Candied Bacon Pecans
What's better than candied pecans? Adding candied bacon to the mix! Candied Bacon Pecans taste just like pecan pie with bacon on top!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 16 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 cups pecan halves
- 1 Tbsp. butter (melted)
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt
- 8 bacon slices (cooked and chopped)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/8 tsp. ground cayenne pepper
- 1 egg white
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- 2
Spread pecan halves and bacon pieces on a half sheet pan and drizzle butter on top. Sprinkle with sea salt. Using hands, coat with butter and salt.
- 3
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes and remove from oven.
- 4
Mix brown sugar and cayenne pepper together. Pour over pecan mixture on sheet pan. Stir well.
- 5
Drizzle egg white over pecan mixture and stir. Using hands, coat all the pieces.
- 6
Spread candy evenly on the sheet pan. Pop back in oven and bake for 15 more minutes.
- 7
Remove from oven and stir again, breaking up the candy before it hardens on the pan.
- 8
Sprinkle candy with remaining sea salt and mix.
- 9
Cool candy on sheet pan, then transfer to airtight containers until ready to serve.