Webmaster’s Note: The following two recipes are not from the CityFood test kitchen but were found as posted on the internet and credited to anonymous donors. If anyone knows the source we will be happy to credit them.


Bacon Brownies

2 sticks butter or margarine
1/2 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
4 strips of hickory smoked cinnamon bacon (or your favorite bacon), cooked crispy and finely chopped

Melt the butter and add the cocoa to it. Separately, in large bowl, cream the sugar and eggs well. Add the flour and mix well. Then add the cocoa/butter mix and chopped bacon and stir well. Bake in a 9x14 inch pan for 30-35 minutes at 350 degrees.


Bacon Caramel

2/3 pkg side bacon
1 cup sugar
1 cup corn syrup
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
3-4 oz bourbon or maple syrup
Optional - Toasted almonds

Fry up your bacon till crispy. Then, in a separate but deep saucepan, combine everything else except for the bourbon and cream over high heat stirring well. Keep stirring until you're at 240°F. Things will be frothy and bubbling so remove it from heat and slowly add in the heavy cream while stirring.
Put the pot back on the stove and stir in your bourbon very quickly so that the cream does not curdle. Heat back up to 245°F (or higher if you would like harder candy) and then pour into a deep Pyrex dish. Immediately afterward, add bacon and toasted almonds.
Allow to cool for at least 3 hours, and cut into squares for serving.



Bacon S’mores

(reference to a bacon dessert on the blog Bacon Unwrapped)

“The best thing about the meal was not on the menu and was entirely unexpected. After chatting with Chef Hill about my blog, he generously offered our group the last serving of bacon dessert. He called it a "Bacon S'more." It's a chocolate bacon souffle topped with bacon ice cream. We were all skeptical at first, but it was seriously one of the best desserts I've ever had. There was a slight taste of smokey bacon, which was strong enough to give the chocolate souffle and vanilla-based ice cream a kick, but not so overwhelming that we got weirded out about eating bacon for dessert.�