Chocolate Delights

Yesterday I alluded to the fact that I was going to do something fabulous with some of the leftover bacon. This morning I went out and acquired the remaining necessary ingredient, and a few minutes ago, I declared Project Bacon to be a smashing success.

I made chocolate covered bacon. I like bacon, but the prospect of eating plain old bacon for a few days in a row wasn't that exciting. I scoured the internets for things that I could do with the bacon, and found a few recipes for chocolate covered bacon. I didn't want a fancy recipe because it sounded like chocolate covered bacon was either going to be a bit hit, or a huge miss, so I didn't want to invest any more money than necessary into the project. In the end, I didn't follow any particular recipe, because it doesn't take a genius to melt chocolate.

So, I went out and bought a plain old Hershey bar, and chopped about half of it into small pieces. While I did that, I threw four pieces of bacon in the oven at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes. I know I like my bacon crispy anyway, but it really needs to be crispy for this, because I think chewy chocolate covered bacon is a guaranteed disaster. Anyway, when the bacon was about done, I threw the chocolate in the microwave for 30 seconds total (be careful not to burn it if you melt it in the microwave!).


Then I broke the bacon into pieces and dipped it in the chocolate, coating both sides, and then I put it in the fridge to give the chocolate a chance to solidify. This was a good time to do a little sampling of my project, because a few of the pieces broke a little bit in the chocolate since they were so crispy.

Overall, I'm pleased with the results. If you like sweet and salty combinations (chocolate covered pretzels), and if you like chocolate, and you like bacon, there's a chance you'll like chocolate covered bacon.