Looking for a good bacon dessert

by leeharvey418 on Sep 18, 2009 10:08 AM EDT Comment 39 comments

The host of one of my preferred tailgates is taking a page out of Curley's playbook and doing theme weeks this season. As fate would have it, the theme for the Iowa game is going to be 'All Things Bacon'. We already have plans for taking hot potato salad, but I wanted to extend the wonder of bacon into dessert.

The first idea that came to me was to make chocolate peanut clusters, and replace 1/4 to 1/3 of the peanuts with well-done bacon. That seems a little weak to me, though, and I was wondering if anyone here has any practical experience with a bacon dessert. Basically I need to come up with something that's tailgate-friendly, and as focused on bacon as possible.

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Give that a shot...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/brown-sugar-bacon-recipe/index.html

I’m not sure if its really tailgate friendly but you could prepare it ahead and warm it up on the grill there. FYI, it ends up basically being candied bacon. Hello heart attack.

by deihlba on Sep 18, 2009 10:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Dates stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon, maybe?

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by Run Up The Score on Sep 18, 2009 11:19 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Your views intrigue me...

but I’m thinking it wouldn’t be all that easy as a tailgate food. Now if I were to stuff dates with a bacon-cheese mixture, we might be onto something here.

"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno

by leeharvey418 on Sep 18, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How about...

….just plain old strips of bacon? It is a dessert all by itself!

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by Nick7 on Sep 18, 2009 11:23 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs

^^^^ QFT ^^^^

by PennStateBasketball on Sep 18, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We are doing an injustice to the pig

With all this bacon focus we have forgotten about spam, that stuff is good. I had some this morning and it deserves a little attention too. And basically there is no part of the pig that isn’t delicious, so I beg the readers to think past the crunchy underbelly of the beast and expand your palates.

Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.

by psu on Sep 18, 2009 11:30 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

^^ Who invited this guy? ^^

"Victory without honor is an unseasoned dish. It might fill you up, but it won't taste good" - Joe Paterno

by MilroyBoozer on Sep 18, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agree

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Sep 18, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I love bacon

I apoligize for my indiscretion.

Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.

by psu on Sep 18, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

GTFO of here

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Sep 18, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

boooooooo

by Lion Alum on Sep 18, 2009 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm wit ya brah!

I loooooove spam. In fact, I can’t wait to fry up some spam, egg, and cheese sandwiches at the Iowa tailgate.

My favorite ingredient: mechanically separated chicken

Mike
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by BSD on Sep 18, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

say it ain't so mike say it ain't so

next you’ll be telling us all how much you love livermush and scraple

by Lion Alum on Sep 18, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know what liver mush is...

…but scrapple is DELICIOUS.

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"Not everybody is the perfect person in the world. Everyone does - kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me." -- Terrelle Pryor

by Run Up The Score on Sep 18, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Affirmed

"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno

by leeharvey418 on Sep 18, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the southern version

of scrapple

I think the main ingredient is liver though ( or at least mechanically separated liver)

by Lion Alum on Sep 18, 2009 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Scrapple, souse, etc

Anything that’s made by the Amish from the parts that nobody wanted is always good.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Sep 18, 2009 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dude

Have you tried SPAM? It is glorious. It’s processed pork with eight pounds of sodium.

Screw your bacon strips. Give me a whole block of bacon!

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on Sep 18, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah

actually it is a good hiking/camping food

can o’spam and some tin foil on an open fire is pretty good (after 2 or 3 days with no real food)

by Lion Alum on Sep 18, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can definitely endorse a fine MN product from Hormel, BUT...

spam is NO MATCH for bacon.

Bacon>>>>>>>>>>>spam.

Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD

by bconway6 on Sep 19, 2009 1:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

link

http://www.cityfood.com/EN/recipes/sweet_bacon_desserts/

by wonderlin on Sep 18, 2009 12:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice one

I’m intrigued by the idea of Bacon Caramel.

"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno

by leeharvey418 on Sep 18, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

wasn't

there a recipe for chocolate covered bacon

by Lion Alum on Sep 18, 2009 12:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't remember a recipe

…but I do remember the concept being discussed.

Thanks for the link, btw, but exept for the Bacon Chocolate Crunch Bar, none of them looks like it would be especially easy to serve and eat at a tailgate. Delicious, yes, but not right for my situation.

"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno

by leeharvey418 on Sep 18, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

just get one of those chocolate fountains

and have random bacon laying around…that way you get the best of both worlds

to dip or not to dip

by Lion Alum on Sep 18, 2009 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Score!

Except have you ever seen what it costs to rent a chocolate fountain for a weekend? You might as well buy the damn thing… and then what are you going to do with a chocolate fountain?

"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno

by leeharvey418 on Sep 18, 2009 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I would suggest setting

it up in your living room within reach of your favorite chair.

One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's

by rahpsu92 on Sep 18, 2009 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ok how about this

you have a grill for the tailgate right (duh you better have a grill)

so take a little saucepan and make your own chocolate sauce…

just get some
semi sweet chocolate chips
Hershey’s syrup
and a little bit o’ milk
mix together and let simmer for a bit and bingo instant tailgate classic

by Lion Alum on Sep 18, 2009 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you can buy one for like $40 at Michaels

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by letsgopsu on Sep 18, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

At that price, I can buy two!

The more I think about it, the fountain sounds like a non-starter. I don’t imagine they’re battery-powered, and if we don’t have AC at the tailgate site, that kills it right there. Even if it were an option, wind or rain would kill it too.

I think Lion Alum’s idea of just having a dipping pan is the way to go. Of course even that is coming dangerously close to fondue, and we all know the general sentiment around here regarding fondue at tailgates.

"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno

by leeharvey418 on Sep 18, 2009 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

wwhhhhhoooaaa billy

don’t be droppin the f-bomb like that

think of it like a nacho cheese sauce or a chip dip you heat up

but instead of chips you use bacon and instead of cheese it’s chocolate

add beer if you need to (actually a nice porter might mix well)

I in no way condone the use of any kind of fondue at a tailgate…grilling and sloppy hand food only (chips included)…I don’t consider it a good tailgate unless someone has dripped something all over themselves (beer included)

by Lion Alum on Sep 18, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can see the problem with chese fondue, but...

perhaps theres room for oil fondue which is used to cook meat. Now hear me out. A friends family did this once and it was good.

A big pit with hot oil in it. Then you skewer the chunk of beef or whatever with a giant metal fork with sharp pointy tines and stick it in the hot oil. after a few minutes of cooking, you have a nice hot piece of meat and a hot, sharp poker on a long stick. This elevates the amount of tailgate danger as well as hilarity.

Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD

by bconway6 on Sep 19, 2009 1:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, I've had it.

It was dark chocolate, for the record. And pretty good.

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"Not everybody is the perfect person in the world. Everyone does - kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me." -- Terrelle Pryor

by Run Up The Score on Sep 18, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs