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Bacon Nuts: You Know You Want Them

By Foxy

Eat This: Bacon Bar Nuts @foxywinepocket

I was at a friend’s cocktail party when I first encountered these amazing nuts. While I was inhaling the entire bowl, I badgered her repeatedly for the recipe. When she didn’t respond, I told her I’d make out with her if she gave me the recipe. When she gave me a slightly horrified look, I told her I’d never make that joke ever again if she gave me the recipe.

And here it is. (She adapted the recipe from here.) But ours is better.

The recipe is actually much easier than I’ve made it seem here. But I like to take pictures. And babble. So you might be getting some fluff in here.

Ingredients:

  • 9 strips of thick cut bacon, chopped (Mmmm, thick meat…)

  • 3 cups of roasted, salted cashews (or peanuts or almonds or…)

  • 1 teaspoon or so of sugar

  • ⅛ teaspoon or so of cayenne pepper

3ingredients

I use the Uncured Apple Smoked Bacon from Trader Joe’s because it comes in convenient 12 oz packages (about 9 slices), and it’s nitrate free. So it’s healthy for you, right? Right. I also use the cashews from Costco because those buggers are too expensive if I buy them anywhere else. I use a little less than a teaspoon of sugar and almost a ¼ teaspoon of cayenne. I like my meat and nuts more spicy than sweet. (Hear that, Mr. Foxy?)

Cook the bacon over medium low heat until it is almost to your desired doneness. (I like my bacon firm but not crispy. So I cook it until it’s just about perfect for me.) This can take several minutes because you don’t want to cook it too fast and have it burn. That would just be a tragedy. (Now THAT would qualify as Sorrow Bacon.)

Bacon

Stand really close to the bacon while cooking, and you’ll have a lovely perfume for the rest of the day. Drain the almost perfectly cooked bacon on a paper-towel-lined plate and dump out the bacon grease. (I actually “harvest the bacon juice” and save it for later.) Dump the nuts in the same pan and stir and get them warm and a light brown. Dump back in the bacon. Stir. Sprinkle sugar-cayenne mixture over. Stir and let cook a bit—mostly to let the sugar melt. Don’t burn, although some brown color tastes good.

Dump the whole thing back on the paper-towel-lined plate and let cool.* Try not to eat all of them before the party. Or eat the whole fucking batch if you were brilliant enough to make them for yourself.

Bacon Bar Nuts

These nuts are great for just about any type of party. (Do inquire about any nut allergies though.) I even gave a jar of them to a friend and labeled them “Jeff’s Nuts.” See how much fun you can have with this?

You’re welcome.

* Optional step for Jen of People I Want to Punch in the Throat: After nuts have cooled, add a cup (or more) of M&Ms.


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Comments

  1. Soccer Mom says

    August 21, 2013 at 2:22 pm

    Mmmmmm…Bacon Bar Nuts. Perhaps I’ll be giving these to all the teachers at Christmas this year. I called it first! No stealing my idea! And let’s be honest, if the kids’ teachers don’t like them, then clearly there is something seriously wrong with them.

    • Foxy says

      August 22, 2013 at 10:34 am

      As long as you make a batch for me too…

  2. Soccer Mom says

    August 21, 2013 at 2:23 pm

    Wait…seriously wrong with the teachers, not the Bacon Bar Nuts. Duh!

  3. Lora says

    September 30, 2013 at 6:35 pm

    Thank you for this great recipe. We had some people over for drinks and snacks and they were seriously impressed 🙂

    • Foxy says

      October 1, 2013 at 8:56 am

      You’re very welcome. Thank you for trying the recipe and reporting back about the nuts–it’s always great to hear how delicious people find them. 🙂

  4. The Shitastrophy says

    January 15, 2014 at 10:13 am

    OMG my son and hubs would LOVE this. It’s almost easy enough for me to make it too. This has potential.

    • Foxy says

      May 20, 2014 at 10:51 pm

      Very easy. Very delicious.

  5. My Special Kind of Crazy says

    January 15, 2014 at 1:24 pm

    Mmmmmm. Bacon.

    • Foxy says

      January 16, 2014 at 5:59 pm

      Yep. Because, bacon.

  6. Darcy Perdu (So Then Stories) says

    May 26, 2014 at 10:00 am

    These are 3 of my favorite things all mixed together — with new friend Cayenne along for the ride. Will definitely try this out!

    • Foxy says

      November 24, 2014 at 7:18 am

      I hope you love them as much as I do!

  7. Lisa of Canadian Expat Mom says

    September 4, 2014 at 6:13 am

    Oh I am SO making these!!!! Everything is better with bacon…not to mention that the meat and nut jokes that can go with this recipe are endless! Thanks! 🙂

    • Foxy says

      November 24, 2014 at 7:23 am

      Bacon and nut jokes … It doesn’t get any better, does it?

  8. Suizan says

    September 5, 2014 at 6:40 am

    I haven’t even tried the bar nuts yet – while I know they will be as addictive as the meth I just gave up last month – but I am so going to fucking follow your blog – you’re relentlessly brilliant in your delivery. Thanks

    • Foxy says

      November 24, 2014 at 7:24 am

      Wow. That’s quite a compliment. THANK YOU! I hope I’ve been meeting expectations. It’s possible the bacon nuts are more reliable. 😉

  9. Teri says

    September 5, 2014 at 8:48 am

    Is it possible to orgasm while reading a recipe? Cuz this shit’s some serious food porn. I will pay you to bring me some next time we see each other. Cuz dayum.

    • Foxy says

      November 24, 2014 at 7:25 am

      I’ll put it on the Baltimore packing list.

  10. SASSYPIEHOLE (@sassypiehole) says

    July 3, 2015 at 5:09 pm

    I want to eat Bacon Nuts until I die. But first… I need a drink! 😉

  11. Jill says

    July 7, 2015 at 10:00 am

    OMG. I have no words for how mouthgasmic this sounds. People are now starting to stare at me. Fucks given? Zero. These nuts will be mine.

  12. Rebekah says

    November 26, 2015 at 4:27 pm

    Full disclosure I made these last minute. Of course since you said they were delicious I made two batches. Here’s my observations.
    Raw bacon is hard to cut. So I used kitchen scissors. Saved me a lot of heart ache.
    Bacon takes a long time to cook if made properly. Allot your time.
    When doubling the batch 6 cups of nuts aren’t going to fit well into a frying pan. I opted to use a pot instead.
    Plates are also not going to fit your bounty if you double the recipe so consider lining a deep mixing bowl with paper towels for the draining instead.
    I’m doing one batch with m&ms and one batch without. It’s thanksgiving here in the states so my plan is to serve these up as a snack before the main meal. Wish me luck!!!

  13. Liv says

    May 27, 2016 at 1:46 pm

    I love your nuts.

    • Foxy says

      June 2, 2016 at 8:57 am

      That’s what she said.

  14. Ohmandelynn says

    May 27, 2016 at 6:38 pm

    I think you need to mine that friendship for more recipes you can get for not making out with her. This seems so delicious.

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