Bacon-mergency

[confectionqueen]

So apparently today Ottawa had it's first Bacon fest. They had a bunch of bacon desserts there as well. Pretty much all of them were shit

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[lulu_girl]

Well, I've had a bacon chocolate bar that was actually really good, but I didn't make it myself.

Friends of mine swear by these donuts in Portland, you can get an idea of how it's put together with the image on the homepage:

http://voodoodoughnut.com/index.php

I have found in the past that if done well, the salty flavor of the bacon works great with the sweet of chocolate. Seems like it shouldn't, but it does.

I don't have any recipes though, so this comment probably isn't much help.

[confectionqueen]

It sounds so counter-intuitive to me, but I also just have a lot of really terrible bacon desserts with chocolate so...

[blondebeaker]

Bacon fat chocolate chip cookies. Take a normal chocolate chip cookie recipe and use half butter, half bacon fat for the butter part. Add dark chocolate to balance out the the flavors.

Its my sis' most popular cookie when she sells them at the farmers market!

[confectionqueen]

See I can see bacon in desserts being delicious, but bacon and chocolate seems weird to me.

Curious if anyone knows how much a typical 500g pkg of bacon nets you in fat.

[blondebeaker]

I know Smithyfield bacon produces A TON of fat when you cook it.

It really doesn't give a bacon taste, Sis says its more a smokey/salty taste. I have not tried it yet, as I'm still expecting a box of cookies from her soon as part of her shipping test.

[confectionqueen]

Hmm, have never seen that brand around these parts.

Still, I will try it with my fail safe choc chip cookie recipe, since it'll be the best and easiest to compare to.

Now I just need to make 3/4c of bacon fat for both recipes...
How awfull(omnomnomnom)

[confectionqueen]

Can I just drizzle the caramel sauce on the bacon?

[confectionqueen]

Ooo this is perfect!

Thank you :D