Bacon Roses

Flowers make a nice gift to the friend that needs a smile or for that special someone in your life. Roses are even better. But sometimes even roses don't cut it. Sometimes you need something a little more non-cliché, something...extraordinary... Sometimes, you need BACON.

Step 1 Materials

BACON - I like to use one regular pack and one thick cut pack

Rose Stems

Glass Vase

Mini Muffin Pan

Broiler Pan

Drill with bit (I used an 1/8" bit, but any similar size will work)

Gravel or marbles for vase (not shown)
 

Comments

[snackqueen]

I would just like to say, that these roses were not only beautiful, but also tasty, delicious and aromatic!!! After receiving them, I laughed (in the best possible way) every time I looked at them for the first day or two. When he gave me these, I was ecstatically happy to say the least.

[FaeDine]

I just wanted to give a proper Thank You! to the author of this. I used these for a recent wedding proposal to my girlfriend and they were a total hit! Thank you so much! They went great with the bacon ring ;)

For anyone curious, I didn't want to drill through a pan so did end up using a "silicone mini-muffin" pan and it worked quite well. I still think a metal pan is likely ideal if you're going to make more than one "batch" though.

Also, wow, the bacon gets even tastier when it's all curled up.

[breumer]

This was such a fantastic idea! I made these for my husband ! they turned out great! Thanks you for sharing this awesome fantastic idea!

[ditzyclutz]

Thanks for posting the pic of the tea light candle tins... I totally stole your idea and it worked out great!

[breumer]

:)

[kaptaink_cg]

Wow, those look great!! Excellent idea using the tealight tins.

[asmith96]

This was an incredible idea and well worth the first prize for the bacon contest. I just made this for Valentines day and it was a hit.
Several people have had problems cooking the bacon fully beacuse the fat pools and boils the bacon insead of cooks it. I had the same problem until I opened up the drain holes about the size of a dime, or around 1/2 inch.The larger the holes, the better drainage beacuse bacon fat is your worst enemy, at least for this project!

Thank you so much for this idea!!!

[ditzyclutz]

Oh yeah! Mama's bringin home the bacon, baby! These turned out AWESOME! They were sooo easy to make. I picked up everything from the dollar store (2 six-rose stems, 3 green filler stems, 1 green vase, 2 bags of glass floral beads). Only $8.00 + tax, not counting the bacon! I didn't have a mini muffin tin, so I stole Breumer's idea of using the aluminum part of a tea light candle - poked holes in the bottom and set them all on a cookie sheet. Worked perfect! I gave the bacon bouquet to my fella for Valentine's Day today! The best part... upon first glance he didn't even realize they weren't real roses! Thanks for the great idea!

[Corbo88]

I made these today.

[piratecupcake]

I didn't want to drill holes in my tins so I used a pizza pan with holes in the bottom and put a cookie pan under it. I also skewered the bacon so they would stay together and put some brown sugar on a couple.

And then I made chocolate cupcakes with the intention of making them look like a bouquet....but they exploded so I ad-libbed a little.

[markio01]

Made this for valentines day came out awesome.If you want to save some cash use cupcake liners instead of muffin pan worked fine.

[ErinMichelle]

I am vegetarian but am making these for my fiance. Normally I don't admit my food orientation but in this case, it says a lot about my (lack of) knowledge of good eatin'. As I don't know the first thing about cooking meat - & this is my first time even handling it - there are two instruction components I am unclear on: the first being that I can't tell which is the "fat end". Is it the white-ish part? Also, is the referenced grease something I need to do to the pan, or does this naturally come from the bacon? Please help, anyone! Today is his birthday, & I've got just a couple hours before he gets home.

Thanks sincerely :D

[kaptaink_cg]

A vegetarian making these? That must be true love! :)
Yes, the white-ish part is the fat. The grease just naturally comes off from the bacon as it cooks. You don't need to do anything to the pan (except drill/poke holes in the bottom)

[ErinMichelle]

Between my love for him & his love for bacon, there is a whole lot'a' love here! I guessed right about the fat edge & am in the midst of coooking them now. Your instructions were very thorough & helpful. It's just that I can't cook. Not even a grilled cheese. If I could, I'd send you a dozen also! Thanks again.

[AromaticDuck]

These look (and taste) lovely! Try painting them a vivid red colour with a liquid food dye and a paintbrush, to make them look even more realistic.

[emmaleighcat]

When I made these, the middles of my bacon didn't cook. I was hoping to make them for Valentines day for my honey but now I don't know what to do. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

[kaptaink_cg]

Did you use a pan with holes in the bottom, and did you ensure that the fat was draining from the pan? If you did that, then they just need to be cooked longer. If the fat stays in the pan they'll take forever to crisp up and wont cook properly.

[numm3r]

Has anyone tried putting a date filled with cheese in the middle? I'm curious how it would look! I think I'll try that version!

[adamjmagyar]

Hahaha, this is so awesome. The Snack King here! Adam Magyar http://thepeoplesmarketing.us

[pestigyerek]

szia,
latom te is szereted a szalonnat. nagyon jol nez ki.

[chrissysno]

You are awesome.

[kaptaink_cg]

Thanks! lol :)

[asharma49]

Looks great :) I'll post the pic of mine when I'm done :)

[willichan]

I just made a dozen for my wife's birthday breakfast this morning. She was in the middle of asking me when I had a chance to go out to buy roses, when she got close enough to see them.

She LOVED them!

[snackqueen]

Your wife is very lucky!

[kaptaink_cg]

That's awesome! Post pics if you have them!

[willichan]

It took a while before anyone commented that we were really just eating bacon, eggs and hash-browns.

[kaptaink_cg]

lol.. Oh, that's really cool! :)

[mstacey]

You are amazing. I bow to your bacon creativeness!! =D

[ferralll]

My wife came back from Alaska (10 hr flight), and I picked her up at the airport with a bouquet of Bacon Roses. She said it was one of the best suprises I have given her. Perfect for when you are hungry and jet lagged.

Thankyou VERY much for the idea. It was really easy to do. One suggestion for those that try this: Cook the bacon for 5 minutes longer than you think is needed. The center does not cook as quickly as the out side.

Next time I might try wraping them around a nail or something so that the center is cooked just as well as the out side.

[insuranceman1]

Good idea. I had the same issue, but didn't even think about a solution because the appearance turned out so well.

[ferralll]

Oh, and I just a hammer and nail to make the hole in the bottom of the muffin tin. It worked well, and made a nice curved bottom so that grease did not pool much at all.

[kaikudo]

OMG that look good 0_0 i would marry the guy who give me some of that XD will not really but close enough LOL :3 sign if only my family wasn't so Asian i would be making them right now ):

[xenobiologista]

My family's Asian (Chinese Malaysian) and we're big bacon fans, why aren't yours? =D

[kaikudo]

We are D: my brother and i loves it but my mother is all like is no good for u ):

[wolf_woman]

use turky bacon for hers :)

[seanb209]

I hate turkey bacon.

Sean B -
ipad alternatives

[sderyck]

Bacon's actually relatively healthy when you cook it in a pan, especially when you allow the grease to escape (such as here), so these are... well, not exactly healthy, but a bit further away from walking heart-attack.

[wolf_woman]

if you dont have marbles a good idea would be useing the discarded pettels.. or even mix them... its resorcefull :)

[bnadal]

im looking for something unique, something like this for my gf's bday. thanks!