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Candied Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Girl Who Ate Everything
Updated Dec 5, 2019
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Sweet and salty candied bacon makes these chocolate chip cookies anything but ordinary.

More About This Recipe

  • Bacon isn’t just for breakfast these days. Sure, we’ve seen it in salads and sandwiches, but now it has taken over the dessert world. It’s topping ice cream, sneaking into brownies, and gracefully accenting pies. We’ve even found a way to make it into candy. What? Bacon candy? Everyone loves bacon AND everyone loves candy, so why not put them together and make candied bacon? It’s really easy and seriously good. If you’re looking for a snack, just cut the candied bacon into 1-inch pieces and voila, an addicting and satisfying munchie. Just try to stop yourself from eating every last piece. But, let's channel our naughty sides and sneak candied bacon into one of the best treats of all time…chocolate chip cookies. These Candied Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies are so sinful, they'll send you straight to confession after one bite. Sweet chocolate chip cookies that have a surprise bite of smoky bacon inside -- you'll have people stumped as to what the surprise ingredient is!

Candied Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • Prep Time 20 min
  • Total 55 min
  • Servings 36
  • Ingredients 11
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Ingredients

For the candied bacon:

  • 8 slices center cut thick bacon
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar

For the cookies:

  • 2 1/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 cup butter, melted and slightly cooled
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 whole egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Preheat oven to 350°F. Place bacon in a single layer on a foil lined sheet. Sprinkle brown sugar on top of bacon strips. Bake for 18-25 minutes or until crispy, making sure to turn bacon over after 10 minutes. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack for cooling. Once bacon has cooled chop it finely.
  • Step 
    2
    Reduce oven temperature to 325ºF. In a medium bowl, sift flour and baking soda together. In a large bowl, cream butter with the white and brown sugars. Add vanilla, egg and egg yolk, and beat until light and creamy. Add in flour mixture and mix well. Add diced candied bacon and chocolate chips and stir until just combined.
  • Step 
    3
    Place golf ball-sized balls of dough on a parchment-lined cookie sheet and bake for 13-15 minutes, or just until the edges are brown. Remove from oven and let cookies sit on the pan for two minutes before placing them on a wire rack to cool.

Nutrition

170 Calories
8g Total Fat
2g Protein
24g Total Carbohydrate
17g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
170
Calories from Fat
70
Total Fat
8g
12%
Saturated Fat
4 1/2g
22%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
20mg
7%
Sodium
85mg
3%
Potassium
65mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
24g
8%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
17g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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