This year’s Los Angeles (LA) County Fair was a riot of food, fun, and festivities. A notable addition to the fair this year was the increasingly-popular chocolate dipped (AKA chocolate covered) bacon.

As I walked the fairgrounds I noticed no fewer than ten separate booths selling bacon covered in rich milk chocolate. After a day of walking around, seeing the sites, and riding the rides I decided it was time to give this treat a try. All the booths were selling the same variety of bacon and chocolate so I walked to the nearest booth and placed my order.

For $5.00 I was presented a small paper hot dog holder containing five large strips of bacon covered in rich chocolate. As I took the first bite a stranger walked up to me and asked “is that the chocolate bacon?”. I said “yes, would you like to try a piece.” To my surprise the man was a bacon lover and jumped at the chance for some free bacon.

I‘ll tell you what I told him though…it tasted great, until you got to the bacon. The stranger took a bite, gave me a funny look, and said “you know, you’re right. It’s great until the bacon.” I’m not sure if the problem was overly-rich chocolate, poor-quality bacon, or a combination of both but this chocolate covered bacon was definitely not a winner.

Save your 5 bucks and go for a ride on the Tilt-a-Whirl.

Smaste™ rating: 18.223

Bacon Today reader Paul S. spotted this sign at the Canadian National Exhibition on Saturday Aug 29. The “Ex” is a yearly fair. It’s 130 years old, the largest fair in Canada, and the fourth largest in North America, with over 1.3 millions visitors annually over its 18 day run every August.

The poster makes the bacon look mighty tasty but Paul said that “a long line-up prevented sampling.” We understand that it’s tough to wait in long lines but for chocolate covered bacon??? I think I’d wait hours.

Folks, would you have waited?

How can you make the candy of meats even sweeter? Dip it in chocolate!

One of our loyal readers sent us this photo of chocolate covered bacon on display at her favorite candy shop. When I need my bacon chocolate fix, I order a box of dark chocolate covered bacon from BaconFreak.com.

–Mr. B.