CANDIED BACON PIGS

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If you have seen recipes for little smokies wrapped in bacon, this recipe takes it a couple steps further. It's totally worth the extra work and always gobbled up quickly!

Provided by lobstah_luva

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork Bacon Appetizers

Time 5h

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 (14 ounce) package little smokie sausages
1 pound bacon slices, cut into thirds crosswise
1 ½ cups brown sugar, divided
½ (12 fluid ounce) can cola-flavored carbonated beverage
½ teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
1 dash hot pepper sauce, or to taste

Steps:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Wrap each little sausage with 1/3 slice of bacon, and secure them with toothpicks.
Place the appetizers on a large baking sheet and sprinkle with 3/4 cup of brown sugar.
Bake in the preheated oven until the sugar is melted and bubbling, about 40 minutes; turn the appetizers after 20 minutes.
Remove the appetizers from the baking sheet with a slotted spoon, and place into a slow cooker. Sprinkle the remaining 3/4 cup of brown sugar and the five-spice powder over the smokies, and drizzle with the cola. If desired, add hot sauce to taste.
Set the cooker to High, and cook 4 hours. Serve warm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 290.9 calories, Carbohydrate 24.3 g, Cholesterol 41.3 mg, Fat 17.1 g, Protein 10.5 g, SaturatedFat 5.8 g, Sodium 752.4 mg, Sugar 23.7 g