If you want to knock the socks off your party guests, then you must make this easy party appetizer. They are incredible!
A few weeks ago, I shared a recipe on my Facebook page from a blogger friend of mine. It was for these Sweet Bacon Tater Tots.
As soon as my husband saw the post, he begged me to make them. And, I did.
Now, before we continue, let me warn you. These are not…I repeat NOT…for the health conscious person. There is absolutely no way you can make this recipe “skinny”. It would be a sacrilege.
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Basically, it’s just like the a title says, a tater tot. Wrapped in bacon. Rolled in brown sugar and baked to crispy perfection.
These little suckers are incredible! I’m not even sure how to describe how over-the-top good they are. I mean, really. How can you go wrong with bacon wrapped anything?! You can’t. It’s impossible.
If you are, however, watching your waistline but willing to take a step over to the dark side (i.e. bacon), then you should try these easy party appetizers. Even if it’s just one. (Although you will have to have some serious will power to only eat one.)
I made them recently for a little get-together at our house. There were people eating them right out of the oven. They were so hot that the bacon was still sputtering and spitting. But that didn’t stop them. Even my 95 year old grandmother was knocking them back!
These were a huge hit and I think I can even use them to bribe certain people in my family (insert wicked laugh here). But I’ll just keep that to myself for now.
Seriously, though, make a batch of these for your next soiree. You WILL be the talk of the party!
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Sweet Bacon Wrapped Tater Tots
Sweet Bacon Wrapped Tater Tots
Ingredients
- Approximately 50 – 55 frozen tater tots, thawed
- 1-16- ounce package bacon
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp chili powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Line a baking sheet with foil and place a cooling rack on top of the foil
- Cut each bacon strip into 3 pieces
- In a small bowl, mix brown sugar and chili powder
- Rub one side of each bacon piece with brown sugar mixture
- Wrap each tater tot with a bacon piece and place it, seam side down, on top of the cooling rack
- Bake for 15 minutes at 375 degrees
- Increase the oven to 400 degrees and bake them for 5 more minutes, or until the bacon is crispy
Expert Tips
- This Recipe Can be Doubled: This is a great recipe for a crowd. Simply increase the ingredients proportionately and split it into two baking dishes before baking.
- Add Jalapeno: A little jalapeno would be great if you like the heat.
- Sweet: Yes, sweet potato tater tots would be great in this recipe
- Variation tip: Feel free to add as many tips as you need in this section
- Alternate cooking method tip: Feel free to make these in your air fryer, they would come out great.
Made them years ago for a Mardi Gras dinner party. Have just spent too long trying to find the recipe again they were SO good. Simple but effective, very tasty – thank you for the recipe!
I have the same question as Paula. Does the sugared side go in- or outside.
Outside.
I hate to necro an old post, but this was linked to from another post, and I’m curious as I think it’d make a significant difference-You put the brown sugar mixture on the bacon-Does that get folded towards the tater tot or away from the tater tot? It’d caramelize/candy very differently depending which way it goes.
The brown sugar side is on the outside.
Looks yummy! When you wrap the tater tots with bacon does the sugared side go on the inside or out?
We love bacon like fat kids love cake! I can’t wait to show this to my husband! YUM!
Yummy! These look delicious and I must try them soon! Visting from the Lamb Around link party. Have a great week!
wow. i have never seen this before, and i want them alllll!
Thank you for linking up to Tasty Tuesdays last week. As one of the co-hosts, I will be featuring your recipe on Tasty Tuesdays tomorrow on my site, Detours in Life. Congrats!
Wow…my husband is salivating..and me too. Thanks for sharing!
These look absolutely amazing! My boys would go gagagagagaga over these…especially my bacon loving child! I will definitely try these out. Thanks for sharing.
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Oh my…these look incredibly delicious! And I don’t even care that they are not ‘skinny food’! Bet my husband would love these too…bacon…yum.
Debbie 🙂
Thank you for linking up at Tasty Tuesdays! Your post has been pinned to my Recipes from Tasty Tuesday board. I can’t wait to see what you link up next week!
Have a terrific weekend!
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Thank you so much! 🙂
Oh my goodness that looks amazing. I’m going to try these.
They really are unbelievable! Enjoy!
These look so good! I am definitely going to have to try these. You can’t go wrong with bacon 🙂
No, you definitely can’t! Bacon makes everything better! 🙂
Oh.My.Goodness. Everything is better with bacon!!!! This is such a good idea. Perfect for a party.
These are incredible! Definitely perfect for a party!