Bacon Wrapped Pretzels

By kdet

Ingredients

• 1 package of bacon – hickory, maple, etc.
• 2 cups Brown Sugar
• 3 Tbsp Red Chili Powder
• Dash or two (or three!) Cayenne Pepper
• 1 Package Pretzel Rods

Preparation

Step 1

Break the pretzels in half for appetizer bites. If you halve the pretzel, halve the bacon slices too.
Mix the brown sugar, chili powder & cayenne together and spread out on a large flat dish.
Coat each strip of bacon on both sides with the brown sugar mixture.
Wrap the bacon around the pretzel.
Place the delicious treat on a wire rack placed on top of a baking sheet or roasting pan; I try to make sure that the tail end of the bacon I just wrapped is on the bottom to try and avoid having it ‘unwrap’ during cooking.
Note: By placing the bacon on top of a rack, the renderings (ie: fat/grease) will drop into the baking sheet, leaving the bacon to crisp and your oven clean.
Bake at 375 for about 10 minutes or until bacon cooks and appears crisp.
IMPORTANT: Let cool on wire rack and rearrange occasionally while cooling so they don’t stick to rack. Do not put these on paper towels; they are sticky!
Let cool although I like them warm, but fresh out of the oven? Too hot (and I’m not talking spicy either!).