Chocolate Covered Bacon with Salted Caramel

You had me at.. uh...bacon? Yes. Yes, you did.

Yup. You read that right. Bacon.

Chocolate. Covered. BACON. And, salted caramel.

Oh my Bacon.

(Fans self)

I made this unusual treat for my nephew, a Bacon Fanatic. He proclaimed it "weird", yet squirreled the rest of it away. We never saw it again! (I think he liked it).

This was my first attempt at this kind of candy. I liked it, but I don't think I cooked the bacon enough. I believe this would be more interesting if the bacon was crumbly instead of chewy. Also, I would use milk chocolate next time, instead of semi-sweet. I put a smear of caramel on the bacon and froze the slices before I dipped them in chocolate. The combination of the bacon and salty caramel was darn tasty! I would also like to try this with crunchy peanut butter instead of caramel.

Chocolate Covered Bacon

Ingredients
1/2 package thick cut bacon
8 oz milk chocolate, chopped fine
Caramel sauce or crunchy peanut butter
1 oz white chocolate for embellishment

Method

1. Cook bacon until crispy. Drain on paper towels, then lay flat on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and cool in the refrigerator.
2. Chop milk chocolate (I chop mine in the food processor — so easy!). Melt chocolate in a large bowl placed over a saucepan with about an inch of barely simmering water. Stir gently with a spatula until melted and smooth. Remove from heat.
3. Spread each piece of bacon with a bit of caramel or peanut butter and lay each bacon strip back on the baking sheet. Place the bacon in the freezer for about 15 minutes to really firm up.
4. Dip each bacon slice in the melted chocolate. After dipping all the slices, put the bacon back in the fridge or freezer to firm up the chocolate. It doesn't take very long.
5. Decorate with squiggly lines of melted white chocolate. Or just eat 'em. (I did.)