Candied bacon is easy to make and versatile to use.
Eat it as is, crumble it over salad, or use it to garnish a Bloody Mary!
The good news:you’re free to just make it at home!
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The evenbetternews:It only has two ingredients.
What Is Candied Bacon?
Candied bacon is a wonderful food that combines salty, sweet, and crispy.
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If made correctly, the bacon has crispy edges and a crackly crust from the caramelized sugar on top.
And to make it correctly you need tobake the bacon, which we will do!
Two-Ingredient Candied Bacon
Ultimately, you only need two ingredients for candied bacon: bacon and sugar.
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Mix It up!
Let your mind run wild here.
Dried herbs such as rosemary?
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Tips for Making Candied Bacon
There are a few tricks to making candied bacon at home.
What to Do With Candied Bacon
I recommend eating it!
you could serve it as a side dish to almost any brunch.
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you could chop it up and serve it with toothpicks for an appetizer.
you could stick it on aBloody MaryBar, or crumble it on top of a classic wedge salad!
Go crazy with it!
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Space the bacon as closely together as you’re able to on the two baking sheets.
It’s okay if they touch in places, but don’t let them overlap.
Bake just as you would the normal version.
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Line two baking sheets with foil, and place an oven-safe wire rack on each.
Sprinkle the bacon strips with brown sugar and (optionally) add some freshly ground black pepper.
Bake the bacon in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
I recommend rotating the pans once during baking to ensure the bacon is cooking evenly.
The bacon is done when the brown sugar is melted and the bacon is a deep brown color.
Let the bacon cool right on the wire rack for a few minutes.
(If you eat it right away, you’ll burn your mouth on the molten sugar.)
The bacon will crisp up as it cools and as the melted sugar hardens.
I dont think candied bacon is worth freezing, although if you made a huge batch you absolutely could.
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