Place the baking rack on the smoker and cook for 12-15 minutes. Brush the top of the bacon with maple syrup and sprinkle with brown sugar and Sweet Rub. Elevating your bacon allows the fat to render and fall away from the bacon so it won’t be overly saturated and the bacon won’t burn onto the foil with all of the caramelizing sugars. Place your bacon strips in a single layer on an elevated flat rack over a cookie sheet lined with foil. Hickory, cherry, maple, or pecan woods also work great for this recipe. My favorite wood to use with bacon is applewood. Fire up your favorite smoker to 275 degrees F. Once you have the 4 ingredients ready to go, you’re ready to smoke up some tasty bacon. You can purchase a bottle of my Sweet Rub from the Hey Grill Hey Store, or make it from scratch using my recipe for Best Sweet Rub. It’ll add so much amazing flavor to the bacon and really bring out all the goodness of the pork. The Sweet Rub really is the secret ingredient to this candied bacon.
Not enough to make the bacon too spicy or savory, just enough to keep the flavor interesting. The sweet rub will add layers of classic BBQ flavor like smoked paprika, garlic powder, and more. I brush it on my bacon liberally before applying brown sugar and a healthy shake of my Sweet Rub. Maple syrup acts as both a flavor element and a binder. You only need 4 ingredients to make this recipe, so my recommendation is to get the best of each ingredient that you can (meaning snag some quality thick-cut bacon and pure maple syrup if possible). You can choose peppered or maple bacon if you like, but I prefer to create my own seasoning profile so I always go with a classic apple or hickory smoked bacon. I highly recommend using a thick cut of bacon as your base. The key to the best candied bacon is the type of bacon that you start with. It has that perfect sweet, savory, and salty mix that makes it majorly addicting. And while it makes for a great breakfast side, you can enjoy this bacon anytime. In fact, anytime we whip up the recipe alongside pancakes, waffles, eggs, or omelets, this bacon is the first to go. It’s hard to pass up a slice or two of candied bacon when it’s included in the spread at breakfast. Smoked candied bacon takes the best food of all time and makes it EVEN BETTER with a sweet coating of maple syrup, brown sugar, and my famous sweet rub seasoning. Jump to Recipe Jump to Video Print Recipe
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