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For the crust: COMBINE the bread crumb and cheese packets, from both Fresh Takes packages, in a medium mixing bowl.
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ADD the melted butter and stir until the mixture is thoroughly combined and moist.
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You should be able to scoop up about 1 1/2 to 2 Tablespoons of the mixture in your hand and mold it into a ball.
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DIVIDE the mixture into 24 balls of relatively the same size.
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PRESS each ball into the lightly greased cups of a mini muffin tin, pressing the crust mixture across the bottom and up the sides of the cups.
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BAKE the popper crusts at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
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REMOVE from the oven and allow to cool in the tin.
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During baking the crusts will have settled and formed flat muffins.
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While they are still warm, use the back of a spoon or other round utensil to press the crusts back up the sides of the muffin tin cups.
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Then when they have cooled, in about 15 minutes, they will hold their shape.
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For the filling: When the crusts come out of the oven, preheat it to 425 degrees.
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CUT four strips of OSCAR MAYER Thick Cut Bacon into 8 pieces, each.
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Place the bacon pieces onto a baking sheet and bake at 425 degrees for 10 12 minutes.
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Watch closely after 10 minutes, as every oven is different, and while you want the bacon crisp, you dont want to burn it.
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REMOVE the bacon from the oven and drain pieces on paper towels.
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Set bacon pieces aside.
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ARRANGE cooled crusts on a platter or tray.
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Set crusts aside.
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SLICE grape tomatoes in half, then fourths and then eighths.
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MINCE the romaine lettuce.
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MIX the cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth and creamy.
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Put the cream cheese mixture into a piping bag or make one by filling the corner of a zip-top bag and snipping off the corner of the bag with scissors.
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Assembling the BLT Poppers: PIPE the cream cheese mixture into the cooled crusts, adding slightly less than 2 teaspoons of filling to each popper shell.
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STAND one bacon piece, on end, in the center of each filled shell.
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ARRANGE minced lettuce and tomato pieces around the bacon.
