Bacon Salt Brownies
When you can’t figure out what to eat when you are craving something sweet, salty, chocolate, AND has bacon in it, make a batch of my Bacon Salt Brownies! It hits all your cravings right in the mouth!
Think you already have the best brownie recipe and don’t need to look for another one? Have you had a brownie that is sweet, chocolatey, fudgy, salty, and bacony?
Yes, I said salty and bacony. Or is it bacon-y? Either way, Bacon Salt Brownies are here.
Do you remember when I posted on how to entertain for brunch with a Bacon Bar? If not, go back and read it pronto!!
In that post, I made a couple flavors of bacon, some cherry bacon jam, and bacon salt. I only used a few pinches of the bacon salt for my undeviled eggs, so I still have almost 1/2 a cup left.
I am using it on my brussels sprouts, my green beans, my salad greens, in my salad dressings, and now in my sweets. Wouldn’t want to waste it now would I?
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Ingredients Needed
- semisweet chocolate
- butter
- sugar
- eggs
- vanilla
- flour
- bacon salt
How to Make Salted Chocolate Brownies
First: Prepare the bacon salt. Add salt and cooked bacon to food processor. Pulse until the bacon is in tiny crumbles. Remove and store in the fridge for up to a month.
Second: Preheat the oven to 350F. Melt the butter (and bacon fat if using) and chocolate in a medium-sized bowl in the microwave. Stir to combine. Add the sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Stir to combine.
Third: Add the flour and just stir to combine. Do not over mix. Pour half the batter into an 8×8 pan lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle a 1/2 teaspoon of bacon salt over the mix. Add the remaining batter to the pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon bacon salt.
Fourth: Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with only a few crumbs. I prefer mine a little bit underdone vs dry and hard. Let cool completely. Cut and eat!!!
For the full recipe and detailed instructions, please refer to the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
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Tapas Tips & Tricks
- replace some of the melted butter with bacon fat. 2 tablespoons is the perfect amount.
- don’t over mix the batter.
- bake only until a toothpick comes out with just a few crumbs. Do not over cook.
Sweet, dense, fudgy brownies with a hint of salt and the taste of bacon in the background make these bacon salt brownies the perfect dessert!
If you want to use a box brownie mix you can! I love the Dunkin’ Hines Dark chocolate Fudge brownie mix.
Use the mix, 1/3 cup water, 1 egg, and 1/3 cup oil substituting 2 tablespoons of the oil with melted bacon fat. 1/3 cup is the same as 5 1/3 tablespoons. Use 2 tablespoons of bacon fat and 3 1/3 tablespoons canola oil.
Check out these Bacon Salt Brownies and make a few batches for your upcoming Game Day celebration or tailgate party! What is your favorite sweet thing to put salt or bacon on?
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Bacon Salt Brownies
Ingredients
For The Brownies:
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 3/4 cup butter melted (replace 2 tablespoons of butter with 2 tablespoons bacon fat if wanted)
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon bacon salt
For the bacon salt
- 1/2 cup salt
- 3 pieces of cooked bacon
Instructions
- Make the bacon salt by adding salt and cooked bacon to food processor.
- Pulse until the bacon is in tiny crumbles.
- Remove and store in the fridge for up to a month.
- For the Bacon Salt Brownies preheat the oven to 350F.
- Melt the butter (and bacon fat if using) and chocolate in a medium-sized bowl in the microwave.
- Stir to combine.
- Add the sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
- Stir to combine.
- Add the flour and just stir to combine. Do not overmix.
- Pour half the batter into an 8×8 pan lined with parchment paper. (This will make a 9×13 pan but they will be thin)
- Sprinkle a 1/2 teaspoon of bacon salt over the mix.
- Add the remaining batter to the pan.
- Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon bacon salt.
- Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with only a few crumbs. I prefer mine a little bit underdone vs dry and hard.
- Let cool completely.
- Cut and eat!!!
Notes
- Replace some of the melted butter with bacon fat. 2 tablespoons is the perfect amount.
- Don’t over mix the batter.
- Bake only until a toothpick comes out with just a few crumbs. Do not over cook.
Nutrition
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Holy yumminess… The bacon was such a great add in to brownies! Who Knew ?! Now I know I wont ever make brownies without BACON!
There is nothing like topping a rich fudgy brownie with some salt!! Sweet & Salty is perfect!!
You are brilliant!!! I need these brownies like asap! I love a sweet & salty treat and bacon makes everything better! Cannot wait to bake up a batch!
These brownies are the bomb dot com! Made these for my husband for his bday instead of cake and we devoured them! Just say yes to the bacon fat. Such a tasty addition!
These have to be the perfect brownies! I want a slice right now!
My mom routinely saved bacon fat and kept it on the stove top. It’s really not a far cry from lard, in both taste and uses. She used both in her baking and sauteing and I’m sure the bacon fat really takes these luscious brownies to a whole new level. Thanks for sharing!
Oh my these sure do look delicious. I love a little salt with my sweet, especially if it has bacon in it! This is my first visit to your website and it looks like you’ve got some great stuff on here. Beautiful photos also!
Thank you so much!!
I think I need to party at your house!! Bacon for everyone!
I LOVE savory and sweet!
These look delicious!
These look so amazing! I love the salty sweet!! And you’re right now I’m heading back to learn all about that bacon bar. Bacon salt? Yes, definitely on board for that!!
Wow! What a great way to add amazing flavor to brownies! Simple recipes are the best, but when you jazz them up they’re amazing. I’m saving my bacon fat so I can make these brownies!
I hope you like them Sandra!
You had me at bacon fat. OMG SO making these!!!!!
You will be hooked and making extra bacon to keep that fat cup full of bacon grease:)
This looks like a great meal for family nights or even parties. I love that bacon-salt flavor! This recipe is a keeper!
These look so good!!!
These are what dreams are made of! I love the sweet, salty, smokey combo in these. What an awesome combo!
Thanks Angela!
Bacon salt sounds divine! And I often save my bacon fat too…if it doesn’t get used up right away! No way I’m letting that good stuff go to waste! I’m definitely going to have to try these!
I get nervous when my stash starts to dwindle so I regularly make extra bacon just so I can keep my fat cup full!
YUM!! What an awesome flavor combination!
I was so intrigued by this one on Instagram, had to come check them out! All I have to say is DROOOOL!
Thanks Jenny!
Wow these sound amazing. And, I think adding bacon fat to them is so creative! I mean, brownies already have fat in them from oil, so why not! These would be great for the big game spread too!
I love that slightly smoky flavor too!
This recipe is amazing! Very unexpected but wonderful at the same time! It’s funny because I totally know what you mean about having fat on hand at all times – in France everyone has duck fat in their fridge. Haha It really does make everything more delicious! We will definitely be trying these yummy brownies!
I would love to try these with duck fat. I might need to order some from France so I can make some duck fat fries too!
My new love for salt and bacon will be on a brownie. Love that whole salty sweet addiction. Just out of curiosity with boys in the house how long did this last…5 minutes..2 minutes, nanoseconds? LOL Just pinned!
about a half a nano-second. I had to make another batch!