Pig candy

{{Short description|Bacon-based dessert}}

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| country = United States

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| course = Dessert

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| served = Warm or cold

| main_ingredient = Smoked bacon, pecans, caramel or brown sugar

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Pig candy is a dessert made by taking thick strips of smoked bacon and pecans and coating them in caramel or another type of sugar, notably brown sugar.{{cite news |first=Karen |last=Mamone |title=Southern Royalty |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/321493701.html?dids=321493701:321493701&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+16%2C+2003&author=KAREN+MAMONE%3B++To+leave+a+message+for+Karen+Mamone%2C+please+call+860-+241-3700+or+e-mail+northeast%40+courant.com.&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=SOUTHERN+ROYALTY&pqatl=google |work=The Hartford Courant |date=2003-03-03 |access-date=24 November 2008 |archive-date=2011-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525103416/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/321493701.html?dids=321493701:321493701&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+16,+2003&author=KAREN+MAMONE%3B++To+leave+a+message+for+Karen+Mamone,+please+call+860-+241-3700+or+e-mail+northeast@+courant.com.&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=SOUTHERN+ROYALTY&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}{{cite book |title=The Sweet Potato Queens' First Big-Ass Novel |last=Browne |first=Jill Conner |author2=Gillespie, Karen |year=2007 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=978-0-7432-7827-0 |pages=302 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EyLeezR-kw0C&q=%22Pig+Candy%22&pg=PA301 }}{{cite news |first=Jonathan |last=Gold |title=Ask Mr. Gold: What is Pig Candy? |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2006-03-23/eat-drink/ask-mr-gold-what-is-pig-candy/ |work=LA Weekly |date=2006-03-23 |access-date=24 November 2008 }} Cayenne pepper{{cite web |url=http://www.bbqreport.com/archives/barbecue/2005/08/22/delicious-pig-candy/ |title=Delicious Pig Candy |access-date=2009-05-18 |date=2005-08-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217050749/http://www.bbqreport.com/archives/barbecue/2005/08/22/delicious-pig-candy/ |archive-date=2009-12-17 }} can be added and it can be dipped in chocolate.{{cite web|url=http://www.locallabels.com/catalog_g92.html?catId=283580 |title=1/2 lb. Roni-Sue Pig candy. |access-date=2009-05-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112080759/http://www.locallabels.com/catalog_g92.html?catId=283580 |archive-date=January 12, 2009 }} This dish is then served warm or cold and is popular in the southern United States,{{cite news |first=Deirdre |last=Donahue |title=Sweet Potato Queen dishes on marriage |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2006-02-08-potato-queen_x.htm |work=USA Today |date=2006-02-08 |access-date=24 November 2008 }} and it has also become very popular in Washington D.C. It is similar to glazed bacon, featured on Martha Stewart Living.{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/bacon1.html |title=Bacon - Pig Candy |access-date=2009-05-18 |last=Allingham |first=Chris A. |date=2005-01-04 |publisher=The Virtual Weber Bullet. }}