Three Candied Bacon Recipes

Name: Three Candied Bacon Recipes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb Bacon (1 pound bacon); ¼ cup Brown Sugar (¼ cup brown sugar); 2 tbsp Maple Syrup (2 tablespoons real maple syrup); 1 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar (1 tablespoon cider vinegar); 1 tbsp Spice (1 tablespoon spices or herbs, optional) — optional; 1 piece Toffee Bits (1 bag Heath Bits 'O Brickle Toffee Bits (8 oz (227g) bag; don't get the one with milk chocolate)); 8 oz Semisweet Chocolate Chunks (8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate); 1 tbsp Shortening (1 tablespoon shortening like Crisco or lard (don't use oils or butter))

Three Candied Bacon Recipes - Main Course,Side Dish (American)

30 minAmerican

Servings1

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Steps

1Maple Bacon
2Preheat. Get the oven up to 350°F (167°C).
3Prep. Stir together the sugar, syrup, vinegar, and the optional spices and herbs.
4Bake. Line a sheet pan with foil. Skip the foil and you'll be scrubbing that pan for hours. Place the strips on a wire rack in the pan. Bake the bacon for 15 minutes.
5Paint on the maple glaze. Now paint both sides of the strips with a pastry brush (use a silicone one, it is easier to clean) and bake until the strips are done to your likeness.
6Cool and serve. Let them cool on the rack. If you can resist.
7Toffee Bacon
8For Toffee Bacon, get the pan and rack ready as described above, place the raw bacon on the rack then sprinkle the bag of toffee bits on the bacon. Bake at 350°F (167°C) until the bacon is cooked and the candy is sorta melted. It will remain sticky.
9Muddy Pigs
10These are a real surprise to someone who doesn't know what you are handing them. The prep is a little different than the other two recipes: Cut the 1 pound (453g) bacon strips into thirds. Cook the bacon hard until quite crisp, then let it cool. You can bake it at 350°F (167°C).
11Chop the semi-sweet chocolate (or use chips) and put it and the shortening in a double boiler: That's just a metal bowl sitting on top of a pot of simmering water so only steam contacts the bottom of the bowl. Stir constantly until the chocolate is melted and smooth.
12Dip the bacon in the chocolate or paint it on to coat the bacon, then place it on parchment paper to cool and harden. Parchment paper works best because it has non-stick silicone in it.