Maple Bacon Swizzle Stick Sundae

Get ready for a taste sensation - the Maple Bacon Swizzle Stick Sundae! It's the perfect combination of sweet and savoury, with a crispy bacon swizzle stick adding a delightful crunch to each bite.

Cut: Bacon
Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredient:

Maple Glazed Bacon Swizzle Sticks:

4 strips uncooked thin cut Verified Canadian bacon
2 Tbsp (30 mL) pure maple syrup
1/4 cup (60 mL) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Sundae:

4 cups (1 L) vanilla ice cream
4 Tbsp (60 mL) chocolate sauce
4 Tbsp (60 mL) caramel sauce
8 Maple Glazed Bacon Swizzle Sticks
4 Tbsp (60 mL) whipped cream
4 Tbsp (60 mL) salted peanuts, roughly chopped
Additional bacon or sprinkles for garnish

Directions:

To Prepare Maple Glazed Bacon Swizzle Stick:

Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Cover a baking sheet with foil and wrap 8 chopsticks or wooden skewers in foil.
Cut bacon in half lengthwise and spiral each piece around chopstick or skewer. Brush maple syrup over bacon spirals.
Cook approximately 25 minutes, turning bacon once, until crisp. Let cool and slide foil and bacon off of chopstick.
Heat a large saucepan filled with water over high heat until boiling. Reduce heat to a simmer.
Set a heat-proof bowl over the simmering water. Add chocolate chips and stir until smooth and completely melted.
Using tongs, carefully dip the bacon into the melted chocolate turning to coat all sides in chocolate. Transfer to a plate lined with parchment paper.
Refrigerate until chocolate is hard.

To Assemble Sundaes:

Place 1 large scoop of ice cream in each of 4 sundae glasses or bowls.
Drizzle chocolate and caramel sauce over ice cream.
Insert 2 Maple Glazed Bacon Swizzle Sticks into ice cream.
Add dollop of whipped cream on ice cream.
Top with peanuts and garnish with additional bacon and/or sprinkles. Serve immediately.

Nutritional Analysis:

YIELD:

4 servings.

SERVING SIZE:

1 sundae.

	
				Per Serving
				
					Calories
					570
				
					Total Fat
					28 g
				
					Saturated Fat
					14 g
				
					Cholesterol
					100 mg
				
					Carbohydrates
					72 g
				
					Fiber
					1 g
				
					Sugars
					58 g
				
					Protein
					8 g
				
					Sodium
					240 mg
				
					Potassium
					60 mg