Isn't that gilding the lily? New York City cafe offers 23-karat chocolate-covered BACON for $40 per strip



A New York City market has taken America's obsession with bacon to its pinnacle. One might even say it is the gold standard.



The Baconery - a boutique bakery that specializes in sweet and savory combinations - now offers chocolate-covered artisanal bacon dusted with 23-karat gold flakes.

Yes, bacon covered in gold.



That's rich! This strip of gold-dusted bacon sells for $40 at the Baconery - a New York City cafe

For a limited time only, the decadent porcine confection can be purchased for $40 per strip - $99 for a three-pack.



The Baconery - 'Bacon meets Bakery. Their love child: Baconery' - is the brainchild of chef Wesley Klein.

Klein's shop has long been offering chocolate-covered bacon, a confection that he said owes its divine taste to the simple combination of salty and sweet.



'Like a mad scientist, I spent months in the kitchen with breakfast chefs, pastry chefs, and more, until we stumbled upon the exact formula for infusing these two ingredients into the perfect culinary combination,' he writes.



The 23K gold bacon is a new treat. It features Nueske's cherrywood-smoked bacon, Guittard semisweet dark chocolate and 23-karat edible gold flakes.

The gold-dusted bacon is available online or at the Baconery on Columbus Avenue on Manhattan's Upper West Side.



Gilding the lily: The Baconery's chef, Wesley Klein, said he works like a 'mad scientist' to develop new bacon-flavor sweet treats

Edible gold flakes have long been used as a gimmick by New York City chefs to create ludicrously expensive and opulent menu items.



Last year, landmark restaurant Serendipity 3 introduced its 'Le Burger Extravagant' - a $295 hamburger made with every specialty ingredient imaginable - from black truffles to hand-formed aged English cheddar and Chinese caviar.



To top off the creation, the bun is dusted with flecks of 24-karat gold.











