Last Christmas, my wife got me some incredible buttercrunch from an excellent candy shop downtown. While she was there, she noticed they were selling chocolate-covered bacon, so she bought me some of that too. Because hey, chocolate-covered bacon.
I mean, think of the possibilities! I’ve baconed-up so many things, but until then I never considered it might be covered in chocolate. Pure indulgence, essentially. I figured it could really help me strip out all the filler in my diet. Bacon and chocolate, that’s all. I could live on that (if only for a very short time).
But we were disappointed by the treat. While it wasn’t downright terrible, there’s something about the combination that doesn’t quite work. I’m all about the Bacon Mania trend, and I hope people continue to incorporate or pair bacon with every conceivable type of food because it’s always worth a shot and it usually works out. In this case, though, it didn’t.
And reader Justin recently emailed to report a similar disappointment in chocolate-covered bacon. He and his wife Christa purchased some from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Company and found it underwhelming. While the version I tried was in small pieces, theirs was a full strip of chocolate-covered bacon:
Sad, really. I guess there’s just no way anything could ever match the expectations our brains set when we hear the phrase “chocolate-covered bacon.”
Tedquarters 
Did you try dipping it in peanut butter?
Sad but true; we split one of the froo-froo Vosges bacon chocolate bars here at the office a while back and it was just kinda ok.
I had bacon dipped in chocolate fondue once. Maybe it was the way the bacon was prepared, or maybe it was the warm, gooey, chocolate, but I thought it was pretty great.
I dont know about this one. I like chocolate, and I like bacon, but even at first thought this just didnt sound at all like it would be good.
Although I must admit, it sounds downright awesome compared to bacon soda. I almost throw up in my mouth at the thought of bacon soda.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/11/05/2010-11-05_a_bacon_soda_just_doesnt_meat_their_standards.html
Speaking of awesome food combinations…has anyone ever been to the Chipshop in Brooklyn? They fry everything.
Ted they feature a deep fried burger…Sandwich of the week possibility?
Dammit. Some of my friends live like three blocks from the Chip Shop, and we’ve been saying we need to go there and fry stuff for so long. Like, years. For some reason we just haven’t.
So, after that picture was taken the bag was set on fire and left on Old Man Withers’ doorstep, right?
Don’t put it out with your boots, Ted!
Perhaps this was just not the right bacon chocolate. While I have not tried chocolate-covered bacon, this week I had this: http://www.xocolatldedavid.com/bacon+chocolate.html
It’s dark chocolate with bits of bacon inside.
I got it at a place in Portland called The Meadow, but they also just opened a shop in NY: http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-meadow-new-york
The bacon was subtle, but smoky, and paired quite nicely with scotch.
I’m not sure what sort of bacon-chocolate combo you ate, but here’s a thought – bacon smothered in chocolate is too much. Tiny bits of bacon inside a bar of chocolate is just right. Sweet and salty is always a good pairing.
No, it should be bacon-covered chocolate.
It could be desert at a Brazilian Steakhouse. After you eat mountains of filet wrapped in bacon, and chicken wrapped in bacon, and bacon wrapped in bacon, the next logical step, chocolate wrapped in bacon.
I had bacon vodka on my 21st birthday. Possibly the most disgusting thing I’ve ever tasted. Chocolate bacon is probably a thousand times better.
My girlfriend is baking me bacon cupcakes for my 25th in 2 days. I’ll let you know how that one goes. I can’t imagine being disappointed.