A bust of Conan O’Brien appeared on The Tonight Show with him last night, but what it was made out of is what’s truly newsworthy!

Apparently, No Name Premium Meats, who supplied the bacon, sent Conan a 200-pound bust of himself made entirely out of white chocolate and bacon.
O’Brien had made a comment during an interview back in June that he would visit the Minnesota State Fair if he could get his body weight in chocolate covered bacon, which the Fair claims is a specialty of theirs. Something tells me Conan may have been looking more for something like this! O’Brien …read more

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 …read more

It’s currently lunchtime, meaning it’s dangerous to be looking at pictures of Chocolate Bacon Cheeseburgers, given my experience with chocolate and bacon.
The above burger is called the Brooklynite and was created by Epic Nomz. It’s basically a burger with the cheese on the inside, and chocolate-coated bacon placed on top of the burger. Since the burger is still warm when the bacon is put on top, the chocolate slowly melts and spreads around.
With the bacon being fresh (as opposed to dehydrated and Bacon Bits-y), I think it sounds fantastic! Would you try this?
Oh, and it’s National Cheeseburger Day! Yay!
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I’m not sure how long the Vosges brand Mo’s Bacon Bar has been available, but when I first heard about it last year I knew I had to keep an eye out. The bar is said to have been an inspiration of chocolatier Katrina Markoff, who drew on her childhood experience of chocolate chip pancakes and bacon.
I was really interested to see how this would be pulled off. Bacon is yummy, chocolate is yummy, but together?
I found a bar at Cost Plus not too long ago and picked it up for about $6. A hefty price tag for …read more