Sweet Bacon Roses Bouquet

Bacon Roses are a yummy twist on the traditional floral gift! You’ll love to see how to easily bake these clever sweet treats with an extra special touch.

Why pay for a Bacon Rose delivery? This is a quick appetizer and thoughtful idea for parties that is a Valentine’s and Father’s Day tradition in our home. It’s a sure-fire hit to surprise the loved ones in your life!

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How to Make Perfect Bacon Roses

Preheat Oven

Begin by allowing your oven to preheat to 375 degrees Fahrenheit while you are creating your bacon rosebuds.

Ingredients

• My bacon recipe calls for just two easy ingredients: Bacon and Brown Sugar.
• Bacon may be lowered fat, but should be fatty enough for the swirl of color.

Materials

Skewers, Tooth Picks, Muffin Tin, Vase

You will also want to have wood skewers and toothpicks on hand, along with a muffin tin (regular or mini size) for baking.

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3 Steps to Making Bacon Roses

Step 1: Rolling Bacon Roses

Begin Skewering: Thread your bacon strip through your skewer on one end, then roll up tightly about one-third of the way.

Rose Shape Twist: Now, here’s my special twist to really help our Bacon Roses look like roses. Simply twist your bacon strip counter-clockwise to make the rose petals easily form little points. My video tutorial (see below) helps you see the exact motion and direction I twirled to make my bacon flowers look realistic.

Secure with Toothpicks: Lastly, secure with a toothpick or two on the bottom of your rose. Continue rolling the rest of your bacon roses, then place them in a muffin tin. This is my favorite way to bake them. Your rosebuds remain standing upward as they are sizzling and baking in their own juices.

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Step 2: Make Bacon Sweet

• My special touch to sweeten this appetizer is lightly sprinkling the bacon buds with a pinch of brown sugar.
• The small amount of sugar crystallizes and melts into your bacon.
• The sugar makes them extra fragrant, delicious, and sweet… just like a real rose!

Looking to make candied bacon roses? Dip and smother them into a lot of brown sugar for a hard candy coating.

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Step 3: Bake Bacon Roses in the Oven

• Bake in your preheated oven of 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes;
• Remove from oven and place muffin tin on wire rack to cool;
• If your brown sugar has not completely melted into your roses, simply spoon some of the bacon grease from the bottom of the tin over your rose buds;
• Once your bacon roses have completely cooled, remove toothpicks and place them on your skewers and create your bouquet.

Keep refrigerated.

Serving suggestion: I like using small mason and milk jars as vases to easily display them upright.

I hope you are inspired to whip up some Bacon Roses, too!

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