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Candied Maple Bacon

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So easy to make, this candied bacon is maple flavoured. Sweet, and salty, it’s sheer perfection. 

Candied Maple Bacon | So easy to make, this candied bacon is maple flavoured. Sweet, and salty, it's sheer perfection.

This sweet and salty snack is perfect for parties and brunches. I tend to make it on holidays. It’s a nice treat, plus it’s super easy to make. My family and I just love this stuff. We cannot get enough of it.

Candied bacon is seriously addictive. Once you start eating it you’ll never want to stop. Trust me, I speak from experience. The day I made this I think I ate my body weight in bacon. Not even kidding.

I went on a bacon making rampage recently. I made Bacon Jam which was so much fun. That bacon jam recipe will blow your mind! It is great over toast, added to grilled cheese sandwiches, and perfect slathered over roasts.

For my other blog, Kiss My Smoke, I made Charred Skillet Corn with Bacon, and Bacon-wrapped Sausages. Both were life changing recipes. Okay, so maybe not life changing, but certainly good enough to go back for thirds. So that’s pretty impressive, right.

I knew when I joined Bacon Month that I was going to have to make some amazing candied bacon. Being a Canuck it’s a pretty easy leap to maple flavouring. I mean it’s not like we have our own tree to tap, but it’s certainly pretty easy to procure maple syrup in these parts.

So I whipped up some quick and easy Candied Maple Bacon. Then I ate the whole batch. Then realized I hadn’t taken any photos. So I had to make another batch. By then I was really hungry so I had to eat that batch too. By batch 5 I knew I should probably stop chowing down long enough to snap a couple of photos.

I should feel bad about my bacon rampage but I really don’t. With Bacon Month is full swing I’m just being proactive and getting all my posts organized. I’m behaving. While not. The irony.

Whip some of this up for yourself. You will thank me. Your waistline might not. But you will.

Candied Maple Bacon | So easy to make, this candied bacon is maple flavoured. Sweet, and salty, it's sheer perfection.

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Candied Maple Bacon
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
25 mins
 
So easy to make, this candied bacon is maple flavoured. Sweet, and salty, it's sheer perfection.
Ingredients
  • 1 pound of bacon
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
  2. Line two rimmed cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  3. Scoop the brown sugar into a shallow long pan.
  4. Pour the maple sugar into another shallow long pan.
  5. Take each strip of bacon and dunk it into the maple syrup, then the brown sugar. Place each strip on the cookie sheets.
  6. Place in the preheated oven and cook for about 15 minutes, turning once halfway through.
  7. Check the bacon and if it's how you like it remove from the oven. If you like yours a bit crispier you can add 5 minutes or so. Remove from oven and allow to cool for a few minutes.
  8. Pull each piece off the parchment paper and place on a plate to cool. If you can resist it that long.
  9. Serve with a big old maple smile!
Recipe Notes

Recipe Source: Cravings of a Lunatic

Candied Maple Bacon | So easy to make, this candied bacon is maple flavoured. Sweet, and salty, it's sheer perfection.

Bacon Month rages on. Week one is coming to a close, with week two getting ready to hit the blogosphere. Bacon recipes all month long. It’s a bacon lovers dream.

Candied Maple Bacon | So easy to make, this candied bacon is maple flavoured. Sweet, and salty, it's sheer perfection.

Be sure to check out my Bourbon Bacon Jam, pictured below!

Bourbon Bacon Jam | This recipe is really easy to make and will have you slathering this Bourbon Bacon Jam on everything in sight.

 I also made this Charred Skillet Corn with Bacon, pictured below!

Grilled Charred Skillet Corn with Bacon | This is a great way to use up any leftover corn on the cob you have this season.

I am loving Bacon Month. Hope you are too!

Toodles and smoochies! xx

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  4. Nancy @ gottagetbaked says

    August 12, 2014 at 2:34 PM

    Hello, lover! I need to sink all my money (all tens of hundreds of it) into technology that would allow me to reach into my screen because that candied bacon is taunting me. I haven’t made candied bacon in two years. TWO YEARS! That’s faaaaaar too long for us to be apart!

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  7. Danielle says

    December 24, 2014 at 4:09 PM

    Hi there!
    I’m looking to make this as a Christmas nosh, but we have alot to make tomorrow. Can the bacon “marinate” in maple for a day before so I can just dunk in sugar and bake (it might save me 10/20 minutes)?

    Thanks!

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  9. jennifer says

    May 19, 2015 at 8:39 PM

    does it need to be refrigerated after it is cooked? I am adding it as a garnish to cupcakes that will be served the next morning.

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    • Kim Beaulieu says

      May 19, 2015 at 9:29 PM

      Hi Jennifer. If you’re using it the next day definitely pop it in the fridge overnight. Let me know how those cupcakes turn out. Sounds amazing.

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  10. sarah says

    June 21, 2015 at 5:14 AM

    Any tips for storing these?
    I want to make a bunch for my hubby’s 30th birthday, but not sure if I can make them in advance…
    If I refrigerate will they go soggy? If I don’t refrigerate will the bacon go bad?
    Help! :-S

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    • Kim Beaulieu says

      June 30, 2015 at 1:05 AM

      Hey Sarah. definitely refrigerate it. Then just take it out about 30 minutes before you need it. I use parchment paper to layer mine in containers so the pieces don’t stick together. Hope that helps. xx

      Reply

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