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Christin Urzo
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25 Recipes Every Bacon Lover Needs in Their Life

This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at Texas chapter.

Warm, crispy, brown bacon is usually consumed in the morning. However, this piece of meat isn’t limited to just breakfast food. It can be eaten in every meal if you’re creative enough, even dessert. It’s powerful enough to turn your day around and to cause feuds between friends. It’s bacon, and you can literally eat it with anything.

1. Chocolate Dipped Maple Bacon Roses

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Photo by Ariana Collura

Roses are pretty to look at, but chocolate dipped bacon roses are pretty to look at AND yummy to eat. Win win.

2. Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Bacon

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Photo by Kelda Baljon

It’s got vegetables in it, so it’s basically a healthy snack.

3. Bacon S’mores

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Photo courtesy of hormel.com

Sweet and savory have never tasted so good.

4. Bacon Wrapped Cheese Fries

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Photo courtesy of reallifedinner.com

Pretty much the ultimate American food, and yes, we want some.

5. Bacon Cheese Bread using Leftover Beer

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Photo by Monica Cheng

The three B’s of life: beer, bread and bacon.

6. Scrambled Eggs in a Bacon Weave Bowl

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Photo by Anastasia Yip

Breakfast with no cleanup? Yes please.

7. Tater Tot & Bacon Grilled Cheese in a Waffle Iron

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Photo courtesy of spoonuniversity.com

We’re ditching the bread and deciding tater tots are a far superior choice.

8. Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers

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Photo courtesy of foodnetwork.com

You can never go wrong with this classic.

9. The Bacon Weave Taco

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Photo courtesy of dudefoods.com

Ditch the taco shell. Make one out of bacon instead. Less carbs makes it healthier, right?

10. Peanut Butter Bacon Sandwiches

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Photo by Christin Urso

Like mom used to pack for school, only better.

11. Bacon Wrapped Avocado

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Photo courtesy of ohsweetbasil.com

It’s like guacamole but the chip is the bacon.

12. Bacon, Egg and Cheese Cookies

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Photo courtesy of spoonuniversity.com

It’s your favorite breakfast foods baked into a cookie — no more words are needed.

13. Maple and Coffee Glazed Bacon

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Photo courtesy of theworktop.com

This will definitely get you out of the bed in the mornings. No doubt.

14. Sweet and Salty Bacon Caramel Brittle

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GIF by Clarisse Callahan

Oh we fancy, huh?

15. Bacon, Egg and Cheese Oatmeal

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Photo by Becky Hughes

Who said you could only put fruit in your oatmeal? We’re breaking barriers here, people.

16. Gluten-Free Hawaiian Pizza Bites

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Photo by Ruchika Agarwal

Canadian bacon is still bacon. Skip Domino’s and make these instead.

17. Bacon Mac and Cheese Bites

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Photo credit of thegunnysack.com

Put your mac and cheese in a little bacon cup to step up your mac game. You will be praised.

18. Candied Bacon Twists

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Photo by Audrey Mirabito

Craving something sweet? Something salty? Your prayers have been answered.

19. Bacon Wrapped Burgers

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Photo courtesy of thedailymeal.com

Don’t just add bacon to your burger, get your burger wrapped in it.

20. Bacon Cinnamon Rolls

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Photo courtesy of hormel.com

Cinnamon rolls will never be the same.

21. Sweet and Salty Bacon Pancake Dippers

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GIF by Maria Serghiou

It’s like the breakfast version of chicken fingers. Perfect.

22. Cheesy Bacon Shrimp Grits

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Photo by Samantha Yudin

Nothing better than Southern homestyle cooking.

23. Bacon Bourbon Apple Jell-o Shots

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Photo courtesy of breadboozebacon.com

It’s about time someone put bacon in a Jell-o shot. It’s now okay to drink your bacon.

24. Bacon Cannoli

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Photo courtesy of thrillist.com

The cream-filled pastries just got leveled up. Introducing the bacon cannoli. Sorry Italy.

25. Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Photo by Kelda Baljon

Normal chocolate chip cookies are a thing of the past. Now, you must add bacon to them.