Candied Bacon Pigs recipe

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Ingredients

1 (14 ounce) package little smokie sausages
1 pound bacon slices, cut into thirds crosswise
1 ½ cups brown sugar, divided
½ (12 fluid ounce) can cola-flavored carbonated beverage
½ teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
1 dash hot pepper sauce, or to taste

Nutrition Info

290.9 calories
carbohydrate: 24.3 g
cholesterol: 41.3 mg
fat: 17.1 g
fiber: : -
protein: 10.5 g
saturatedFat: 5.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 752.4 mg
sugar: 23.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

  2. Wrap each little sausage with 1/3 slice of bacon, and secure them with toothpicks.

  3. Place the appetizers on a large baking sheet and sprinkle with 3/4 cup of brown sugar.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until the sugar is melted and bubbling, about 40 minutes, turn the appetizers after 20 minutes.

  5. Remove the appetizers from the baking sheet with a slotted spoon, and place into a slow cooker. Sprinkle the remaining 3/4 cup of brown sugar and the five-spice powder over the smokies, and drizzle with the cola. If desired, add hot sauce to taste.

  6. Set the cooker to High, and cook 4 hours. Serve warm.

Recipe Yield

10 servings

Recipe Note

If you have seen recipes for little smokies wrapped in bacon, this recipe takes it a couple steps further. It's totally worth the extra work and always gobbled up quickly!

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