Creamy Fried Confetti Corn

As promised- the recipe for the Creamy Fried Confetti Corn that I made yesterday:

Creamy Fried Confetti Corn

• 8 bacon slices, chopped
• 4 cups fresh sweet corn kernels (about 8 ears)
• 1 medium-size white onion, chopped
• 1 chopped red bell pepper
• 1 chopped green bell pepper
• 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, cubed
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper

Cook chopped bacon in a large skillet until crisp; remove bacon, and drain on paper towels, reserving drippings in skillet. Set bacon aside.
Sauté corn, onion, and bell peppers in hot drippings in skillet over medium-high heat 6 minutes or until tender. Add cream cheese and half-and-half, stirring until cream cheese melts. Stir in sugar, salt, and pepper. Top with bacon.

*Over the years as I have made this dish I've made a few alterations to the recipe.
1. I prepare about twice as much bacon as the recipe calls for.
2. I only saute' the onions and peppers (not the corn) in the bacon drippings. When they are tender I add the cream cheese and half-and-half. When the cream cheese has melted I stir the corn in. Then I stir about half of the bacon in.
3. I then transfer the entire mixture to a 9x13 baking dish & bake at 375 for 30-45 minutes.
5. The last 5 minutes of baking time I take it out and top it with the rest of the bacon.

**When I did this yesterday I didn't have time to stick it in the oven & also had to transport it to a party, so I put it in a crockpot (I have one that the lid seals/locks down) and added the bacon when we got to the party.