Gremlin Grill

I used a pound of Farmland® Cider House® bacon, but only because they didn’t have Honey Maple flavored bacon. I cut the slices into thirds, thinking a big ass slice of chocolate covered bacon might be too rich for some people. And by too rich, I mean it’ll kill ya if you even think about it. So stop thinking about it.

Ok, I cut the slices into thirds and fried them crisp. Crisp is important, texture-wise. You don’t want a chewy pork fat bite when you’re eating candy. Fry them crisp, let them cool. When cooled, dip the bacon into melted chocolate-flavored almond bark. Make sure the bacon is covered completely with chocolate. Put them on wax paper to let the chocolate set.

Leave the peanuts out. They brought nothing to the party.

That’s it. That’s all there is to it. And it’s good. Get over the weirdness of it, already. It’s good. When I sampled it around the office with bacon experts and anyone who’d take a bite, no one who tried it said it was gross. One person did prefer the bacon cookies to chocolate covered bacon, but that’s OK. Most people really like it.

There’s certainly nothing new about savory chocolate, but this isn’t really savory. It’s sweet like candy, then it gooses you with a smoky bacon flavor finish. Likewise, salt and chocolate together is elementary, but this is different. This isn’t a chocolate covered peanut salt and chocolate combo. This is…people, this is bacon.

I also made a batch with Farmland® Hickory Smoked bacon and Farmland® Lower Sodium bacon. Equally delicious, a little less sweet. There ya go. Try it.