Cool temperatures are in the forecast. The World Series starts tonight. College football this weekend. And the NBA. Like every night. 😆 This recipe seems like it’s sort of time-consuming but prep actually goes pretty fast and it’s great to munch on in front of the big screen.

Prep Time: 15 min.
Total Time: 50 min.
Servings: 12 servings
Pull apart a piece of Cheddar-Bacon-Garlic Monkey Bread at your next special occasion. You and your friends will all love this tasty garlic monkey bread!

What You Need
1 pkg. (8 oz.) KRAFT Sharp Cheddar Cheese, divided
3 Tbsp. butter, melted
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
4 slices cooked OSCAR MAYER Bacon, each cut into 8 pieces
1 can (16.3 oz.) refrigerated big buttermilk biscuits (8 biscuits), quartered

Make It

Heat oven to 350ºF.
Cut half the cheese into 32 small cubes; shred remaining cheese.
Mix butter, garlic and parsley until blended. Drizzle 1 Tbsp. butter mixture onto bottom of 9-inch round pan sprayed with cooking spray. Place 1 each cheese cube and bacon piece on center of each dough piece; press dough around cheese and bacon until completely enclosed. Place in prepared pan.
Sprinkle with shredded cheese; drizzle with remaining butter mixture.
Bake 35 min. or until golden brown. Cool 10 min. before removing from pan to serve.

CLICK HERE to get the full details and nutritional information. FYI, believe it or not, Sade Marquis from the Penumbra Papers actually makes monkey bread like this. Due to the garlic, it’s a huge inside joke between her and Sinjen. Caleb, on the other hand, insists she at least double the recipe so he can have his own pan. 🙄 Werewolves. Watch for all of them, plus Ariel, to appear in Roman’s book, THE SOUND OF SILENCE, coming on Halloween!