If you're achin' for some bacon....

Bacon, bacon, bacon - the universal food!  Everyone loves this tasty, salty treat! One of the best smells in the world is bacon - it can draw a crowd from miles around.  And one of the best parts, it's not just for breakfast anymore!  There is bacon on burgers, chocolate bars and bacon dipped in chocolate, there is a whole line of Bacon salt, Bakon Vodka and of course there is the maple bacon bar. (http://voodoodoughnut.com/menu.php)

So when my husband asked if I would make cupcakes for one of his employees, I said sure, what kind does he want?  The text that came back was this, "Zac said bacon".  Bacon?  What does he mean "bacon"? So I did what every 21st century girl does in this day to get advice, I asked my Facebook friends. I received some good suggestions but I also received a few comments saying that bacon on a cupcake was just wrong.  I was making mostly "drink inspired" cuptails at the time so I knew I needed, of course, to use the Bakon Vodka (http://bakonvodka.com/). So after much contemplation, I decided to go with a Chocolate Bakon Vodka cupcake topped with a Caramel buttercream, BACON, and a caramel drizzle.......feast your eyes on this!

My 5th cupcake batch in the marathon......

These are really good, I mean it, really good!

The finished product

Oh yeah, after I made these and sent them off with my husband, he sent me this text

"Zac says 'Bacon cupcakes = love!'"