Cheesy Bacon Ultimate Dogs

This is a fun and easy way to amp up your hot dogs for the grill with some cheese, bacon, and a few other classic hot dog topping ingredients! These come together quickly and are ready in no time. They go great with all your favorite BBQ side dishes: corn on the cob, pasta salad, baked beans, watermelon, etc.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 463 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard
• 4 hot dogs, butterflied
• 2 ounces cheddar cheese, sliced into 8 matchsticks
• 4 strips thick-cut bacon
• 8 toothpicks
• 4 hot dog buns, split
• 1 large (5 inch) dill pickle, sliced into 8 long strips

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.

Step 2

Smear 1/4 teaspoon mustard inside each butterflied hot dog. Put 2 Cheddar cheese matchsticks inside each hot dog.

Step 3

Secure one end of a bacon strip to one end a hot dog using a toothpick. Wrap the bacon strip tightly around the entire hot dog, securing the far end with another toothpick; repeat for remaining hot dogs.

Step 4

Cook on preheated grill until hot dogs are heated and bacon is cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes per side.

Step 5

Place each cooked hot dog onto a bun and top with 2 pickle slices.