Description
This smoked candied bacon is easy to make and one of the sweetest things you’ll ever taste in your lifetime. Give this candied bacon recipe a shot, and it will soon become your favorite snack recipe!
Ingredients
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- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 lb Thick-cut bacon
Instructions
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, mix the maple syrup and brown sugar to create a thick syrup-sugar mixture.
- Separate your bacon strips and use a pair of tongs to place each strip into the bowl. Toss the strips in the mixture and make sure all of them have a sticky coating of maple syrup and brown sugar.
- Set the smoker to 225°F and add your desired wood pellets or wood chips. Apple wood, cherry, pecan, and oak pellets are all excellent options for this smoked bacon candy recipe.
- Once the smoker is ready, place every piece of bacon on the grill grates. Make sure to give every piece plenty of space. Each piece of bacon should shrink during the cooking process, but it may not cook properly if the pieces touch each other.
- Flip each strip of bacon after an hour of cooking, so they can cook more evenly. Brush a little more maple syrup on the other side of the bacon slices after flipping them.
- Check on the pieces every 10 minutes to ensure they are smoking evenly, but ensure you allow them to smoke for an additional one hour of total time.
- Use a pair of tongs to transfer your smoked candied bacon to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and let cool for 10 minutes at room temperature.
- Serve or store in an air-tight sealed container for later use.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Rest Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 ounce
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 27g
- Sodium: 383mg
- Fat: 23g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 7g
- Cholesterol: 37mg