Has there ever been such a cute play on words, especially when it comes to snacks? …I think not! 

Not only are these tasty treats adorably named, but they’re also deliciously delightful! The tastiest of conversation starters, and the perfect party popper!

Give these piggies a try for a one of a kind, sweet and salty, chewy, crispy decadent delight!

Make LOTS!

What you’ll need:

Original Fig Newtons (or any flavor you’d like)

Bacon

Instructions:

Slice the bacon in half, and wrap one slice around one Fig Newton. Secure with a toothpick and place on a sheet pan. Bake them at 350 degrees for approx. 15 minutes, or just until the bacon is cooked.

Serve them warm and crispy! DIG IN! ~Enjoy!

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Did you ever think you could have a huge, delicious, gourmet, milky bun.. handed to you, on a whim.. through your car window? For um… UNDER $3??! Well.. did you? Think really hard, I’ll wait! I’m pretty sure until now, that answer is a big fat NO! But it’s true! 

I present to you, a warm, fluffy, fresh, biscuit… filled (over-filled) with cold, creamy, caramel ice cream.. all rolled up in peanuts and yes — BACON! At your fingertips, for not much more than the sticky change in your vehicle’s cup holder. And YOU. ARE. WELCOME!

With some cleaver and quick assembly, that ordinary drive from point A to point B, just got a 5 star dessert makeover. 

What you’ll need:

1 McDonald’s Bacon Biscuit

1 McDonald’s Caramel Sundae (with free peanuts)

YEP.. that’s it!

Instructions:

Now.. open up that biscuit, fill it up with some of that caramel ice cream, and roll it around in the chopped bacon and nuts!

If you’re driving, just stir the nuts and bacon into the sundae before adding it into the biscuit.. BOOM! Enjoy!

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Just when you thought that coffee & bacon in the morning couldn’t get any better~ along comes this crazy culinary collision, and BOOM.. Good Morning, just turned into Great Morning! 

This bacon is next level amazing, with its sweet espresso glaze that perfectly balances the salty/smoky bacon, and will make waking up a pleasure. Make LOTS!

What you’ll need:

Bacon (1-2 lbs,)

1 cup water

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup instant espresso powder

1 tsp. Vanilla Bean Paste // OR a couple drops of vanilla extract

Instructions:

In a medium pot, simmer the water, brown sugar, espresso powder, and vanilla..just until they’re melted together and combined. (Don’t thicken it yet)

Let it cool a bit, and pour 3/4 of it over the bacon.. and let that soak for approx. 15 minutes or so, making sure that the bacon is completely and evenly coated …

Now lay the bacon in one even layer on a sheet pan and bake it at 350 degrees, until it’s fully cooked.

While the bacon is cooking, simmer the leftover coffee glaze until it’s somewhat thickened, stirring regularly. 

Baste the bacon with the thickened glaze once or twice as it cooks..

When the bacon is fully cooked, take it out and let it cool.. it will crisp up as it cools.

Then DIG IN to the BEST bacon EVER! ~Enjoy! 🙂

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Just in case you haven’t heard of “Swineapples” until now, it’s the delicious combo of Bacon AND Pineapple! Usually presented as one large, bacon wrapped pineapple, with a huge ‘wow;-factor, and even bigger taste-factor.

Here, I simply cute-ified that amazing combo, by making them perfectly poppable for any party OR just.. you. 

Salty, sweet, succulent, and savory.. these bacony babies are the life of any gathering! Make LOTS!

What you’ll need:

Pineapple Chunks .. I used canned.

Bacon

1/4 cup flour

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 dash of cayenne pepper.. to taste

oil for frying

CREAMY COCONUT DIP:

1/4 cup vanilla frosting

1-2 tbsp. coconut milk

1 tbsp. shredded coconut.. (sweetened OR unsweetened)

toothpicks!

Directions:

Place the pineapple chunks onto a paper towel to dry them. Secure 2 or 3 pineapple chunks onto a toothpick and wrap it with a half slice of bacon.. securing again with another toothpick…

Now dust them in the flour, set aside…

In a shallow bowl, mix the brown sugar and the cayenne pepper, set aside.

Fry them a few at a time in the hot (350 degree) oil, until the bacon is golden…

While they’re hot, coat them in the brown sugar mixture…

Serve them up, and make more.. you’ll need them. ~Enjoy! 🙂

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Comfort food season is here, but that doesn’t mean that we’re forced into giving up our tasty veggies! It just means that we can take those veggies, and turn them into something super comforting.  Thanks to Paisley Farm, tasty marinated veggies, flavorful bean salads, and delicious varieties are just a jar away! 

Taste
And Quality
That Defy Time

You react the same way your parents, grandparents and great grandparents reacted when they opened a jar of Paisley Farm vegetables or bean salads: with an “mmmmm” and a smile. Our flavors are timeless, our products are impeccable, and fresh only meant one thing then, just as it means one thing now. Look at the vibrancy and color of our products, they tell their own story. Make our legacy part of your family’s tradition, and join four generations of Americans who have grown to love the Paisley way.

The
Paisley
Way

J.W. Paisley, founder of Paisley Farm, based our original company concept on an ethic that we carry forth today: we make our products out of the freshest ingredients, delivered with the most exciting and flavorful taste combinations imaginable. You’ll taste authenticity in every spoonful of our products, from bean salads to organic marinated mushrooms, sweet beets, and our latest addition, Asian Bean Salad and Southwest Bean Salad.

From Farm
To Jar
To You

Times may have changed, but the taste for quality, flavorful convenient bean salads and marinated vegetables has remained as the bedrock for meals. Appetizers, side dishes, garnishes, and dips, make up the wonderful world of tastes that Paisley Farm brings to your kitchen pantry or table. Since 1945 we’ve been bringing the flavor, from farm to jar to you.

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You know those times when you’re in the kitchen, staring into the fridge looking for answers?  Those moments when you want something.. anything to snack on, but you have no idea what it is?  

It was that exact moment for me.. that brought use here together, right now.  

Yep~  I saw some lonely bacon in there, and I knew that deep inside the cavernous depths of my pantry, I had my emergency stash of ROLO’s!  

The time had come to create what ended up being one of the most strange, yet delectable, most satisfying snacks I’ve ever snuck into my mouth before anyone could judge me see me do it.  

Behold~  ROLO BACON BOMS!  

The perfect combo of salty, sweet, crispy, chewy, chocolaty, warm, melty-caramely goodness known to mankind..lol.  Each little ROLO-filled bacon bomb, sends your senses soaring into the stratosphere… and beyond.  

These bomb-babies will explode, and then, as if they’re messing with your head, .. gently & slowly melt loads of deliciously dangerous ROLO-caramel in your mouth, and deep into your soul, // oh, you can try, but there’s nowhere to hide… take cover and protect your waistline. 

~Make LOTS!

What you’ll need:

Bacon .. THIN sliced!!  1/2 slice per bomb

ROLOS! .. one ROLO per bomb

oil for frying

Directions;

On a sheet pan, lay out the ROLOS and freeze them for one hour – over night

Cut the bacon slices evenly in half, and roll one ROLO inside, making sure to cover the ROLO completely!  Secure with a toothpick..

Fry them one at a time in the hot (350 degree) oil until the bacon is golden and the ROLO is still in tact…  this goes FAST!

Serve them warm, ,, with napkins!  And DIG IN!  ~Enjoy!  🙂

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Ohh LORDY!  

How many times a week do you all find yourselves thinking “Crap! ..what have I done now?”  Not often you say?  ..Well, that’s pretty much the soundtrack of my mind right there.. especially at times like these, when I really have no defense for this magically morphed menagerie of magnificence you’re looking at.  

Talk about a fabulous fallout of fantastic flavors! 

We have sweet, we have salty, we have crispy, we have chewy.. yeah, this snack could quite possibly be the answer to all your problems..haha.  

Now, I know that adding bacon isn’t rocket science.. but honestly in this case, you’ll be wondering how and why this hasn’t been done until now.  It’s THAT good.. trust me.. go try it, and report back here!

~GO.. Goooo!

What you’ll need:

1 lb. bacon.. cooked, crispy and chopped into small pieces

40 standard size marshmallows

6 cups rice krispies

3 tbsp. butter

2 cups of marshmallow fluff

Directions:

Crush up the crispy bacon…

Melt the marshmallow with the butter.. stirring until it’s smooth…

AND now add in the bacon (reserving 1/4 cup or so for the topping), and stir to evenly combine…

Add in the rice krispies…

Now pour it all into a sprayed pan.

Top it with the FLUFF, and the reserved bacon…

Cut it up and serve it only to those you LOVE LOTS!

Like… YOU!  ~Enjoy! 🙂

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Every now and then you just want a simple snack of buttery, flaky dough, stuffed with mac & cheese, wrapped in bacon … and fried. Am I right?  ,,,of course I am!  🙂

And I’m here to supply you with exactly that.

Yep, you can thank me later.. after you’ve made these and your snack world is forever changed for the better.  It’s true, everyone who tries these warm, gooey, mac & cheese filled, bacon wrapped, deep fried beautiful bites, walks away a changed person.  These are SO good that they change lives..haha.

In a matter of minutes, you can be enjoying a hot pile of these babies!  ~Make LOTS!

What you’ll need for 16 bombs;

1 container of canned GRANDS flaky layers biscuits (8 count)

2 cups of cooked mac n cheese

1 lb. OR 12 oz.  thin cut bacon

oil for frying..I used veg.

toothpicks

Directions:

Cut each biscuit evenly in half and roll it out.  Place 1 tbsp. of mac n cheese in the center…

Roll it up, making sure to seal the dough very well.  Now, wrap it in one slice of bacon and secure with a toothpick…

Fry them up one or two at a time in the hot (350 degree) oil until they’re golden on all sides, and the dough is fully cooked…

Serve them nice and warm.   ~Enjoy!  🙂

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It’s been a while since.. uhhh, bacon.  And if there’s one thing we should never let get too far away from our grease thirsty hands and lips, it’s a good old, deep fried, bacon recipe to horrify even your closest family and friends.  🙂

Today, that deep fried bacon has lovingly wrapped itself around that innocent classic.. breakfast {slash} dessert {slash} midnight snack.., the one and only Pop Tart!

Yep, I’ve completely corrupted those childhood memories by turning this pretty pastry into a bacon wrapped, oil fried victim.. but oh well!  It’s not every day that one can say they’ve had this dastardly treat, but today is the day! you. are. welcome!

First of all, if you’ve never had a ooey-gooey, fresh from the fryer Pop Tart, you simply have not lived.  There’s nothing like it.  And when you couple all that greatness with a smoky and crispy layer of bacon, drizzled with a sweet cascade of sprinkled frosting….NOW, you’re really living.  I can’t say how long you’ll live, but live for that moment.. you will.  And you will love it.

Make LOTS!

What you’ll need for 6 corrupted Pop TARTS:

1 lb. bacon..thin sliced.

3 packs of pop tarts, any flavor

white frosting and sprinkles for garnish.. optional

oil for frying..I use either canola or veg oil

Directions:

wrap each pop tart with approx. 2 slices of bacon.. making sure to overlap each slice as you wrap them around… secure with a toothpick…

Place them one at a time, into the hot (350-360 degree) oil and fry them until they’re evenly golden on all sides.  **Side note:  you really want your oil hot enough for this so the pastry stays together.  The frying process goes fast.

Let them cool…

Then drizzle them with some frosting and a dash of sprinkles for that classic Pop Tart experience..

Serve them up.

And DIG IN!  ~Enjoy!  🙂

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SO, when life hands you a deliciously large portion of Smithfield’s “Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Pork Loin” and you find yourself with some leftovers, what do you do…oh what, do. YOU. do?  Well, I know what I did~  I found a way to enjoy a super stuffed, bacon wrapped, pork loin in the morning..uh, for breakfast… you are welcome.  🙂

That’s right, not only is Smithfield the best in the meat biz for quality, they’re also super generous in their portions.  And that makes for even more incredible meals that no one will ever know are ’round-2′.

Thanks to Smithfield’s amazing pork products, I was able to have another incredible meal from just one pork loin filet.

I simply took what I had left of this amazing bacon wrapped stuffed pork loin and share it’s delicious love all over again with a breakfast sandwich of champions.

i’m taking about a maple sausage stuffed, tender, juicy pork loin all wrapped up in our all-time favorite breakfast food..BACON, topped with a perfectly poached egg and sweetly sandwiched between a toasty english muffin.  GOOD MORNING and or Happy Brunch to you.

What you’ll need:

Leftover pork loin.. I used some from this recipe > “Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Pork Loin”

English Muffins.. one per sandwich

Eggs, poached or fried to your liking.. one per sandwich

Directions:

Simply slice up the stuffed pork loin and place it inside a toasted english muffin.  Top with a perfectly poached or fried egg.

Serve them warm…

And enjoy this delicious pork loin in a new and delicious way..in the morning.  ~Enjoy! 🙂

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