"bacon cupcakes" news and stories

Pancakes and bacon are a classic breakfast combo, so why not cupcakes with bacon for the same salty sweet rush in a dessert? Blogger Garrett at vanillagarlic puts the pork (complete with a little rendered bacon fat) and maple syrup into a buttery cupcake, and tops it with an ultra-sweet frosting made with maple syrup, turbinado sugar, powdered sugar and, for balance (which, I suppose, is balance on some sugar-addled planet), some sea salt. But this is dessert, people, so for today, abandon the guilt and enjoy something over the top. (We featured this cupcake in 2007, when it was introduced, but liked it so much we're bringing it back for an encore.)

Check out our other posts for baconistas, including a recent Feast Your Eyes post on how to cook with candied bacon. And share your weird bacon combos in the comments section below.

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Beef tenderloin on focaccia. Photo: YumSugar

Each Thursday, we round up a selection of scrumptious links from our friends over at YumSugar. Here's what they've got cooking this week:

A delicious summer cocktail-hour menu, from black-bean cakes to grilled beef tenderloin on focaccia.

Attention, chocoholics: A new study says chocolate could save your life!

From bacon to gin and tonics, seven unconventional cupcake recipes.

Corn smut: Some consider it a plague, but many Mexicans consider it a delicacy.

Your mai tai can become everyone's mai tai with a party-sized recipe.

Coconut M&M's aren't bites of coconut filling, but rather M&M's with artificial coconut flavor.

Do you love or hate hybrid produce?