Ghost Pepper Maple Bacon

One of our favorite ways to come up with recipe ideas is to let your intuition take over; trust your instincts, right? 

So when we found a maple syrup made with ghost pepper extract, the first thing that came to mind was cooking it into bacon.

First, we had to get a quick taste of the syrup (and then a few more tastes after the heat wore off) to get an idea what we’d be working with and then, we got cooking!

Ghost Pepper Maple Glazed Bacon 

(Approx. 30 mins) 

(Makes 10-12 slices of bacon) 

1 12oz package of applewood smoked bacon
1/2 cup of Vermont Ghosted Maple Syrup

Start by preheating your oven to 400 degrees.

Lay out strips of bacon on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush the top of the bacon with syrup and bake for 13 minutes.

Carefully remove and flip the bacon before giving it another brush of syrup.

Pop the pan back in the oven and bake for 7 more minutes or until the bacon darkens around the edges.

Give 5 minutes to let the glaze cool before serving or else you’ll be handling bacon covered in sugary magma; you don’t want that.

This might be the best bacon we’ve ever had. Perfectly salty, sweet and crispy on the outside with a juicy and tender interior and just a hint of spice.
Even better was that it couldn’t be easier to make!!

Enjoy as is with eggs or coffee for breakfast or chop it up and use as a fun topping (we’ve already got a couple ideas).