Chocolate Covered Bacon

It’s can be hard to find the perfect gift for the one who “has it all” or at least has what they need and would like to select their own “wants.”

My husband is turning 40! (a great looking, awesome 40 year old), I want him to know I put serious thought into his gift. So I’m making chocolate covered bacon.

Bacon!!

It’s a rare person that doesn’t love bacon 🥓. Crispy, melt in your mouth bacon, makes every dish better.

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Which reminds me have you heard Jim Gaffagen’s bacon jokes, 👉 while you eat chocolate covered bacon.

If you’ve worked with chocolate you know it can be tricky if heated and cooled too quickly you can get “bloom” where the chocolate butter separates and white spots appear on top.

Or its melted at too high of a temperature and it seizes up, losing its milky smooth texture and becomes a chocky solid.

This is how you do it right.

Bake the bacon till crispy, but not burnt 😊 and let it cool completely.

If you have a double boiler use it. ☺️ You will beat water in the lower bowl until very warm, but not boiling. It will melt your chocolate and keep it liquid with less risk of messing up your chocolate’s composition.

If you have a microwave melt on medium to low heat for 20 second increments mixing between each time. I added about 1 1/2 Tbs butter to 8 oz of dark chocolate. The butter is to increase its spreadability (which in not sure is a word) 😂

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Heart until just melted, be careful not to overcook add it will burn and ruin your chocolate. Then use a pastry brush to brush the chocolate into your slices of bacon.