{"id":188564,"date":"2025-04-16T19:50:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T19:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/barbecue\/smoked-candied-bacon-roses-grillocracy\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T19:50:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T19:50:36","slug":"smoked-candied-bacon-roses-grillocracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/?p=188564","title":{"rendered":"Smoked Candied Bacon Roses \u2014 Grillocracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/54b2faf2e4b0c67d15add912\/1455216386133-BH9UNGTY8UCCVZRBZYH9\/image-asset.jpeg?format=1500w\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">This Valentine\u2019s Day, leave the cheap chocolates and grocery store roses behind and present your loved one with a gift that packs a serious porky punch&#8211; smoked candied bacon roses!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Covered in a light layer of caramelized agave sweetener and brown sugar then smoked low-and-slow on the grill, this edible arrangement that I created for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsford.com\">Kingsford.com<\/a> will make this Valentine\u2019s Day gift an instant hit!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><strong>SMOKED CANDIED BACON ROSES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">1lb. thick cut bacon<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">2-3 tbsp. agave sweetener<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u00bc cup brown sugar<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><strong>Additional tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Wooden toothpicks<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Pastry brush<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">1-2 bunches of fake flowers (available at most craft and dollar stores)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Preheat charcoal briquets in a charcoal chimney. 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