Candied Bacon Pigs

Name: Candied Bacon Pigs
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder; 454 grams bacon slices, cut into thirds crosswise; 355 milliliters brown sugar, divided; 12 fluid ounces 1/2 (12 fluid ounce) can cola-flavored carbonated beverage; 397 grams package little smokie sausages

Candied Bacon Pigs is a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly recipe with 10 servings. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 12g of protein, 29g of fat, and a total of 449 calories. If you have five-spice powder, bacon, little smokie sausages, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a budget friendly side dish. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 5 hours.

Instructions

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

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

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Sausage

Bacon

Wrap

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

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Brown Sugar

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

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Remove the appetizers from the baking sheet with a slotted spoon, and place into a slow cooker.

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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.

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