{Recipe} Spicy Candied Turkey Bacon

I love making food gifts.  

When I'm stumped on what gift to get, making a treat is fail proof for me.  

This past week I had such a scenario! I've wanted to try making spicy candied bacon for a while now  and this scenario was the perfect reason to!  I'm sharing because I did read a few recipes and none of them were for turkey bacon, which is what I chose to experiment with and it turned out soooo yummy! And I also used my toaster oven!

Spicy Candied Turkey Bacon

1 regular package of turkey bacon

brown sugar

ground cheyenne pepper

I heated the toaster over to broil.  My toaster oven has a pan with a rack.  I put foil on the pan and sprayed the rack with Crisco (Pam would work to).  Next, I laid out  5-6 pieces of bacon on the rack.  Then, I covered each piece with brown sugar and sprinkled on the cheyenne pepper, this is to your taste.  The person I made this for loves spicy! I didn't go too crazy but some pieces were hotter than others.  Put the pan in the toaster oven and baked for 8-10 minutes. (I started out at 10 minutes with the first 2 batches but then had to adjust the time down for the last 2 batches.)

Let cool.  Store in an air tight container. 

Makes about 22 pieces.

I did managed to package up a dozen for the gift I needed but just about ate the rest before my husband could taste!  He accused me of eating one, saving one, eating one, saving one...... ☺

I did change the foil on the pan after the first 2 batches as the left over brown sugar was getting burned and smoking a little. Other than baking the bacon in batches, this was so easy and very yummy.  You could even do a non spicy version!

There may be more of this yumminess in the near future as Father's Day gifts! 

And the distant future as a new treat in my Christmas goodie boxes!

Did I read there's only 20 Fridays till Christmas somewhere?

I think I did.

Well shoot.

☺

Happy Thursday lovelies!!

Soiree Day-Independence Day Treats!

Well Father's Day is over and time to move on to the next holiday.  Firecracker Day, as Lil Hunkie calls it! Not sure of our plans this year but I did find some pretty fun treats that I might have to make for the kids!

Enjoy!

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Kaboom Kakes by Hungry Happenings

Fourth of July Dessert Fruit Pops by Baker's Royale

Red, White, and Blue Smores by First Home...Love Life

Patriotic Marshmallow Popcorn Sparklers by Dash Recipes

Red, White, and Blue Jewel Cake by Diamonds for Dessert

Bald Eagle Pears by Dash Recipes

Aren't all of these fun? I've never had a Jewel Cake before but it's so simply pretty! And how about those eagles? So creative!

What's your favorite treats for Independence Day?

Happy Soiree Day!

Halloween Treats

Happy Halloween!

How has everyone's festivities been?  We are taking Lil' Hunkie to a local church's Trunk or Treat this evening and not handing out candy.  Boo! I like it but we took the less expensive route this year and are just focusing on Lil' Hunkie.  We do have some neighbors with little ones who usually come over so I made them some treats and also chose to Boo someone for the first time!  Do you know what that is?  I had never heard of it till now but basically you leave treats on a neighbor's doorstep anonymously with a "We've been Booed" sign and instructions for them to in turn boo someone else.   There's all kinds of free printables out there!  I chose The Tomkat Studio's version.

It was fun!

And here's my treats!

Ghost Eyes~Rolos

Ghosts~White Chocolate covered Nutter Butters

Candy Corn M&M Cookies

I just used scrapbook paper to fold over the top of a sandwich bag and wallah! Easy cute packaging!

Of course the Nutter Butter ghosts are all over the place and I simply googled 'monster eye treats' and found the Rolo idea at It Is What It Is.  So stinkin' easy and very cute I must say!

 For our neighbors I used another free printable by Mommy by Day...Crafter by Night and stapled all three bags together with the tag on the front.

 Finally I made Peeps Smores for my niece and nephews!  This idea came from Christi of Love From The Oven.  If you're not familiar with her...she's a sweet genius and I love all her baking creativity!

Fun, simple, cute treats!!

Have a Happy Day and be safe!