I guess you could wrap almost anything in bacon, and I’d love it. I’m imagining scallops, shrimp, asparagus, artichokes, new potatoes, jalepenos, dates, …. and more. But these Bacon Wrapped Sweet Potato Bites may just steal the show. Naturally sweet. Salty. Spicy. These goodies are crisp on the outside with an inside that melts in your mouth. They are a simple, yet delectable finger food.
Bacon Wrapped Sweet Potato Bites
The Players
- 2 medium-small sweet potatoes
- 1 lb uncured bacon from foraged hogs (Why uncured & foraged?)
- 2 Tbsp butter or ghee from grass-fed cows (where to find pastured butter & ghee)
- 1/2 tsp chipotle chili powder (where to find organic, fair-trade spices)
- 1 Tbsp sea salt (where to find REAL sea salt)
- 4 Tbsp maple syrup — OPTIONAL (where to find quality maple syrup)
The How-To
Preheat oven to 350F. Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them lengthwise into quarters. Then cut each quarter in half, and then half again. You’ll wind up with 32 bites.
Melt butter over low-heat and stir in chipotle chili powder and sea salt. Toss the potatoes in the spiced, melted butter to coat.
Cut the bacon slices in half, so you have 32 mini-slices of bacon. Wrap each sweet potato bite with a half slice of bacon, and use a toothpick to hold the bacon in place.
Place on a stainless steel baking sheet (where to buy stainless steel bake ware) and bake for 45 minutes, turning once about halfway through.
These are done when the bacon is crispy and the sweet potatoes are fork-tender. Remove from heat, drizzle with maple syrup, and let cool before serving.
Enjoy your bacon wrapped sweet potato bites!
(photo by FoodWhirl)
This looks really good. What is the best size of the sweet potato bite?
If you follow my cutting instructions, you’ll wind up with bites that are wedge-shaped and around 1.5 inches long.
Thanks, because I don’t think I can get small – or medium – sweet potatoes here in the salad bowl state! =0 I must try this recipe.
Um…yes please! I’m on a bacon-wrapped stuffed date kick right now for an elegant holiday appetizer but this looks wonderful too! Of course, doesn’t everything look better wrapped in bacon?
Yes! Really anything could be wrapped in bacon and be delightful.
Oh wow. I’m all over this. Thanks for the recipe!
great article on organic vs. conventional! NOW if we could just get farmers to stop catering to the big corps and gov’t support and quit dumping so much corn(read HFCS) and soy (many are developing allergies from the soy proliferation in SO MANY of our foods.) into the food scene. keep up the great website..I look forward to it and share with others! Dave
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Can’t wait to try this! Sounds so yummy!
Divine.
Fabulous. Two of my favorites.
Sweet potatoes (or for me Yams) are my favorite! I am so doing this for my next holiday get-together! Thanks for the delicious-looking and simple recipe.
You’re welcome!
Wow, these look like they could become one of my new favorite appetizers. Two of my favorite foods in the world!
I love bacon wrapped anything, especially snack-able items. What is the importance of using the SS baking sheet?
Just that a well-made one will heat evenly and won’t contain any poisonous heavy metals (like aluminum) which can leech into your food and contaminate it.
I made these tonight to try them out as a possible Christmas appetizer… these are so full of win I can’t even express it!! I think these could be a complete meal for me! LOL
Thanks for this!!
Steve
These will be coming with me to a Christmas party! Any suggestions on the best way to reheat after they’ve been cooked? (I.e., I have to cook them before going to the party, but want them to be warm.) Thanks!
These were delicious. Made them for a Christmas party and employed a minion to assemble them. Reheated them at the party and everyone loved them!
I made the bacon bites today and they were great! I was also serving home-made eggnog, so I used butter and cinnamon to flavor the sweet potatoes. That really worked! Thanks for the idea.
Huge hit at Christmas!!!
We made these puppies as an appetizer for a holiday dinner. Everyone thought we were geniuses. Used pepper bacon and found the maple syrup to be unnecessary. Delicious warm and cold – thank you!
One tablespoon of salt seems a bit much. Is that what all of you used and was it okay?
Definitely too salty!
My mouth was salivating when I first read the title, will be trying these tonight, it looks like they are very easy to prepare..thanks
Maybe this will be the thing that converts my kids to sweet potato – either way hubby says he will be happy to eat them all as they look delish.
I made this recipe for our Superbowl celebration – a couple months ago now, and they were a huge hit!!! Thanks for the recipe, I’ll have to make them again soon. Love your blog!
I live the idea of this! The first time I tried bacon wrapped dates I was in heaven, but now I know how much sugar is in those babies! Something crazy like 28 grams in only 2 dates. Crazy talk, people! So this is such a great idea. I’ll be trying soon!