About: I am a teacher outside of Boston and I love making cool stuff! Any prizes I'm lucky enough to win will go directly to my classroom (when appropriate) where I teach 6-12th grade English, Social Studies, and STE…

Triple threat= bourbon+maple+bacon

I bake. It's what I do to relax and to satisfy any sugary cravings I might have. I also feel less guilty about eating sweets/desserts when I make them myself rather than buy them from a store. 99% of what I make I bring to school the next day to share with my co-workers and students. Food sparks conversation and bonding.

The first time I brought this brittle to work everyone looked at me funny, but all of their eyes popped out of their heads when they tasted this recipe. The sugar and bourbon (which isn't enough to get anyone buzzed) give you a nice little pick-me-up during that midmorning slump.

I'm not a big pork eater, but I think most people will agree that even if you don't like pork, you probably LOVE bacon. There is no substitute for real pork bacon. Regardless of what you make it from, bacon isn't a healthy food---we don't eat it because it's good for us. We eat bacon because it tastes AMAZING. So rather than trying to fool yourself into believing that slab of turkey (or tofu) bacon is just as good as the real thing, why not just eat the real thing? :-D

I've been thinking about making candied bacon or chocolate covered bacon for a while. Every year at the Big E there are vendors selling both and the bacon looks and smells amazing. I've never bought candied or chocolate covered bacon because I'm convinced it won't be as good as it smells. I'm even more afraid of wasting money on what will turn out to be some of the greasiest and mushy bacon treat I've ever had. I could be wrong, but I've been burned by too many maple bacon donuts.

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