Chocolate and bacon: Good pairing?
The other day I heard about a bacon chocolate candy bar and had to try it. After searching online, I found the Mo's Bacon Bar by Vosges. It intrigued me, so I had to try it. I ordered a few bars, just in case they were absolutely the most wonderful food that I've ever tasted and I became obsessed, and the last few days were spent waiting in anticipation.
Watch the video to get my reaction and review of the bacon bar, along with a shameless plug for my T-shirts that you can find online at Zazzle.
I'm also going to have a little giveaway. Leave a comment, and I'll pick a name at random and send you a bacon bar of your very own! If you want to comment and don't want the bar, that's okay – you can just say so in the comments or just decline if your name is chosen.
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Do they have a version with veggie bacon?
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Okay, I love bacon, and I like chocolate…but that's just gross.
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I'm not a huge sweet and salty person. I've had chocolate covered potato chips from rocky mountain chocolate factory, but bacon sounds even weirder. and intriguing.
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I never would have thought to put bacon and chocolate together.
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one of my favorite candy's is caramel dipped in dark chocolate with sea salt on top… yummy stuff… I'd like to try the bacon bar!
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Whiskeymarie sent me a Vosges bar for my birthday, not the bacon one, but the Barcelona – milk chocolate, nougat bits and salt. It was good. I made fun of the complicated enjoyment instructions on the back of the wrapper.
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Whoa…we both have food posts up…and they both involve bacon.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!! :poke:
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It's amazing what some people will willingly put into their bodies…
I can't believe you bit into a second piece.
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woah. bacon and chocolate? I'd have their baby!
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(was the volume off for anyone else?)
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Mo's Bacon Bar sounds like a fixture in The Simpsons, or at least what it SHOULD have been called.
* I hereby claim the unclaimed comments chits in the "random" drawing (nudge nudge)
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I like chocolate and love bacon, and I really, really like a sweet & salty combo. And I am willing to try disgusting sounding combinations of food. As long as it doesn't contain any type of seafood. I would guess that a bacon chocolate bar does not contain seafood, so I would definitely try it.
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I would totally try this, it sounds awesome. Of course, I like chiles in my chocolate too.
BTW, "Vosges" is French, and it's pronounced Voe-zgh. The last s is silent. The second syllable is kind of like a really soft J. The Vosges is a mountain range in eastern France and there's great wine and cheese and stuff in that region.
Enough of the geography lesson; I need chocolate! You are brave for trying this on camera.
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I heard about this a few months ago. I'm definitely on the "ugh gross" side. I like my chocolate pure, thank you very much, though I have tried Lindt's Chili bar, and it wasn't bad. Once you got past the initial sting.
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Did you notice a Gizzard-Chocolate at their site?
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I love any good salty/sweet combo, so I was totally intrigued when I first heard about this. Although the site I read actually showed an entire slice of bacon that was half-dipped in dark chocolate… I think it must have been some restaurant that was serving it.
Glad to hear it wasn't entirely nasty!
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BACON!!! i fucking love bacon. would love to try the bandy bar. send one, please.
:sexytime:
that video cracked me up. loved your eyebrows scrunching up when you bit into the bacon bar the first time. awesome.
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SO I am like this fat ass Diabetic (that means type II) so I am not interested in your choc-Bacon monstrosity. I am here because Britt's blog taught me how to give a green thumbs up. I am old and slow and don't know if I am doing it right, so I thought I would try it here too. Hope I don't screw it up and give you the finger by mistake.
So if this works and you get a green thumbs up from me… do you have to thank Britt? heh heh heh
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BY the way… I recently tried to woo Dave of Blogography to give up his evil vegetarian ways for the potent pig power of bacon. My theory is simple… "Chicks dig bacon." It's nice that your little sample group seems to prove out my hypothesis. Eat it Dave!!
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:sexytime:
I LOVE bacon and have tried all sorts of specialty chocolates.
My favorites have chiles in them. I like dark chocolate but I'd be willing to try the milk chocolate.
Dark chocolate covered bacon is AWESOME.
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No thank you.
:puke:
I like bacon. I like chocolate.
Not together.
You are much braver than I.
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To me this sounds gross. But my husband would have a woody while eating his 2 favorite food groups together.
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I was along for the ride until you said "burnt chocolate" No thanks.
I couldn't hear you but I was watching for facial expressions. Or barfing.
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Hershey's syrup on a beef burrito? Bacon in chocolate? My initial reaction is "ew, gross," but I'm not one to talk, since I'm of the "dip your fries in the Wendy's Frosty" camp, myself. Or fries dipped in chocolate pudding, one of those lunchroom dares that turned out ok.
So I'd be totally up for some chocobaconbars.
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wow, I can't eat chocolate regularly anymore, but this would be an interesting choice to try for my wedding anniversay (the next time I've allowed myself to have chocolate — October 12).
maybe I'll win and can share the bar with my husband on that day….
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Bacon is delicious. And chocolate is delicious. Buuut bacon and chocolate? I'm intrigued. Or disgusted. I'm not quite sure.
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I'm fascinated by the chocolate syrup on the burrito. Not so much wondering what it tastes like, but wondering about the thought process that preceded the pouring of the syrup onto the burrito.
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Take me out of the contest now, because I don't do salty and chocolate together. Nothing makes me more ill than chocolate covered pretzels. Blech.
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So was a greasy like bacon should be?
I don't think I would like it.
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I don't really get the sweet/salty thing either. I don't even really like peanuts on my hot fudge sundaes. So I think I'm going to pass. :puke:
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While Chri and I were watching you eat this he just went, "Well he's going back for more!" upon your second bite and all I could reply with was, "Well, this is a man who finds that chocolate on a burrito is sexy and delicious."
Five seconds later, you share your enchanting recipe with the world!
VEGETARIAN, NO GIVEY FOR CONTESTY.
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Surprised by bacon & chocolate?
Try this:
http://www.zotter.at/standardassortments.html?&tx_shop_pi1pointer=max
Bacon bits has been in the program for a while but there also are peanut & ketchup & choc or saffron rice with ginger & choc…
Just to be clear: I don't eat chocolate myself (no sugar for me) and am not part of this company. So I can't give you a comment on the products. I just love their ideas.
Jochen
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I stand by my original assertion that you could have eliminated EASILY the first 1-2 minutes of this video.
OMG! You stole my fucking description of "burned chocolate"!!!! You big fucking fraud!!!
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I bet that would be pretty damn good dipped in nacho cheese sauce, I'd try it.
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You're braver than I am! Don't think I have quite the stomach for that!
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Alright, I'll 'bite'. I've got to see that t-shirt of your's picking on Palin now…
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There's a local company that makes great chocolate creations: graffitizoo.com. They have one called Zanzibar Racing Snails with sea salt you might like. No bacon though.
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I've had that bacon bar and it is fucking GOOD.
Up next: bacon ice cream. Yup, I'd go there.
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I can't believe I'm saying this (or typing it) but that actually looks kind of…good.
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Bacon, bacon, bacon, BACONNNNNNN! Yeah, I want it.
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Oh, pick me. Pick me. I can give it to my husband (a bacon fiend) instead of sex and not feel guilty.
Something sweet and salty that's not me!
It's a get out of sex for a mother of three card.
Heh!
Hand over the bar and no one will get hurt!
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Ideally, shouldn't it smell like bacon and taste like chicken? That was always Letterman's take … until they split open his rib cage and unclogged his heart valves.
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OOOOH!!!I want to try that!
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Mmmmmmm baaaccconnnnn. (Do I sound like Homer Simpson? Do I?)
I'm a true believer that anything that's wrapped in bacon or covered in chocolate is a good thing. Isn't it? It has to be.
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I'm glad you tried this and now I won't feel any need to do so. I love bacon (my daughter's first sentence was "I love bacon"), and I love chocolate/salty pairings, but I'll pass on the chocobacon. Who thinks up this crap, anyway? It's almost as bad an idea as prawn-flavored crisps.
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Those girlies at Vosges know their flavors! They have another fantastic bar with curry, coconut and milk chocolate. I thought I was going to die!
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I saw the bacon chocolate bar the other day a Whole Foods and noted that it was a must try at some point. I love sweet salty so I think I am sure I will love it. Not that it matters but do you think they make a kosher version?
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I don't eat pork, so luckily I was not even tempted to think of trying that thing. EW!
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UGH! Chocolate paired with meat? Just.not.happening. Dude, you are TOTALLY braver than me for trying it!!
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Only in the last few years have I come to enjoy bacon really and it has to have like no fat on it. I am still freaked out by most meat in general so I don't think I am ready for that. Maybe chocolate covered bagels.
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So I'm slightly over weight, even porky and I'm a Black guy, would one of these stupendusley sexy women come and take a nibble of me?? not that hard though! :cock:
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Chocolate-covered bacon? I can't believe the carnies that run the county fair hadn't thought of that.
Or maybe they're too busy deep-frying everything.
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You've got bacon in my chocolate! No you've got chocolate in my bacon. I like salt and chocolate but bacon too? No thanks.
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So. I haven't been on here in awhile, and you continue to amaze me. At least I have you to tell me about bacon chocolate bars and beef/cheese burritos covered in chocolate syrup…
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I LOVE the Vosges Mo bar! I ordered that and a bunch of other fun chocolate bars (olive, curry, peppercorn) awhile back–the bacon was my favorite!
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they had chocolate covered bacon at the Minnesota State fair..but I couldn't find it when we went.
I would love to try that!
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I don't see a video but I'd be afraid to watch it anyway for fear your "reaction" was vomitting. (you know I have a vomitting phobia, right?)
I like my bacon with syrup. I don't think I'd like it with chocolate so no need to enter me. Interesting concept though!
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It's just sacrilege to spoil the bacon with milk chocolate. I hate milk chocolate. I need a BLT now
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After just trying Fois Gras at work I'm game for anything, it couldn't be as bad as fatted goose liver!
Carolyn said she'd try it too.
btw I killed my blog so it's all new :banghead:
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Bwah ha ha ha! There is a sign in the window of the Simpson's Ride gift shop that says…"Farmer Billy's Choco-Bacon! It's like a pig and chocolate had a baby in your mouth!" I kid you not! I have a photo somewhere!
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UGH Bacon and chocolate sounds gross!!! Just give me the freakin chocolate and leave the bacon for eggs…i I'm just sayin!!!
Michelle
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As I watched your face during the moment of the first taste, I thought for sure you were going to say it tasted like salty ass chunks. Your face looked much more alarmed than your words.
But sign me up. I like winning shit.
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Personally, I enjoyed the experience of being a small, insect-like parasite on Adam's forehead as he tried to unwrap a chocolate bar.
Wait, that wasn't the point of the video?
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I think tonight I go home and cook some bacon and put Hershey's syrup on it. I think about doing it every night but have yet to make myself go do it. But I just have to know!
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you're a weirdo but I have to agree about chocolate with off the wall stuff. My fav way to eat chocolate is with a merlot chaser.
listen, bacon rocks. Easy peasy recipe for delish pig strips is- right after the bacon is done (either in microwave or pan) sprinkle sugar and cinnamon. You'll think you've died (even though you already have) and gone to mecca.
sent over here by bhj, you are now on my blogroll (aka, morning routine with coffee). Good luck with Chili's. This was a long assed comment.
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Dave, I'm sure I can make something like that for you.
Danalyn, it was interesting.
Amanda, chocolate covered pretzels are tasty, too.
Sarah, it might be the new thing, like peanut butter and chocolate.
Tori, sea salt, eh? That's interesting.
Gwen, yeah, the instructions on the back are strange.
Stephanie, I'm not in your head. I'm standing. Right. Behind. You.
Rattling the Kettle, I wanted to give it a fair shake.
BPR, the volume was low for some reason.
Wayne, so you'd try it too?
Penny, no, but would you like a chocolate shrimp?
New Age Bitch, so it's like "vogue" with a "juh" sound instead?
Kathy, I don't like spicy, so I could never try those.
Delmer, no – you should invent one.
Jenny, there are so many dirty places I could go with you enjoying a salty/sweet combo, but I won't. I'm a gentleman like that.
Hello, I think that look was from actually biting the inside of my mouth by accident.
Cris, Britt makes me thank her for everything good in life.
Turnbaby, I've seen dark chocolate covered bacon, too, but I prefer milk or white.
Sybil, and hairier.
Diva65, but would his woody taste like bacon and chocolate?
LMSS, that was just a little taste – otherwise, it was decent.
Crystal, cold Hershey's on a hot beef/cheese burrito is delicious. I did a video post about it.
Cissa, bacon chocolate makes a great anniversary present.
Bridget, distrigued?
Faiqa, it was an accident when I was 12.
BE Earl, you don't even like chocolate covered pretzels? Communist.
Jay, no grease. Thank God.
Diesel, I love peanuts on hot fudge sundaes – it's a great combo.
Jordie, since when are you a fucking vegetarian? Weirdo.
Jochen, thanks for the link – that's really interesting.
Britt, I assimilated.
Trukindog, you'd try it dipped in nacho cheese?
Greedygrace, now I'm craving one – it's an acquired taste.
Sue, did you like my T-shirt?
Grant, just putting salt on something sweet seems weird to me.
Pare, I'd try bacon ice cream. Once.
Jen, I know!
Laurin, no hesitation, eh?
Scout's Honor, you're sweet and salty, are you?
Always Home, if it had tasted like chicken, I probably would have retched.
Allyson, I'll throw your name into the hat.
Dawn, I think so, too.
Robin, your daughter's awesome.
Maman, curry, eh? Hm.
Judy C, probably not. I'd guess they don't have the demand to do that.
Maria, why don't you eat pork?
Evil Genius, what about Hershey's poured on my penis?
Robin, chocolate covered bagels would be delicious.
Stan, but do you melt in their mouth?
Chag, and the stuff they deep fry is indeed delicious.
Summer, it's a good combo.
Meagan, exactly. What's a brother for?
Jennifer, olive? Ew!
Sandi, was it deep fried chocolate covered bacon?
BlondeBlogger, you don't see the huge video? Or the link to Youtube?
Winter, you hate chocolate? How can you be born on Halloween and hate chocolate?
Mik, fatted goose liver sounds disgusting.
Blondefabulous, awesome.
Michelle, you don't like bacon?
Manager Mom, ass chunks would have made me blow chunks.
SciFi Dad, are you complaining about my horrible video technique?
JO, I don't know how that will taste compared to this candy bar with tiny bits of bacon in it.
Barbie, if I cooked, I'd totally try that sugar/cinnamon thing. Thanks!
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Saw these while in line getting a water at Whole Foods, and was fascinated, also. However, I'd been riding my bike for a long time, I was parched, and bacon chocolate wasn't going to quench my thirst. Thank you for trying this out for all of us, and if I win… Yippee!
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ONLY IF THEY ARE GOOD :violent018:
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Aaaaaaaaagggggghhhhhhhhhh!!! You scared the shit out of me! :sex023:
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Atomic Bombshell, yeah, you're right – bacon chocolate isn't exactly Gatorade.
Stan, you mean all women aren't natural experts?
Stephanie, boo.
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OK. FINALLY getting my lazy ass caught up.
First. You've got some mad one-handed candy-wrapper opening skilz!
B. I'm thinking I'd rather have the bacon fresh, just-sizzled, still warm, drizzled with warm gooey chocolate instead of broken up into little bits into a chocolate bar. I'm just sayin'.
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Heather, ooh, that sounds good!
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Dude. I already did this EXACT post. Do I really need to watch YOUR video when I already made and watched MY video?
Nope.
No, I do not.
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Apparently somebody won a contest in Texas recently with deep fried- chicken fried bacon. That should probably be your next food experiment.
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Dude! If I don't win, I will buy a bar from you and you can donate the money to the Halloween fund.
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