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Sweet Bacon Crackers
Sweet Bacon Crackers are an easy and delicious bacon appetizer recipe! These caramelized bacon-wrapped crackers are the perfect combination of sweet, salty, portable, and addictive.
Who doesn’t love bacon? It adds so much delicious salty, savory flavor to anything it touches. These Sweet Bacon Crackers are no exception!
This simple appetizer is a family favorite! I make at least one batch of these every year for the holidays and they always go fast! All you need is bacon, crackers, and brown sugar! I use light brown sugar, but dark will work, too.
Need more bacon appetizer and snack ideas? Try my Bacon Jalapeño Popper Dip!
Tips to Make
I’ve been making this appetizer recipe for years and have finally perfected the magic. These tips and tricks for making Sweet Bacon Crackers will help you make it perfectly the first or 50th time!
Top tip: Use squared crackers
Technically, these can be made with any type of cracker. However, I think square crackers are also easier to wrap in bacon than round ones. I prefer the buttery rectangles because I like the shape that this cracker becomes!
All crackers will shrink somewhat where the bacon is wrapped. A few may even look like bow tie crackers! That’s ok.
Pro-tip: Use thinly sliced bacon.
Thinner bacon will stay wrapped better during cooking.
The key to keeping your bacon-wrapped crackers together is to keep the heat high in the oven. If you cook these too slow, there is more time for the grease to absorb into the crackers and they will be soggy in the middle.
Bake until the bacon is your preferred level of crisp. I think this tastes best when the bacon is not too flabby but not overly crunchy.
I am not a fan of hard crispy bacon, so if your preference is crispy bacon yours may require more time in the oven than my recipe calls for. Give it another 3 to 5 minutes for crispier bacon.
And watch these closely, they can go from delicious to burned in a flash!
Keep the grease in the pan!
Make sure you use a baking pan with sides! If you don’t use one with sides, you might find the bottom of your oven smoking or even a few dancing flames down there. Just trust me!
Don’t be afraid to add a little extra protection.
Be sure to use a non-stick cooking surface, like non-stick aluminum foil or parchment paper that has an extra layer of protection by using baking spray.
These may stick if allowed to sit for too long before removing from the baking sheet, even with extra levels of non-stick protection!
Trust me, I have lost many Sweet Bacon Crackers this way. The brown sugar and bacon fat will turn into hard caramel cement!
MORE BACON APPETIZER RECIPES
- Bacon and Mushroom Quesadillas
- Bisquick Sausage Balls
- Bacon-Wrapped Water Chestnuts
- Loaded Mashed Potato Bites
- Bacon-Wrapped Baby Potato Bites
- Homemade Egg Rolls
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Sweet Bacon Crackers
Equipment
Ingredients
- 54 buttery crackers , like club crackers, about 1 ½ sleeves
- 16 ounces thinly sliced bacon , cut into thirds
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Take bacon out of the refrigerator and allow to soften slightly.
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.
- Prepare a baking sheet with sides by lining with non-stick foil or parchment paper. Spray foil or parchment with baking spray.
- Cut bacon slices into three pieces if using regular bacon, or cut slices in half if using center cut bacon.
- Wrap one bacon piece around one cracker. Repeat with all crackers.
- Lay on the baking sheet with seam side down. These can be placed close together, but not touching. Repeat with all crackers.
- Sprinkle the top of each wrapped cracker with brown sugar. Do not use too much or it will run off and create a hard caramel layer. Repeat with all crackers.
- Place into preheated oven and cook for 30 to 45 minutes. Longer may be required for crisper bacon.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for a few minutes.
- Move to serving tray and enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated and may vary based on exact ingredients used. For accuracy, consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.
These sound amazing. How do you store them? If there’s any left of course.
Hi Kathy!
I usually just put the into a baggie or a container with a lid and pop them into the fridge. When I am ready to eat them again, I just pop them in the oven at 350 F until they are heated through. Hope this helps!
Can I use saltine crackers or naan crackers if I didn’t have club crackers?
Hi Kelly!
You can! There shouldn’t be a huge difference, you’ll need to cut the bacon longer though to fit around the cracker. Happy Holidays!
can you serve these with a pepperoni cheese ball?
Hi Debbie!
I don’t see why you couldn’t. I serve this with a whole host of random appetizers. I would still offer other cracker choices to go with my cheese ball though.
Cheers!
They looks so elegant, yet so simple to make.
I was wondering if they go soggy from the bacon grease? Could you just Cook them on a rack on your cookie sheet?
Thank you
Hi Beth!
When you use the thinnest bacon available, there may be a few that are softer in the middle, but not what I would consider soggy.
You could cook them on a rack over a cookie sheet, make sure to spray the rack with baking spray for easier cleanup.
Hope that helps!
Cheers!
Hi, can I use already cooked bacon that you can buy in the box and just microwave with this recipe? I’ll bake it but just wondering if I can use this bacon?
Hi Angie!
I’ve never tried using that kind of bacon or microwaving this recipe before so I’m not sure. Let me know how it turns out if you decide to try it.
Cheers!
Sweet bacon crackers.
Can these be taken with me to a get-together or are they best served warm (just cooked from oven). How far ahead can I make them ?
Hi Dottie!
Thanks for stopping by! These can be severed at room temperature, but I would drain them on some paper towels after baking so that there isn’t any excess bacon fat left to congeal. I wouldn’t make them more than an hour or two before serving. Hope this helps.
Cheers!
Can these be frozen?
Hi JoAnn!
They can be frozen before or after baking! Bake for a few minutes longer from the frozen state. To reheat, bake at 250 Degrees F until heated through and crispy, depending on how cooked they were to start with, this could take 10 to 20 minutes.
Cheers!
I made these easy bacon cracker wraps but added a bit of cayenne pepper to the brown sugar. It gave it just enough kick that was nice. Big hit at the party I brought them to.
I love ridiculously easy recipes like this that taste amazing. Pinned, and thanks! –G
Hi Ginger!
Thanks for stopping by and for pinning! Easy is my favorite style too!
Beth