Bacon Rice krispies

It seems like a natural progression, and an easy enough desert to make, so why not make Bacon Rice Krispies. I heard about this on a new site to me, Pork, Knife, and Spoon. For the Rice Krispy recipe, I use the original.

My recipe -

3 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 package (10 oz., about 40) regular marshmallows
- OR -
4 cups miniature marshmallows
6 cups Rice Krispies®
3 - 4 strips of crispy bacon


1. Make crispy bacon and dry off all grease (this will help keeping it all crispy and stick better).

2. In a sauce pan melt butter

3. Once the butter is melted add the marshmallows and stir until they are melted.

4. Add the Rice Krispies and stir well making sure that they are all coated.

5. Crumble the bacon into small pieces (bacon bit size) and add to the mixture stirring well.

6. Coat a 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan with cooking spray or line with wax paper.

7. Pour/ press the mixture into the pan, and let cool.

8. Cut into squares and serve.

Bacon Popcorn: a use for left over bacon grease

Part of Bacon Day is the viewing of an appropriate bacon movie, Tremors, Footloose, or maybe Frost/Nixon, or you could always go with Babe, piglets big adventure, or Charlotte's Web. In any case pop corn is always a good companion. So here is a recipe for bacon popcorn.

Serves 10
1/2 cup bacon grease
3/4 cup unpopped popcorn kernels
1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt, or to taste
3 tablespoons bacon bits (optional)
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (optional)


Measure the bacon grease into a 6 quart pot and place over high heat. Add one or two popcorn kernels as testers. When the test kernels pop, add the rest of the popcorn and cover with a lid. As the popcorn starts to pop, shake the pan back and forth constantly to keep the unpopped kernels on the bottom where they can pop. When the popping slows down, remove the pan from the heat and let it finish popping.

Pour the popcorn into a large bowl or paper sack. Season with half of the seasoned salt and stir. Taste before adding more salt if desired. Toss with bacon bits and shredded Cheddar cheese for an extra special treat. Store leftovers in lunch sacks or sandwich bags.


This, I'm guessing, will be a new Bacon Day classic

enjoy,

Alexa and the Bacon Boys

Bacon (white) Chocolate

Please make sure to take all safety precautions when cooking, and cook everything thoroughly


ingredients
1 block of white cooking chocolate
1 package of bacon
Pepper and cayenne (optional)
1 apple (optional)


1. Prepare the bacon to be cooked (I used the oven since it creates less of a mess). Since I was using plain bacon I crushed up some black pepper and cayenne pepper and rubbed this mixture into the bacon. It would be interesting to try it with some other spices like rosemary or lavender

2. Cook the bacon in the oven at about 200 Celsius for around 15 - 20 min. Make sure that the bacon is crispy.

3. Drain the bacon grease, pat dry, and let cool.



4. melt the chocolate in a double boiler or if like me you don't have one do the following. Boil a pot of water, use a slightly smaller pot that you can have in the boiling water to melt the chocolate with, there are many great sites which can tell you how to melt chocolate.

5. Once the bacon has cooled off and no longer appears to have grease on it (not liquid grease anyway) either dip the bacon in the chocolate, or pour the chocolate over it.

6. Place apple slices on the chocolate (I really liked it), let cool and enjoy.

Apple, Blue Cheese, and Bacon Cheese cake

Okay Before I give the link. I have not tried this and I have mixed feelings about how it might turn out. This is from the Washington post, so it's got to be good right? Well either way here it is the Apple, Blue Cheese, and Bacon Cheesecake.

IF anyone has tried this and has a review, please let us know about it.

Enjoy
Alexa and the Bacon Boys

Bacon Ice Cream

So we've discussed this before, but now I think I've found a recipe that will make this easy for the everyday person like me.

Bacon Ice Cream

This may be the method I'll have to use this bacon day. Candied bacon in coffee ice cream. I wonder if this could be a breakfast thing... Coffee... Bacon... Why not?

Enjoy

Alexa and the Bacon Boys

Bacon Popcorn

Have you ever gone to the movies and wondered where the bacon was? Now you can make your own Bacon Popcorn. I think this will have to be a must have on Bacon Day as a companion to the Bacon movies. Let us know what you think of these...Maybe you could make bacon popcorn balls with the bacon carmel. 

Enjoy, 

Alexa and the Bacon Boys

Bacon Candy

For your sweet tooth Bacon Candy. Now we have looked at Caramelized Bacon, here is a recipe for caramel bacon. Another great sweet and savory bacon recipe to add to your collection.

Enjoy,

Alexa and the Bacon Boys