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Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies. Salty-Sweet heaven.

April 27, 2010 24 Comments

“Mmmm. Move over, eggs. Bacon just got a new best friend – fudge.” Homer Simpson

Bacon.
And donuts…
Wait. This is about bacon. And chocolate.
Together.  In a cookie.  Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies.  A little bit of salty sweet heaven!

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Some may scoff when they first hear of the combo.   Like caramel and sea salt.   Like Run DMC and Aerosmith back in the day. (Who knew?)   But it works. And it works well.

I heard about Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies here and gave them a whirl in my own kitchen.  They are soooo good! I needed to change up & omit a few things, for our family’s preferences.
Here’s what I did:

1 pound of bacon, chopped and fried crisp
2 & 1/4 cup, plus 2 Tbsp flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp sea salt (yes, you can use regular salt)
1 & 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
2/3 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 12oz bags semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350.
Chop bacon strips into 1/2 inch pieces.  Cook over medium-high heat in a skillet, stirring often.  You don’t want the heat too high. It’s best to sort of render the fat slowly, that way it crisps up too. (You don’t want those little scalloped edges of chewy bacon fat in your cookies.)

Cream butter and sugars together until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla, mix until smooth, but don’t over mix.

Add flour, baking soda and salt to the mixture. Most recipes say to put these in a separate bowl and then add to the butter/sugar mixture. This just seems like a good way to dirty an extra bowl. (I add the first cup of flour, then sprinkle the salt and soda over that, then the rest of the flour.) Mix until just combined.

Add the two bags of chocolate chips. Mix well.
Add in the bacon pieces. Mix well.
It will be a real work-out while you mix it up.  It will seem like there are more chocolate chips and bacon pieces than there is dough.  (Nothing wrong with that.)

Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. They should be about 2 to 3 inches apart. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or so, rotating the cookie sheets halfway through the baking.
Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe
Cookies should be golden brown on the edges and look soft and slightly lighter in color on the tops. Cool on racks. Then enjoy the salty-sweet-goodness.

Oh. My. Yum.

Bacon chocolate chip cookies

(The boys each came to me separately and asked that I keep dad from eating all of them.)
Trust me. I wouldn’t waste my calories on just any ole’ cookie. Enjoy!

Filed Under: bacon, Desserts, quirkiness, recipes

Comments

  1. MiMi says

    April 27, 2010 at 6:23 PM

    I can feel my arteries clogging right now…and it sounds SO good. Yum.

    Reply
  2. shortmama says

    April 27, 2010 at 7:11 PM

    This is just wrong on so many levels…and I want 5

    Reply
  3. JennyMac says

    April 27, 2010 at 7:17 PM

    HAHAHA…NO WAY.

    Reply
  4. Myya says

    April 27, 2010 at 7:47 PM

    I just may have to give it a shot… sounds gross, but sooo good all that the same time???

    Reply
  5. J.J. says

    April 27, 2010 at 7:48 PM

    I love crispy bacon and peanut butter sandwiches. haven’t had it in over a year…for obvious reasons.

    that cookie sounds fun to try.

    Reply
  6. mama-face says

    April 27, 2010 at 8:49 PM

    I will take your word for it…but I think I’m the only person on the planet who hates bacon anything.

    But if you happened to drive by and dropped off a plate of cookies I promise I would try one. 🙂

    Reply
  7. Britt says

    April 27, 2010 at 10:23 PM

    Love your blog… it always gives me a good laugh! I might have to try those bacon cookies though… I linked to your blog today check it out!! Keep up the good work! 🙂
    -Britt http://thebeahans.blogspot.com/2010/04/bacon-soda.html

    Reply
  8. Keetha Denise Broyles says

    April 27, 2010 at 11:18 PM

    Oh I have seen the bacon and sweety sweet combos on Food Network. Are you telling me it is ACTUALLY good???????

    I’m just not feelin’ it yet.

    Reply
  9. Shawn says

    April 28, 2010 at 12:17 AM

    Like I said before….I just don’t get it. It’s probably a good thing since my ass doesn’t need any help growing!

    Reply
  10. Kelli says

    April 28, 2010 at 12:48 AM

    This would be my husband’s dream. I can see how the sweet and salty would compliment one another.

    Reply
  11. Connie Weiss says

    April 28, 2010 at 1:48 AM

    hmmm…very interesting. If you say they are good then I believe you.

    Reply
  12. Elz says

    April 28, 2010 at 3:28 AM

    Bacon dipped chocolate here-http://elzabelz.blogspot.com/2010/02/scenes-from-our-weekend.html

    For some reason, it works. I don’t know if I’m brave enough to make it, but I will try it!’

    Reply
  13. Fiona says

    April 28, 2010 at 3:51 AM

    I wish you had included a photo of the cookies 🙂 I’m intrigued.

    Reply
  14. Funnyrunner says

    April 28, 2010 at 1:30 PM

    hmmm. My first instinct would be, well, Yuck. But ya never know…

    Reply
  15. jennykate77 says

    April 28, 2010 at 3:50 PM

    I’m not so sure. I have this weird hang-up about putting meat and sweet together. However, I trust everything you say, so I would try it.

    Reply
  16. heidi says

    April 28, 2010 at 5:13 PM

    Sounds, uh, interesting. LOL I can see how it could possibly work, though.

    Reply
  17. Holly says

    April 29, 2010 at 4:52 AM

    I LOVE your Run DMC and Aerosmith comparison! Too funny. Oh yeah and I heart sea salt caramels. I think no one believes how good they are until they try them…yum!

    Reply
  18. HouseMama says

    April 29, 2010 at 6:17 AM

    NOOOOOOO! Those are two of my favorite foods and I can’t fathom the thought of them EVER being mixed together. Ew.Ew.Ew. 😉

    Reply
  19. Jessica says

    May 1, 2010 at 2:36 PM

    I think MiMi and I should get together and make bacon cookies. 🙂 Hope you are well!

    Reply
  20. Levinson-Axelrod says

    May 12, 2010 at 6:30 PM

    What an impressive recipe with intriguing ingredients. Thanks for sharing this.

    Reply
  21. c.w.frosting says

    December 15, 2012 at 11:00 PM

    Thanks for sharing. Definitely going to make these but maybe with a mix or break n bake! Merr xmas Viv!! xo

    Reply

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