I thought the Nutella cupcakes would be the fastest things to be consumed at my office. I was wrong: nothing could top the hubbub inspired by these bacon chocolate chip cookies.
Yes, that’s real bacon – and yes, it was cooked beforehand! And no, they don’t really taste of bacon – but there’s definitely an extra salty kick that puts these cookies in to delicious overdrive.
I was intimidated by this recipe primarily because I’d never browned butter before. Actually, I still haven’t browned butter – my husband kindly took the stress out of this baked good for me by making the bacon and browning the butter. I recommend that you make the bacon on the crispy side – we thought we’d made them crispy enough, but the cookies would have been even better with a little more crunch to them.
Brad did an awesome job of browning the butter, above. It wasn’t nearly as scary as I thought it would be!
We stayed just under a full cup of bacon, and I think this turned out to be the right amount. I was careful to just fold in the chocolate chips and the bacon, and I think this really helped keep a good consistency with the batter. The batter, by the way, tastes like caramel – it’s very hard to resist eating all of it straight!
These were a total success. Perfect consistency, unusual but awesome taste, and a total hit with my coworkers.
Final tips:
- make the bacon even crispier than you think it should be
- don’t overdo it on the bacon – a little under a cup is fine
- if you only have chocolate chips, that’s terrific. I skipped the grating/chopping!
YUM! I love the combination of chocolate and bacon- certainly an under appreciated combo.
Loving your blog Lara! I just made a choc chip recipe from Cooks Illustrated that claims melting the butter makes the cookies more chewy (Something to do with dissolving the sugar crystals before baking). It’s a totally different cookie – like you said, more caramel/butterscotch. But that’s a good thing in my book. Delish! Can’t wait to try this recipe!
Thanks, Sarah! Good to know about why the melted butter makes a difference :)
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Oh my word, these cookies must have tasted out of this world. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog and I’d like to invite you to stop by and link your cookies up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/04/sweets-for-saturday-13.html
These chocolate chip cookies look like a must try. That salty sweet combo must have been awesome. I just made a batch of blueberry muffins too. These look yummy. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog and I’d like to invite you to stop by and link your cookies up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/04/sweets-for-saturday-14_22.html
The photos of your cookies look wonderful… I am curious – the pictures of the cookies on the recipe link are much flatter looking. Did you follow that recipe exactly. I would love to have mine turn out like yours did. Thanks!
^^ Ditto Risa- the site’s flat cookies didn’t look nearly as tempting as your thicker ones. I’m about to try this tonight- can you think of what else you did differently? Also- I’m subbing the choc. chips for chocolate peanut butter chips. mmmmmmmmmmmm