Candy Bacon Recipe

"Just when you thought bacon could not get any better along comes this. I'm warning you ahead of time, once you get a taste of this there's no stopping, you'll eat and eat until your sick. I make this with my own homemade bacon that is posted here on this site, you'll need to use homemade or a good quality bacon for this, none of that no name or cheap crap! Make a ton of this bacon stick it in a tall glass and serve it for appetizers, your guests will fight over it!"

Original is 4 servings

Metric US

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Ingredients

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1 pound bacon (a good quality, sliced)
2 tablespoon pure maple syrup (not pancake syrup, use real maple syrup)
1/4 cup brown sugar (mix of light and dark)

2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (139.3 g)
Calories 689.9
Total Fat - 47.5 g
Saturated Fat - 15.6 g
Cholesterol - 124.7 mg
Sodium - 2267.5 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 21 g
Dietary Fiber - 0.1 g
Sugars - 19.3 g
Protein - 42.1 g
Calcium - 24.6 mg
Iron - 1.7 mg
Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
Thiamin - 0.5 mg

Step by Step Method

Note: When using a full pound, the bacon mixture will seem a bit dry when tossing with the glaze ingredients. This is how it's supposed to be. Additional coating ingredients is optional, but not necessary

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 350 F.

Step 2

Wrap a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and top with a wire rack.

Step 3

In a large bowl, add the maple syrup, brown sugar, Dijon mustard, Kosher salt, and cayenne pepper. Mix well.

Step 4

Add the bacon to the bowl and toss gently with your hands. Make sure that all of the slices are evenly coated.

Step 5

Place the bacon in a single layer onto the wire rack.

Step 6

Bake in the center of the oven for about 20 minutes. The bacon will be a bit brown, but will most likely need to bake for another 10-15 minutes. It should look slightly dark (not burnt) and crispy. If you take it out too soon, the texture will be chewy, be patient!