Chocolate Covered Bacon
on Mar 14, 2014, Updated Jan 30, 2024
This Chocolate Covered Bacon is incredible. If you have yet to try chocolate covered bacon… you MUST! A couple years back the hubby and I were shopping at a local candy company and tried some chocolate covered bacon. The hubby and I both LOVED it and HAD to bring some home to the kiddos. BIG mistake ha ha. They all loved it and beg for chocolate covered bacon all of the time. Honestly I had never made it at home and just paid the small fortune for it at the candy store. In the past I would purchase and place the yummy chocolate covered bacon in their Easter Baskets. This year I decided I would make my own to save.
Chocolate Covered Bacon
Who doesn’t LOVE bacon? We all know it is not very healthy eating when we indulge. But, why not treat ourselves from time to time. If I could just get my hubby to understand that enjoying bacon is something that needs to be done in moderation, ha ha!
INGREDIENTS
1 lb Thick Cut Bacon
1/2 cup Semi Sweet Chocolate
1 tsp Shortening
1/8 cup White Chocolate
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DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400.
Line baking sheet with foil and place bacon on foil.
If you want very crispy bacon place on a cooling rack sitting on top of foil.
Bake 16-20 minutes or until desired crispness.
Transfer to paper towels to drain.
Allow to cool.
Cut in half and place in freezer for 30 minutes.
Heat semi sweet chocolate and shortening by microwaving for 30 seconds stirring and repeating until melted. Allow to cool for 2-3 minutes.
Dip bacon in chocolate and shake off excess and place on wax paper.
Heat white chocolate by microwaving for 30 seconds stirring and repeating until melted. Allow to cool for 2-3 minutes.
Transfer white chocolate to corner of zippered bag and clip tiny piece off of corner to pipe.
Pipe drizzles of white across bacon pieces.
Place in refrigerator for 10 minutes to allow to set.
I am so excited to add Chocolate Covered Bacon to my hubbies and to the kiddos Easter Baskets. Normally they only get just a couple pieces. Since I am making it myself this year, I can place quite a few pieces in each basket. I just wrapped them in cello pretzel bags and tied on a bow. I have done this with the Chocolate Covered Peeps, Homemade Reeses Eggs, Homemade Coconut Eggs and Easter Egg Cake Bites. Savings and homemade goods for theri baskets. SCORE!
Every time I make bacon I can hear everyone in the house yelling “BACON”. Every time they find bacon in their Easter Baskets I hear them yelling “BACON”. I know they are going to be super excited that I now have a quick and easy Chocolate Covered Bacon Recipe.
Chocolate Covered Bacon
Ingredients
- 1 lb Thick Cut Bacon
- 1/2 cup Semi Sweet Chocolate
- 1 tsp Shortening
- 1/8 cup White Chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Line baking sheet with foil and place bacon on foil.
- If you want very crispy bacon place on a cooling rack sitting on top of foil.
- Bake 16-20 minutes or until desired crispness.
- Transfer to paper towels to drain.
- Allow to cool.
- Cut in half and place in freezer for 30 minutes.
- Heat semi sweet chocolate and shortening by microwaving for 30 seconds stirring and repeating until melted. Allow to cool for 2-3 minutes.
- Dip bacon in chocolate and shake off excess and place on wax paper.
- Heat white chocolate by microwaving for 30 seconds stirring and repeating until melted. Allow to cool for 2-3 minutes.
- Transfer white chocolate to corner of zippered bag and clip tiny piece off of corner to pipe.
- Pipe drizzles of white across bacon pieces.
- Place in refrigerator for 10 minutes to allow to set.
