Recipe: Perfect Pig Candy

Pig Candy. Pig candy is a dessert made by taking thick strips of smoked bacon and pecans and coating them in caramel or another type of sugar, notably brown sugar. Cayenne pepper can be added and it can be dipped in chocolate. See more ideas about Food, Food recipes and Yummy food.

Pig Candy: Have you ever wanted bacon and candy but you just couldn't make up your mind. Pig Candy is a great treat that will impress your friends and make your neighbors jealous. Download Pig candy stock vectors at the best vector graphic agency with millions of premium high quality, royalty-free stock vectors, illustrations and cliparts at reasonable prices. You can have Pig Candy using 3 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pig Candy

1. You need 8 slice of bacon, halved (I use hickory smoked).
2. You need 1 cup of brown sugar (I use dark).
3. It's 1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper (more if you like spicy!).

Pig candy is a dessert made by taking thick strips of smoked bacon and pecans and coating them in caramel or another type of sugar, notably brown Pig candy. So, of course, since I'm a romantic, I'm celebrating with Pig Candy. *I tweaked this recipe I made two years ago because I can never follow a recipe completely, not even my own recipe. Smoked bacon candy doesn't need a lot of introduction and there's not a better marriage of foods than what happens when you combine sweet syrup and bacon. Pig candy, otherwise known as candied bacon, first You can start your pig candy with regular or peppered bacon, but I recommend no matter which direction you go, using high-quality thick cut strips.

Pig Candy instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. In medium bowl (with lid), combine sugar and pepper.
3. Add bacon. Cover & shake. Bacon needs to have an even thick layer (should not be able to see bacon through sugar mixture).
4. Place bacon on a cooling rack over a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil (for minimum cleanup).
5. Place on top rack of oven and bake for 10 minutes.
6. Remove bacon. Flip. Add remaining sugar mixture to top of bacon.
7. Bake for additional 5-7 minutes (until bacon appears cooked but sugar not burned).
8. Let bacon cool on rack for 15 minutes..
9. Serve whole strips or chop up to candy size and serve in dish.
10. **My sister makes these for every tailgate party she hosts (for Arkansas Razorbacks! Go Hogs!).

At work I have this candy pig. I also have this coworker who on occasion donates to the candy pig fund. And instead of taking candy from the pig (which he does just not often). Pig Candy is a time consuming labor of love to make, but the rewards are well worth it if you've the time to invest. Today I made it Three Ways, Plain Candy.

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