Sweet Chicken Bacon Bites – Perfectly seasoned chicken pieces, wrapped in glorious bacon, rolled in brown sugar and baked to golden perfection. Need I say more?
I have a super yummy fabulous and ridonculous appetizer for you today. Bite size pieces of chicken wrapped in bacon, B.A.C.O.N. my friends. They are then rolled in brown sugar and finally baked to perfection. Can you say Y.U.M.!!!
Let me first apologize to all of you my bacon lover friends out there, because I feel like I’ve neglected your needs. But I hope these super duper delicious sweet chicken bacon bites will more than make up for it.
SWEET CHICKEN BACON BITES
So really, let’s talk about these puppies because they are too good to be true. The bacon, the brown sugar, the chicken, OMG these appetizers have got to be the motherlode of all appetizers. They are full of flavor, they are sweet from the brown sugar, salty from the bacon, plus I sprinkled them with a bit more salt and generously sprinkled with lots of freshly ground pepper.
Hubs, the dog, they were going nuts in the kitchen. The poor dog was wondering what the heck were all those smells and why wasn’t the bacon in her mouth.
I once told you that if I were ever stranded on an island, the two foods I’d take with me would be bacon and nutella. What more does a girl need, really? Come to think of it, these super fabulicious bites would have been awesome with some drizzled nutella over them. Eh? You with me? If you’re not with me, you’re against me. Work with me here!
Ok maybe I lost you at the drizzled nutella so let’s get back to these bites. All I can tell you is that as soon as I was done with the photo shoot for these puppies, 2 minutes later they were all gone. So although I say 6 to 8 servings here in the recipe, that totally depends on who’s eating this.
If you’ve got some bacon lovers at the dinner table, this is probably enough for one or two people. Totally up to you how many of these babies you make. Though I’d strongly suggest you double or triple the recipe, because they’re just that good.
Now I urge you to take a closer look at the photo above here, because this my friends, is true food porn. I don’t normally use the food porn term, but I think it best describes what you see here.
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Sweet Chicken Bacon Bites
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts boneless and skinless, cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
- 1 tsp pepper or to taste
- 12 slices bacon thin cut, cut into halves or thirds
- 3/4 cup dark brown sugar packed
- 1 tbsp parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
- Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil, this will save you from having to scrub your baking sheet. Place a cookie rack on top the baking sheet. I used a cookie rack here. Place the sugar in a shallow plate.
- Season chicken pieces with salt and pepper.
- Depending on your bacon how thin or thick it is, cut each slice in either half or 3 pieces. I cut mine into 3. Wrap each piece of chicken with a piece of bacon. There is no need for toothpicks, the bacon will stick to the chicken. Roll the wrapped chicken into the brown sugar and make sure each piece is nicely coated in the brown sugar.
- Place chicken pieces on the prepared baking sheet and season again with more salt and pepper.
- Bake for about 45 minutes or until bacon is nice and crisp.
- Garnish with parsley, so that it looks pretty.
Notes
Nutrition
Recipe inspired from 101 Cooking for Two
Jo, thank you for sharing this recipe! I have done the chicken breast version but was nonplussed by the blandness, too much chicken vs. skinny wrap of bacon..
I made your recipe exactly except I used white pepper. Came out premo!
A few days ago I changed up the finishing touches. The last 15 minutes, I basted the wrapped chicken with a simple mild bbq sauce that I mixed crushed pineapple in.
Super good. Going to try it on breast tenders/bacon on the bbq next weekend. Thanks again!
These are truly delicious, I’ve been making a version of these for years, they are expected to be on the menu for my Christmas Eve appetizer dinner every year I always add smoked paprika to the brown sugar, give its whirl and see if you like it that way, too. Thanks for all the fabulicious recipes, Jo!
Thanks, Shellie! 🙂
I made these Sweet Chicken Bacon Bites as an entree for New Year’s Eve dinner and they were quite good. My husband loved them. This is a simple, foolproof recipe with minimal preparation time, but it looks and tastes special. DO follow the instructions to put a cookie rack on top of the baking sheet as the bacon fat and a lot of the brown sugar will melt and make a gooey mess at the bottom. For this reason, make sure the aluminum foil goes up the sides of the baking sheet. Once the baking sheet cools, the melted material will solidify and you can lift it out with the aluminum foil.
How well do these freeze?
They should freeze pretty well, I’d actually reheat them in the oven to get the bacon crispy again.
These are absolutely delicious! I am wondering if these could be skewered and grilled as well?
Do you serve them as a main dish or an appetizer? They look so yummy
I usually serve them as an appetizer but they could work as a main as well along with some salad.
Thanks! I can’t wait to try them
I would love to take this to a pot luck, how long can they sit out. Or do they have to be eaten immediatly
You can leave them out, but I wouldn’t leave them out for more than 4 hours.
Thnk-you gonna try it.
Hello Jo,
Thanks for the recipe.
We enjoyed it with a nice salade, it was delicious.
Greetings from The Netherlands
Annet
That’s awesome, hello Netherlands!!
Thank you for this – When I make these, everyone in the house goes crazy! I’ve had people cancel plans to stay home and eat them hot, and one friend actually cried when she tasted them!
My pleasure, that’s actually quite funny, don’t think I’ve had anyone cry before over the food. 🙂
Would it be good with cheese?
OMG fondue dip type cheese. YES please!!
looks like pure yummyness! Can’t wait to try
We love bacon,these delicious and easy , thanks for awesome recipe!!!;))