Medium

Meat Candy

Total Time
44 min
10m prep · 34m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🌾 Gluten-Free 🥛 Dairy-Free 🥜 Nut-Free

My father-in-law shared this recipe with me, and our family loves it! Perfect for any casual gathering (say, Super Bowl® Sunday), these bite-sized meaty treats will disappear before anything else on the buffet!

Ingredients

  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper
  • 2 cups brown sugar , or as needed
  • 2 , 14 ounce
  • 1 , 16 ounce
  • 1 box toothpicks

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a large baking dish with aluminum foil.

  2. 2

    Stir cayenne pepper into brown sugar in a bowl. Wrap each smoked sausage in a piece of bacon; secure each with a toothpick. Arrange wrapped sausages into prepared baking dish. Pack brown sugar around wrapped sausages to cover by about 1/2 inch. Cover pan tightly with aluminum foil.

  3. 3

    Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Increase oven heat to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Remove aluminum foil from pan.

  4. 4

    Continue baking in the hot oven until brown sugar has melted and thickened, 30 to 40 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

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