Bacon. Bourbon. Yep. It’s bacon infused bourbon. C’mon, you have to know this isn’t a new concept. With all the new infused vodkas ranging from sweet tea, to whipped cream, to P.B. and J., and to Unicorn Barf; you have to know that bacon would sneak in there somewhere. After all, the world is a better place with bacon in it. Yes, there’s a Bacon Vodka. But did you know that you can make your very own delicious Bacon Bourbon? Of course you could make your own bacon infused vodka, but that takes infinitely longer than bacon bourbon (weeks). And you want to have a nice Bacon Old Fashioned this weekend!

Here’s how you get to making that sexy drink. A bacon with more smokiness creates a better and more sophisticated drink. It also amps up that bacony good flavor. Look for a Hickory Smoked Bacon. And make sure you’re hungry because you’re only going to be using the bacon fat to infuse your bourbon. You could always drink your cocktail with a plate of bacon. Or save the bacon for later. Do whatever you want; you’re your own person.

The process of infusing the bacon into the bourbon is called fat washing. Sounds gross but the result is absolutely delicious and delightfully intoxicating. To do it right, follow these steps:

Bacon Infused Bourbon
.33 cup of rendered bacon fat
3 cups of bourbon

Cook a pound of bacon and reserve the rendered fat. Add .33 cup of hot fat to a jar and fill with bourbon. Seal and allow to stand until it reaches room temperature. Place the jar in the freezer for 24 hours. The fat will solidify but the bourbon will remain in a liquid state. Open the jar and pour off the bourbon, straining through a coffee filter or cheesecloth to remove any loose fat particles.

Bottle it and slap on a cool label. Or get to the mixing:

Bacon Old Fashioned
2 oz bacon-infused bourbon
.25 oz Grade B Maple Syrup (A syrup darker in color and containing more of a caramel flavor)
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Orange twist

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine all the ingredients except for the orange twist. Shake, then strain into a tumbler glass filled with a couple of ice cubes. Garnish with the orange twist. Then enjoy bacony, boozey goodness. It’s the perfect man drink. Or even a sexy drink for an awesome lady.

Now, sit back and… Ahh. Enjoy.

In case you didn’t know- Burger King is not only a U.S. fast food mogul. Burger King, like many other fast food giants, spreads its glutinous speedy wings into other parts of the globe. Not really a surprise though. To be honest, our American eating ways are a little coveted. Well, duh! We believe in overindulging in delicious things. Like bacon, for example. And Japan’s Burger King decided to make quite the American statement.

The word on the street is that for a limited time, Burger King would put an extra serving of 15 slices of bacon on your burger for 110 Yen. (That’s $1.24 for us Americans.)

This Japanese fellow really wanted to make a statement. We don’t know if he was making a bet with someone or trying to get a hot date out of his endeavor, but he certainly got more than he bargained for. This guy asked for 70 extra servings of bacon (that’s 1,050 slices) on his burger. Check out the video. He definitely had to hit the bathroom after a few bites. Guess he didn’t get that hot date.

As if there weren’t enough decadent bacon concoctions out there in the world… Actually, no there aren’t. There’s no such thing as “enough” when it comes to bacon. We feel that the world could use more bacon recipes. Therefore we created the Bacon Pretzel Rolos. Some of you may have heard of the Rolo Pretzel Turtles. Delicious little candy morsels with layers consisting of a pretzel, Rolo candy, and then topped with a nut.

Sound good? Sure. But we’ve got one better. Check it: A pretzel topped with a bacon piece, then topped with a Rolo candy. Bake a cookie pan full of these guys and you’ve got yourself gooey, chocolatey- caramel- bacon- pretzel- candy things that will take anyone into bacon-candy euphoria. We’ve aptly named them the Bacon Pretzel Rolos. We wanted to name them “Happiness” but thought that was a little too general. But that’s exactly what these candies will do for you. Give you mouth- happiness like no other. We realize that statement sounds a little… off but we don’t care. We have no shame when it comes to bacon.

What’s that you say? You want to fill your mouth with happiness too? Perfect. Here’s how:

Ingredients:
Rolo candies
Mini pretzels (for more bacony flavor, use Maple Bacon Pretzels)
A pound of delicious bacon
Cookie sheet or nonstick cookie pan

Directions:
Fry up that bacon until it’s only slightly cooked. Keep in mind that you’re going to be baking the bacon morsels in the oven afterward so you don’t want your bacon overcooked.
Chop the bacon up into pieces about the same size as the pretzels.
On a cookie pan/sheet line up the pretzels as if you would cookies, layer with a slice of bacon, then top with a Rolo candy.
Bake in the oven at 250 degrees for 10- 15 minutes. Keep an eye on your candies because you don’t want to burn them. There’s nothing worse than burnt candies… Well, we’re pretty sure there are worse things but we don’t want to think of them.

When your Bacon Rolo Pretzels are done, take them out and let them cool so they can harden. Once they’re done; serve, wrap, eat, whatever. But there you have awesome, delicious one-of-a-kind bacon candies!

Bacon, lettuce, and tomato. BAM! Slap them between two slices of bread, add a little mayo in there… maybe some Sriracha…

However you like it, the BLT has its own following of loyal fans. Some would say that it has recruited die-hard fanatics. These fanatics will do anything for a BLT. If you need a job done, bribe someone with a BLT sandwich- made just the way they like it. We guarantee you’ll have the trash taken out in no time.

We understand that the BLT is incomparable to other sandwiches. Therefore, the brilliant minds at Frito Lay’s® have created the BLT Flavored Potato Chip! And now you’re thinking, “What’s that you say? A potato chip that embodies the perfection of a BLT sandwich? Say no more. I must have these chips in my lap right now! I drive an automatic! Gimme, gimme!”

This is when we say in our loudest, authoritative voice, “Settle down, BLT fanatic! We don’t need your greasy hands gripping the steering wheel while we’re on the road! But please, don’t hesitate to get these tempting crunchy potato- devils and eat them at home!”

If you’re asking for only a bacon flavored chip, and you don’t want your chips muddled up with any sissy vegetables or fruit, then you’ll just have to make your own… But if you love the flavor of a BLT, check out the Sun-Dried Tomato flavored bacon or the BLT flavored Bacon Jerky. Oh yeah, that’s some good stuff.

   

Yes, it exists. You may have heard of this enigma through the internet grapevine. Maybe you once saw it at a store and were too afraid to touch it.

Well, the crazy Bacon Freaks have brought back the Bacon Soda. We tried it and… Well, we won’t give it away. But we do highly recommend making the Bacon Soda Float with it. And don’t tell anyone, but we’ve been mixing it up with whiskey near the water cooler here at the bacon factory. Ssshhh… It’ssss delissshh- us. *Hiccup

So you may have heard of the Wake’n Bacon Alarm Clock. The amazing clock that awakens you to the smell of cooking bacon in the morning. Haven’t heard of it? Well, that’s okay because we’re going to tell you how you can make your own!

BAKON is an alarm clock that wakes you up to the smell of bacon and the sound of a piggy. BAKON starts cooking your bacon at the set time and wakes you up to the room filling with the delicious smell of bacon and the piggy sound.
No more waking up to the annoying sound of an alarm clock.
With BAKON you can get those extra 15 minutes to sleep instead of waking up early to make breakfast.

With BAKON, just place your frozen bacon in the alarm clock the night before. Set the alarm and go to bed.

Step 1: Things you will need.

Material:
Old Baking oven
Timer (like the one used for Christmas lights)
High temperature car engine paint
Pig key-chain (Carried at Party City)
Spare bottle caps for the nose (I used an old blender cap)
10 gauge solid wire
Eyes (Found at any craft store)

Tools:
Screw driver
Dremel (metal cutter)

Step 2: Get the oven ready.

First find the screw that holds the cover of the oven. Take them out and detach the cover.
Find the location where you want to install the timer and trace the outline to then cut the hole open with your Dremel.
To get the cover ready to paint, clean it with alcohol, and lightly sand with a 200 grid sand paper until the surface is not shiny anymore. Then clean with alcohol again.
Paint the cover with your high temperature engine paint.
Paint the nose and the legs.

Step 3: Get the key chain ready.

Open the key chain and solder cables to make extensions for the speakers, the led lights and the switch.
The best choice for the battery case is to just use the body of the pig to hold them inside.

Step 4: Install everything in the oven.

Find the best place to install the components of the key chain and drill holes for the speaker and the led lights.
I printed a transparency with the numbers for the oven and all the info that the oven had before the paint and I even made my own logo and name.
Also, on the hole, install your timer and connect the oven cable to the timer. Then connect the timer to an electric extension that is going to plug in as if it were the oven cable.

Step 5: The Final Touches

The knob that activates the switch needs to be modified. I added a little plastic piece that activates the switch when the cooking time is over.
With a hot-glue gun put the oven cable and the 10 gauge solid cable together starting at the beginning where the cable comes out of the oven. Then turn it to get that spring shape on the BAKON tail.
Put the cover back in the frame and make sure all your connections are ok.
Put the eyes, nose, and ears on and you’re done.
Now time to test it! Put your frozen bacon in and set your alarm on the oven to 15 minutes before your wake up time. Then… Enjoy!

You’ve probably heard of those sugar-coated brightly colored marshmallow birds of Easter joy. But have you heard of a way to make them even better? Add bacon! Seriously, add the bacon.
Of course you need to throw in some chocolate for extra delicious flavor (and so those bacon bits can stick to that little chicky butt).
It may sound a little overwhelming, but we assure you- the result is sweet, salty goodness.

Ingredients:
Peeps
Melting Chocolate
BACON!
Baking sheet or Baking pan
A pot of water
Bowl

What you need to do:
Fry, bake, or microwave the bacon. Doesn’t matter how you cook it- you can even cook it to your own preference. You like chewy? Go ahead. Crunchy, crispy, and blackened? Eww… but go ahead! When your bacon is all cooked and cooled, chop the bacon up into bits.
Boil the water in the pot, and then put the bowl of chocolates over the steam to melt the chocolate.
Once you have the chocolate melted, dunk your Peeps into the chocolate to cover the bottom and tail of the peep. You can actually cover as much of the Peep as you’d like if you’re a big chocolate fan.
Afterward put the bacon on the tail of the Peep then place the Peep on the Baking sheet to cool.
Repeat with as many Peeps as you’d like.

And there you have it! Bacon Chocolate Peeps! Have fun with the many different colors of Peeps and really make people notice your… Peeps!

It’s hard to resist any food item on the menu that contains bacon. Mac and cheese made with scallions, white truffle oil, and… bacon. Delicious! A mushroom, Swiss burger with thick strips of… bacon. Ooh, even better! It’s as if bacon completely amplifies meals; turning it into quite the euphoric eating experience. But it doesn’t stop there.

Bacon is quite ubiquitous these days. Even with top chefs using it to add irresistible flavor to their unique dishes; and the marriage of bacon and chocolate taking the chocolate lovers by storm, bacon isn’t only reserved for palatable foods. Bacon has inserted its aroma into soap, dental floss, and even candles. With all the allure behind this meat candy, Fresh Step® has come out with a new cat litter that will leave not only your cats feeling happy and clean; you may just have to keep your dog away from it as well!

Fresh Step® decided to experiment with different scents for their cat litter and to their surprise, the scent of bacon won out over all the floral arrangements. Fresh Step® Organic Bacon Scoopable Cat Litter emits the scent of bacon every time your cat uses the litter box. It also simulates the sound of bacon sizzling in the pan.

It’s the perfect litter for bacon lovers around the world! Fresh Step® Organic Bacon Cat Litter will have any cat purring.

Courtesy of Fresh Step­® and Green Door Communications

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Clothing is an essential part of our everyday lives. Mainly because we have to put it on each day before we go out into the world. Well, we’re sure you could walk around naked but you’d probably get arrested. Or have to join a nudist colony. And while walking around naked may be fun to do, seeing other people sans clothing may not. So let’s get back to the clothing.

This leads us to fashion. And we don’t mean the kind of fashion that you find within fleeting trends or in the fashion magazines. We’re talking about fashion that makes a statement and speaks volumes about what you truly love. We know you love bacon. Bacon transcends our taste buds to a level of happiness that can only be described with rainbow hugs and unicorn magic.

Sure, there are plenty of shirts out there proclaiming your love for bacon. But what about bacon and boozey revelry? Bacon tastes delicious with… Well, everything! But it’s especially good with bourbon, whiskey, beer, or a bacon martini. And bacon is all about the party atmosphere and wants to have fun with you too. Which is why new restaurants and lounges create bacon and booze drinks; it’s because they know bacon is seriously cool. Whether it’s a smoking jacket, cigar, and an old fashioned while you relax; a pale-ale at a rowdy sports bar; or a bacon martini at a low-lit, twinkle light encrusted sultry lounge; bacon fits right in. So why not show your bacon love while you sing your heart out to “Bohemian Rhapsody” at Karaoke night? Show up to a party wearing a shirt that announces how you truly feel: Drink First, Pork Later. The bacon graphic in between those two phrases shows your true love for the ultimate meat candy. This apparel says it all. Get your drink on. And then… well… eat your bacon later. Uh… yeah. That’s exactly what we mean. *Wink, wink.

And hey! If apple juice is your thing, that’s cool too. Because you still have to drink it. Therefore the same rule applies. Just settle down ya’ party animal.

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Yeah, you read that correctly. Bacon soda float. If you’re sitting there, scratching your head, with a ridiculous befuddled expression painted across your face, think: “Root Beer Float”. But instead of Root Beer, you use Bacon Soda.
Ahhh.
Now do you understand? Good. If not, you should probably stick to picture books.

Bacon is the new badass food all over the internet. It’s in your email, invading your memes, clogging up your Facebook feed with photos of its glory, and transposing its allure into something almost enigmatic. Some could argue that bacon is the hipster of the food world. Others would say it’s more like a pirate. Plundering food booty for its pleasure! Arr! Ok, that last one we made up. We just wanted to use the word “booty” and thought that a bacon strip wearing an eye patch would look cool.

Anyway, you get it. Bacon is awesome.

So check it! This recipe is so easy, a dog with thumbs could make one!

Ingredients:
Bacon Soda
Ice Cream (We used Ben and Jerry’s Cinnamon Buns Ice Cream and it was the most delicious float we’ve ever tasted. You could try other ice cream flavors but this one paired the best with the bacon soda. If you want to start simple, go with vanilla.)

Directions:
Really? You really need directions for this part? Fine, we’ll indulge your dependency.
Put a couple scoops of ice cream in a cup. Fill with soda. Start slowly. You may have to move the ice cream around a bit with your straw to ensure that the soda gets to the bottom. Garnish with a bacon strip if you want.

Then suck down the sweet, sweet glory of bacon in a glass. You’re welcome.

             

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