Bacon Wrapped Little Smokies

If you’ve never served Bacon Wrapped Little Smokies at your Super Bowl party, you’re missing out on the perfect game day appetizer! With little smokies sausages, smoky bacon slices, and a brown sugar glaze, you can’t help but eat more than one.

Bacon Wrapped Smokies Recipe

These brown sugar bacon little smokies have been one of my favorite appetizer recipes for a long time.

They are the best part of our spread while watching the football game with our friends, particularly for any guests trying to stick to a low-carb diet.

They only have 3 ingredients and come together in no time. Just like these Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts.

I’ve been on an appetizer kick recently and I can’t stop eating these.

Check out my Crockpot BBQ Lil Smokies, Bacon Wrapped Pickles, and these Bacon Wrapped Crackers!

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Ingredients Needed

Bacon – My favorite bacon for this recipe is the Hillshire Farms brand of thick-cut bacon. Use center cut bacon, or regular bacon will do if it’s all they have at the grocery store. 

Lil’ smokies – Lil smokies are the most important ingredient of this recipe, but swap for any little smoke sausage or hot dogs that you prefer.

Brown sugar – Replace the cup of brown sugar with white sugar and molasses, which mimics the taste of dark brown sugar.

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How To Make Bacon Wrapped Smokies

First: Preheat oven to 350F. Cut slices of bacon into thirds. Open lil smokies and pat dry.

Second: Wrap each in a piece of bacon. Place with seams of your strips of bacon facing down in a single layer inside baking dish. Continue until you wrap them all or the bacon is all gone.

Third: Sprinkle with sticky brown sugar melt until evenly coated.

Place your baking pan in the oven for 40 – 45 minutes or until pieces of bacon are crispy and brown sugar turns caramelized. Remove and serve!

For the full recipe and detailed instructions, please refer to the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

How long do they last?

If you happen to have any leftovers, you can keep them in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 4 days.

Can I reheat them?

Just place them on a lined baking sheet and pop in the oven at 350F for 30 minutes or until they’re heated all the way through. 

Serving Suggestions

The most popular thing to serve with these is barbecue sauce. It’s amazing with the smoky flavors and a little extra kick. Try them with ranch dressing or even this fry sauce.

If you love bacon as much as I do check out my bacon wrapped shrimp, my bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers, and these bacon salt brownies.

Tapas Tips & Tricks

• To keep the bacon from falling off while baking, secure with a toothpick.
• For easy cleanup, Let bacon grease cool to room temperature and solidify. From there, all you need to do is wipe it off with a paper towel and throw it away! 
• For a crunchier bacon, try cooking on parchment paper as opposed to tin foil.
• These are delicious alongside some firecracker saltines, these pigs in a blanket puff pastry style, and this redneck snack mix.

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As one of my favorite finger foods, this bacon wrapped little smokies recipe is the best! Perfect for game day and tailgating!

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{Originally published 10/07/22 – recipe notes updated 10/09/24}