Carolina Twinkies

Carolina Twinkies are a delicious twist on Texas Twinkies originally created by Old Colony Smokehouse in Edenton, NC. In this recipe, we use the all new Meat Church BBQ Holy Cola BBQ sauce. 

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Ingredients

• 8 jalapeño peppers 
• 8 pieces of standard thickness bacon
  
• 1 C pimiento cheese
• 1 16 oz tube of breakfast sausage
• 1 C Meat Church Holy Cola BBQ Sauce
• 2 T Meat Church Holy Cow
  

Smoker
Prepare your smoker at a temperature of 300 degrees. We used a Traeger Woodridge with Meat Church pellets (Oak\Hickory) in this video. Hickory or pecan would also be good choices, but for a cook this hot and fast, just about any wood would work.

Jalapeño prep
Cut the stem end off of each pepper and slice it in half length wise. Remove the seeds and veins, as that is where all the capsaicin (heat) lies. 

Fill each jalapeño half to the top of the pepper with pimiento cheese.

Place two jalapeños together closing them up to make "one" whole jalapeño. 

Encase each pepper set in country sausage.

Roll the sausage wrapped twinkie in one slice of bacon. 

Season the twinkie all over with Meat Church Holy Cow.

Allow the seasoning to adhere for at least 15 minutes. Place on a wire rack.

Cook the Carolina Twinkie 
Place the wire rack of twinkies in the smoker.

Cook until they reach at least 165°. That took an hour in this video.

Remove the rack from the smoker and sauce each twinkie in Meat Church Holy Cola BBQ Sauce.

Place the rack back in the smoker for 10 minutes to allow the sauce to tack up. 

Remove from the smoker. Allow to cool for 10 - 15 minutes.

Slice in half and enjoy!