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Monday, February 29, 2016

Brown Sugar Bacon Wrapped Meatballs

Yes, yes....aaaaand yes. What’s not to love about all the things in this recipe? Especially when you combine them all into one great little ball of goodness? I wanted to try these because a friend of mine works in the Publix grocery store food prep area and she told me about making these and how good they were and how easy they were to throw together. So I hightailed it to Publix to buy a bag of their Italian meatballs to make this. Of course, you can make your own meatballs or buy a different brand....but I have to say, the ones from Publix are SUPER good. So if you’ve got a Publix grocery store near you, it’s worth the trip. IT Guy and I had these for dinner with some roasted veggies and I finished them off for lunch the next day. But of course serving at a party would be ideal! Super good, guys!!


Brown Sugar Bacon 
Wrapped Meatballs
 
1 bag frozen meatballs (or you can make your own)
1 pound bacon
1 cup brown sugar
1 - 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper (optional but recommended)
 
Preheat your oven to temperature instructed on the bag of meatballs. Spray a rimmed cookie sheet with cooking spray.
 
Cut bacon in half across.
 
In a shallow dish, combine the brown sugar and cayenne pepper.
 
Start wrapping the meatballs in a bacon half.
 
Roll each bacon wrapped meatball in the brown sugar mixture making sure the brown sugar gets pack around on all sides.
 
Place seam side down on the baking sheet.
 
Repeat until desired number of meatballs are used or you run out of bacon.
 
Bake for the time listed on the package and/or the bacon has crisped.
 
Remove to a plate, cool for a few minutes...then eat!

Let's go!

Cut the bacon in half then mix together the brown sugar and the cayenne.

Roll each meatball in a half piece of bacon the roll in the brown sugar mixture.

Bake!

Serve!