Candy Bacon
Recipe: #21214
October 06, 2015
Categories: Snacks, Bacon, Appetizers, Christmas, Fathers Day, Game/Sports Day New Years, Oven Bake, Gluten-Free, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, Spicy, more
"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!"
Ingredients
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!
Step 7
Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes on the rack. Don't let them sit too long or else they will stick.
Step 8
Once cool enough to handle, you can break the bacon into chards (you'll have about 32 pieces). Alternatively, you can leave them whole.
Step 9
Serve at room temperature.
Tips
No special items needed.