Maple Bacon Cupcakes

Don’t go bacon my heart!

These sweet and salty cupcakes are sure to please any crowd! I whipped up a batch of these for Canada Day, since they included two Canadian classics (maple and bacon!) The moist maple cupcake, topped with vanilla icing with a drizzle of maple syrup and bits of crispy bacon will have you wanting more and more!

You eat bacon for breakfast, so these are basically a breakfast item right?

The bacon dessert trend hit the food scene a few years ago and continues to be added to a number of sweet treats, so I decided to take a run at it! Maple and bacon have always been a match made in heaven, so there were high hopes for these cupcakes!

Making these cupcakes was my very first encounter using bacon in dessert. I was excited to hear and see what everyone thought of them. The reviews were good and everyone loved them!

PREP TIME

20 mins

COOK TIME

18 mins

TOTAL TIME

38 mins

Ingredients:

Cupcakes:

• 1 box of white cake mix (I cheated because hey, these recipes are perfected so why mess with a good thing?)
• eggs
• vegetable oil- use half, half bacon grease
• bacon grease (grease from cooking bacon in a pan)
• 2 Tbsp maple syrup
• Optional: 1 tsp of maple extract

Frosting:

• 2 containers of white frosting (also cheated on making this from scratch)
• 2 Tbsp of maple syrup

Topping:

• maple syrup, to drizzle over cupcakes
• 6-8 crispy bacon strips cut into small pieces

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 and line a muffin pan with cupcake liners. (I used Canada Day themed ones on this occasion)
2. Combine ingredients as stated on the box + the bacon grease, and maple syrup (and maple extract if you’re included that.)
3. Start pouring mixture into cupcake liners filing just over halfway.
4. Bake for 18-20 minutes.Take out of the oven and let them rest for 5-10 minutes.
5. Let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting! (important step or you’ll get runny icing– speaking from experience.

Frosting:

• Transfer your maple frosting into a piping bag using the piping tip of choice.
• Crumble crispy bacon on top and drizzle with maple syrup!
• Add festive little touches like Canadian flags, etc.

VOILA!

I will definitely be making these again, they were super simple and stayed really moist from the bacon grease added to the mix!

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