Honey Glazed Bacon

If you love playing with flavors for glazed bacon, you need to try this honey glazed bacon recipe immediately! It may not seem appetizing, but the combined flavors of honey and bacon with a bit of sauteed garlic are surprisingly addicting.

This recipe uses honey as a glazing for baked bacon, topping the bacon with sauteed garlic at the end. Brush the slices of bacon with honey, then cook in the oven at 375 degrees for about 20 – 25 minutes to create a honey glaze.

Don’t bake the honey glazed bacon with the garlic on top because the garlic can easily burn and create a sour taste. Instead, top the bacon with the perfectly cooked garlic afterward. (Of course, if you’d rather make plain honey glazed bacon, simply leave the garlic out of the recipe!)

You’ll only need four ingredients: honey, garlic and bacon as well as some olive oil for sautéing the garlic.

Try these other delicious bacon recipes:

• Bacon Wrapped Jalapenos with Cream Cheese
• Spicy Candied Bacon
• Bacon Jam
• Bacon Roses

What You Can Do With Honey Glazed Bacon

You can absolutely eat bacon with honey. The sweetness of the honey is a perfect complement to the salty savory flavors of the bacon.

Adding garlic to this recipe creates a stunning flavorful bite. However, you can experiment with other flavors to use with honey-bacon besides garlic such as a spice like cayenne or black pepper. Or boil honey and bourbon for another twist on a glaze for bacon.

You can munch on the honey glazed bacon directly as a side in substitute where you would normally use bacon. For example, you could serve it as a side with pancakes and eggs.

Or you can use honey glazed bacon as appetizers by cutting the strips in half, rolling them up so that the garlic is on the inside, then securing with a toothpick. That way, they make simple little bites of savory sweetness.

You could also use them as a substitute for regular bacon like on a BLT or burger to take sandwiches up a notch.

On the Stove Top

If you don’t want to use an oven to make honey bacon, you can use a pan. Lay slices of bacon in a pan and then brush with honey. Cook as you would cook normal bacon, bringing the heat to medium and rendering out the fat for about 15 minutes, flipping occasionally, until your desired crispiness.

Do not dry the honey bacon on paper towels because it can be sticky. Instead, cool the bacon on a wire rack or a baking pan.

Then, to take your honey bacon up a notch, sauté some chopped garlic and sprinkle a little bit over the slices of bacon as they cool.