Meat Candy recipe

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Ingredients

1 pinch cayenne pepper
2 cups brown sugar, or as needed
2 (14 ounce) packages little smoked sausages
1 (16 ounce) package bacon slices, cut into thirds (or as needed)
1 box toothpicks

Nutrition Info

241.6 calories
carbohydrate: 22.5 g
cholesterol: 32.8 mg
fat: 13.7 g
fiber: : -
protein: 7.7 g
saturatedFat: 5.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 562.7 mg
sugar: 21.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

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

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

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

Recipe Yield

60 appetizers

Recipe Note

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!

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