Candied Bacon Pigs

Description

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!

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 (Optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  2. Wrap each little sausage with 1/3 slice of bacon
  3. and secure them with toothpicks.
  4. Place the appetizers on a large baking sheet and sprinkle with 3/4 cup of brown sugar.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven until the sugar is melted and bubbling
  6. about 40 minutes; turn the appetizers after 20 minutes.
  7. Remove the appetizers from the baking sheet with a slotted spoon
  8. and place into a slow cooker. Sprinkle the remaining 3/4 cup of brown sugar and the five-spice powder over the smokies
  9. and drizzle with the cola. If desired
  10. add hot sauce to taste.
  11. Set the cooker to High
  12. and cook 4 hours. Serve warm.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 4 hrs 40 mins

Total Time: 5 hrs

Servings: 10

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