Chocolate Covered Bacon
August 4, 2009 by Heather R.
Filed under Chocolate Pictures, Chocolate Recipes
I had to do it. I finally bit the bullet and made my own batch of chocolate covered bacon. It’s apparently become a staple at county affairs across the US this summer, and after reading yet another article about how much people are looking forward to trying it, I decided to whip up some in my own kitchen.
It’s simple enough: I put regular sliced bacon (some people recommend thick slices, but I didn’t have it on hand. The thin worked out just as well) in my Foreman grill, melted some chocolate chips in the microwave (admittedly, I used plain old Nestle chips instead of my good Ghirardelli chips, just in case), and then laid the cooled bacon in the chocolate and spooned it over before setting it on parchment paper. That’s it.
My kids were wary about what I was doing, especially when they saw the bacon come out of the fridge. One of my nine-year-olds got into the fun by helping me drain the bacon, and my ten-year-old enjoyed stirring the chocolate chips when they’d come out of the microwave.
Now, we tried the Vosges bacon chocolate bar last year and were not impressed. So, I was a little worried that I was wasting some perfectly good bacon and chocolate.
The verdict? I’m glad I didn’t use the 60% Cacao chips from Ghirardelli, but not because they would have been wasted. The semi-sweet Nestle chips were perfect – not overpowering but still chocolaty, which let the salty bacon come through. I didn’t use “flavored” bacon – no apple smoked or maple or anything, just plain bacon.
The kids that were giving me the stink eye just minutes before when I told them what I was up to were happily dipping their own little leftover pieces of bacon into the chocolate bowl as we waited for the “dipped” bacon to set up in the fridge.
Like I said, I thought I would end up disliking it as much as I disliked the candy bar from last year, but, and I’m a little ashamed to admit this, they were actually pretty darn good. I can’t see making these often, for obvious reasons, but it was a fun distraction this afternoon and the kids got a kick out of how good the two completely different tastes went together, which would have been it worth it even if they didn’t turn out.
Have you tried chocolate covered bacon? What did you think?
I think I’m almost convinced! I don’t know if I’ll do the whole process but the next time we have bacon at breakfast I might try dipping it in chocolate sauce!
Do it, do it!
Ok…I just may have to try this…it’s wacky enough to be good. I’m hosting a Pampered Chef party…Maybe this can be my signature dish! Ha…this is great.
How can bacon be bad with anything? I’ve never heard of this…you should sell it!
I need to try this….anything with bacon in it is usually a winner….
This is a new one for me, but salty and sweet and a little bit smoky… that has to be an awesome combination… just never occurred to me to try lol…
Boy…I’m with everyone else; I’m going to give it a try. The candy bars with bacon are just too expensive!
Two great things combined into one…mmm…
We invented this and rolled this out last year(2008) at Minnesota State Fair
Original Chocolate Covered Bacon – Pig Lickers(R) Google Pig Lickers for many articles
A lot of copy cats out there this year – Hope you sell many
Charlie T.
Hi Charlie! No intention of selling – just an at-home experiment
Good luck to you!