Bacon Candy

Name: Bacon Candy
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 20 strips
Ingredients: 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons chile powder; 20 slices of thick-cut bacon (1 1/2 pounds)

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Crispy, sweet and salty, this three-ingredient snack is the ultimate cocktail party hors d’oeuvre. Slideshow: Holiday Cocktail Party Recipes

By Food & Wine

December 2012

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Recipe Summary

active:

10 mins

total:

25 mins

Yield:

20 strips

Ingredients

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons chile powder
20 slices of thick-cut bacon (1 1/2 pounds)

Directions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400°. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with foil. In a small bowl, whisk the brown sugar with the chile powder. Arrange the bacon strips on the foil and coat the tops with the chile sugar. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until caramelized and almost crisp. Transfer the bacon to a rack set over a sheet of foil to cool completely; serve.

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Make Ahead

The bacon candy can be made earlier in the day; store at room temperature.

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Beth Schwind Greenbaum

02/04/2019

This recipe stinks. I followed it to the letter, and what I got was flabby, almost tasteless bacon with a hint of sweetness to it. I don't know if the writer actually used thick cut bacon (I did), but it took a LOT longer than the recipe stated, and the bacon was still flabby. And nearly set my oven on fire, with all the smoke from the melted, burned sugar on the bottom of the pan. Don't waste your time or bacon on this.

Lisa Knoll

12/25/2017

Easy to make and so yummy!

Christy Marquis

12/21/2016

how long can this bacon be stored?

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