablespoons sour cream
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 to 2 dashes cayenne pepper
- ¾ teaspoon lime juice
- 1 long French baguette, sliced
- ¼ cup butter
- garlic salt
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 4 slices center cut bacon, fried until crisp and chopped
- 1 medium tomato, chopped finely
- cilantro leaves or Italian parsley (optional)
- lime wedges (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare the easy guacamole: Cut avocados in half and scoop out the avocado into a medium bowl. Mash the avocado with a fork. Stir in sour cream. Season to taste with salt and pepper, cayenne and a squeeze of lime juice.
- Make the grilled cheese toasts: Preheat oven to broil and set rack in the middle of the oven. Place baguette slices on a baking sheet. Spread each slice lightly with butter (I use spreadable tub butter), and sprinkle with garlic salt. Broil the bread slices 1 to 2 minutes, just until beginning to crisp. Top the bread slices with shredded cheddar. Broil again until the cheese is melted and toasts are browned lightly on the edges (1 to 2 minutes). Remove from the oven.
- Assemble the bruschetta: Place the grilled cheese toasts on a platter. Spread each toast with a generous smudge of guacamole, a few bacon pieces and tomatoes, and a garnish of cilantro or Italian parsley. Serve immediately with lime wedges added to the platter for optional squeezing.
Notes
- I prefer to use center-cut bacon (and it's a bonus if you can find the Applewood Smoked variety).
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
we are having a spring break party tonight with 2 other couples. Each of us has to bring a drink, appetizer and dessert we’ve never made. This is my appetizer… and I am SOOO excited to try it!! Thanks for mixing it up – it will go great wth the margaritas my friend is bringing!
Let me know how everyone liked it!
Sounds interesting,and tasty.
I made these for a superbowl party – made a big foccacia rather than the baguette, my buddy made the guac, these went VERY FAST. Made like a bruschetta/tomato mixture with garlic and basil….DELISH!
what a wonderful idea and they are very presentable…
ooo these look awesome. 4 of my favorite things… bread, cheese, guac, and bacon!!
OMG. This is SO getting made soon. It looks wonderful! I’m a total avocado freak.
LOVE this, it looks awesome, Lori!
This is my kind of football food. This is my kind of anytime food. I need these in my life.
These look so cute!
One question–does the bottom side of the bread get crisp? I ask because my daughter came home for lunch yesterday and asked for a tuna melt. [Yes, in this school district the kids can all walk home for lunch if they want. So I get to be a short order cook in the middle of the day sometimes.] I was out of my usual tuna melt bread, English muffins, and used a couple pieces of sandwich bread instead. Apparently I should have toasted it, or flipped it over after a quick broil and before topping with tuna, because the bottoms were soft.
So, long ramble aside, when you pick up the bruschetta, is it all-over crisp?
Thanks!
What a great idea Lori. You have combined some of my favorite foods into a delicious snack. I love guac, cheese, and bacon. They turned out amazing. Another winner.