Chocolate covered bacon now with 30% more sprinkles
Before you think I have flipped my lid, got insane, forgot my medication, and am back to running in traffic give me a second to explain the reasoning behind this dish. I have a close friend who is a children librarian and every year she hosts a program which the theme is gross foods. The normal kitty litter cake and other combination of food that tastes amazing but looks unappetizing always make an appearance.
The last couple of years she has asked if I mind participating. I have to say yes because finally an audience to cook for who is at my maturity level and most importantly young kids are easily impressionable so I can add to my evil army hell bent on world domination.
Last year I wowed the kids with a beautiful rendition of candied bacon maple ice cream (http://www.culinarydisaster.com/wordpress/16/candied-bacon/ for the candied bacon and http://www.culinarydisaster.com/wordpress/13/maple-bacon-ice-cream/ for the bacon maple ice cream). To her and the parent’s disgust the kids love it.
This year I decided I am keeping with the bacon theme and decided to dip the bacon in some chocolate and throw some sprinkles over it. What kid does not like all three of those things?
According to her the kid’s absolutely loved it and devoured 3/4 lb of bacon in no time at all. She was also nice enough to share a couple pictures of the kid’s enjoying chocolate covered bacon with sprinkles.
To make the chocolate covered bacon basically you take the bacon and get it crisp. My favorite way is to put the bacon on a cooling rack over a baking dish and place in a 400 degree for 15 minutes. Pat the bacon dry and then I let it relax in the fridge for a couple hours to cool down. This also gives you a good amount of glorious bacon fat that can be strained into a mason jar and stored in the fridge for another use such as amazing cornbread or bacon fat baked potatoes.
After the bacon is cool I melted a 12 ounce bag of semi-sweet chocolate over a double boiler (bring pot of water to a rapid boil, place a glass/metal bowl over the pot, dump your chocolate in the bowl, and stir the chocolate occasionally) till all the chocolate is melted.
Dip the cooled bacon into the chocolate to cover, place on some wax/parchment paper to cool or on a cooling rack, and sprinkle with sprinkles.
Next year I am hoping she will finally let me cook the kids some tongues, heart, tripe, liver, sweetbreads, and everything wonderfully offal.
wow. that looks both frightening and delicious! and heart clogging! i love bacon with sweet stuff, but would never have thought about chocolate. looks yummy!
I’ve never tasted that but that surely looks really good.
I don’t know whether to stare at it, or look away!
Hmmm…. I think I’d like it best without the sprinkles…. You didn’t say how you liked it…
I love chocolate dipped bacon-salty and sweet in one sitting. They offer it at our State Fair, but I have yet to try making it at home, only for the fear that I would eat a pound of bacon by myself.
Haha! I bet kids would adore this and I’d like to give it a go too. After all I like bacon with French Toast and maple syrup.
Oh my god, the kid in the last pic is hilarious! Bacon and chocolate are meant to be together, seriously.
The pics of the kids eating are hysterical…great shots!