Mr. Garlington’s Famous Bacon Candy

This is one of my favorite party tricks and comes to me from one of my antique Amish cookbooks. This is old-school finger food, so fire up a defibrillator and put your apron on.

First, get a whole lot of bacon. Cheap skinny bacon you can read through. This recipe does not require the hand-crafted, independently farmed, organic, free-range massaged and cuddled pork you might buy at Whole Foods. Get the generic stuff.

Put the bacon on a rack over a pan in the oven and baked it until it's just almost crispy — 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. Take it out to cool and leave the oven on. Drain the fat off the pan.

While it's baking, mix up the following:

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