Bacon Wrapped Smokies

I'm going to be completely honest.. the only way these could be worse for you is if they were deep fried and dipped in butter. That said, the only way they could be better is if you ate 10 of them instead of 5.





Ingredients:

• 1 lb cocktail hot dogs
• 1 lb maple bacon
• 1-2 cups brown sugar

Cut each slice of bacon into 3  sections and wrap around each hot dog, securing with a toothpick. The bacon is a little easier to work with when it's cold, so you may want to work in batches, keeping the rest in the fridge until you need it.

Put bacon wrapped hot dogs into a ziploc bag with 1 cup of brown sugar and marinate in fridge for a few hours or overnight.

Place hot dogs on parchment lined baking sheets, making sure to get all the brown sugar goodness with it. I highly recommend the parchment paper - it will make your clean up that much easier since you're dealing with sugar that will harden.

Generously sprinkle more brown sugar on top of the smokies. Bake at 350 for for 40 minutes, flipping half way through.

Once crisped to your liking, transfer to a slow cooker (on the lowest setting) to keep warm. Make sure to get all the 'syrup' on the tray the smokies have created. It will continue to marinate in the slow cooker, and just get that much more bacon-y and delicious. Mmmm.