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My husband's eyes lit up when I said I was making Bacon Candy. My daughter - with less experience in the world, and hence less familiarity with the fact that bacon with anything is good - looked skeptical. I'm not even sure why - she's been bugging me lately to try a chocolate bar laced with bacon.

Anyway, that night's dinner was a "feast" of disgusting proportions. Here's what my husband had: Two hot dogs, half a cookie sheet full of nachos, and about half of this bacon candy recipe. The only reason I even allowed this was that it was the night of a big sporting event - which according to the bylaws of our house means that he gets to light a fire, sit in front of the television, and eat whatever he wants. Supposedly, it doesn't "count."

Daughter had a handful of nachos, salad, and, overcoming her initial skepticism, the other half of the bacon candy.
I had salad. And one little piece of bacon. Sometimes virtue is not, actually, its own reward. They looked much more satisfied than I did.

The bacon candy recipe is pretty simple - a couple of pieces of advice, though. First, you absolutely must crumple up lots of tin foil - like you are making a very lumpy aluminum bed for the bacon - so the fat drains onto the cookie sheet. I didn't really understand this instruction until after I made the recipe. Second, instead of individually dredging each piece of bacon in brown sugar, toss them in a bowl together and use your hands to mix up and make sure the bacon is coated. You still have to lay out each individual piece on the cookie sheet, but this tactic does help with the time and/or drudgery factor.

I bet this is also good with a little maple syrup, and maybe to fancy it up, a sprinkling of imported sea salt.