Day 22: This DIY is a favorite of mine because, well yeah… bacon covered in chocolate. I bet some of you are thinking, “What the? Nope.” Let me tell you, it’s fantastic. Things you need to enjoy this: you need to love bacon. You need to love chocolate. Done. That’s it. I love a good combo of salty and sweet, this is perfect!

I’m pretty sure you’d be the COOLest guest EVer if you brought over a gift of chocolate covered bacon bites!!! You will need to make this day of (or, day before) for the best flavor/quality. Plus, it needs to be refrigerated.

Supplies:

- Roughly 8 slices of bacon (find a good quality bacon… it will taste better)

- 1/2 bag of Wilton Candy Melts milk or dark chocolate (I prefer milk)

- A jar

Ok, how you do this:

- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.

- Cut up your bacon into 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch pieces, place on a baking sheet (that has sides, to keep the grease in), and bake for 10 to 20 minutes. The time all depends on your oven/type of bacon. It took about 17 minutes to cook my pieces. I like them to be a little more crunchy (less chewy when covered in chocolate).

- Make sure your bacon is patted dry and get all the grease off the bacon bites.

- Follow the directions on the back of your Wilton Chocolate Melts bag, melt the chocolate in the microwave, and start covering your bacon bits in chocolate! (tip: if your chocolate is microwaved too long, and get’s stiff…. add a tablespoon of lard. Mix it in. It helps. and is so good for you… ha!).

- Using a pair of tongs, place your chocolate covered bacon bites onto a piece of wax paper.

- Let the chocolate cool for about 1 hour. I recommend putting the chocolate bites in a container and into the fridge, for a couple of hours, before putting in the jar. This will make sure the chocolate is all cool and won’t smudge inside your pretty jar.

- When your chocolate covered bacon bites are cool and all ready: put them in a jar, add a ribbon, maybe a gift tag, and give to your favorite bacon loving friend!

Happy Saturday!

- Chelsey

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Hello hello! Last Valentine’s Day I shared my super budget gift for my hubs: heart shaped bacon! Yup! So easy… so simple. And, he loved it! (of course… it’s bacon). I will be making these again this year… you know it! So, I wanted to share how I did this again… that way you can share this goodness with your loved ones. <3

Here’s the original post if you’d like to check it out.

Preheat oven to 400. Cut your bacon slices in half. Using two pieces of the cut in half bacon… shape them into a heart on a sheet pan (make sure this pan has sides so the grease doesn’t get all over your oven!). Bake for 18 – 25 minutes (or until done). Serve on a fancy plate or a pretty box and share with your loved one. Extra credit if you dip the bacon in chocolate! Yum! }

{Above is what I had waiting for Mike when he got home from work… a glass of wine, a card from Ruari, a smelly candle, some cheap chocolate and an amazing bacon heart! Ha ha. Mike made VERY yummy steak with blue cheese, rice, and salad (topped with a bacon heart) for me for Valentine’s day… along with some ice cream sandwiches. Valentine’s on a budget! Perfect. I hope you all enjoyed your day! Whether you celebrate Valentine’s or not. }

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❤ Chelsey

{Mmmmmm! Bon Bon Brittle!}

Mmmmmmm! Yum! This weeks product review is on Bon Bon Brittle.

{They came in a sweet little package!}

The two lovely ladies over at Bon Bon Brittle were VERY sweet and sent me a sample box of some different flavors of their yummy brittle.

{Yummy flavors!}

All their brittle is handmade and hand packaged. They also make them in small batches. They use natural ingredients and try to buy from local suppliers (huge plus to me)!

{Mmmmm}

I was sent 5 different flavors: Bacon, Bacon Chipotle, Chocolate, Divine Almond, and Green Tea. I was most looking forward to trying the bacon flavored brittle’s!

{What I was really excited about: Bacon Brittle!}

{♥}

Ok, here it goes… I’m trying the MUCH anticipated Bacon Brittle:

{Bite}

{Mmmm!}

{Smile!}

My favorite♥ flavors and why I loved them:

1st place: Divine Almond… Of course I was most excited about the bacon brittle, but I was immediately pleased and in love with the Divine Almond! Sweet brittle, with salty almonds. LOVE it!

2nd place: I loved the Bacon brittle… The awesome salty bacon taste is perfect with the wonderful sweet brittle. It crumbles in your mouth. The peanuts were a nice touch too.

3rd place: Chocolate brittle… It wasn’t overpoweringly chocolaty, and it still had the nice brittle taste. This would really satisfy my chocolate cravings! Yum!

4th place: Bacon Chipotle brittle… This was great too! Not too spicy and it still had the yummy saltiness of the bacon.

5th place: Green Tea brittle… I have a mug of green tea every morning. I was very curious to try this. It was really good, just not my fave. But, it was my hubby’s fave! Maybe it’s because I’m such a bacon-oholic… It had the nice green tea flavor with the sweet brittle taste.

I had my Grammy, Nicole, Mike, and my hubby give them a try as well. Here are their favorites:

Grammy: Bacon Brittle
Nicole: Divine Almond
Mike: Divine Almond
Hubby: Green Tea

Please head on over to Bon Bon Brittle and get some for yourself! Father’s Day is coming up… I think Dad has too many ties and needs some Brittle instead!

Thank you SO much Bon Bon Brittle! I LOVED it!
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