Bacon Roses

Step 5 Assemble and Present!

When the bacon buds are done, remove from the oven and place on paper towel to cool.
You'll now have a variety of rose buds to choose from. Pick your favorites and slide them onto the protruding stems. Arrange the roses to your liking and then present the aromatic bouquet to your favorite bacon fanatic!

Comments

[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.

[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!

[mstacey]

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

[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 -
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[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.

[geekunmow]

I'm planning on making the candied bacon version of this with mint leaves. Can't wait! =D

[sophmae]

Pure Genius.

[graphak]

made these for my six year old daughter's birthday and everybody loved them! I might try putting in some garlic next time and make some "garcon roses." I found some $1 mini-muffin aluminum trays at the dollar store.

[snackqueen]

What a lucky little girl, thats so sweet. =)

[jdavis-11]

My best friend sent this to me through stumbleupon and said that if a girl ever brought him this bunch of "roses" he would know that it was true love! Just had to share that! BTW, YUMMY!!!

[rosemarybeetle]

These are pretty awesome. Very nifty idea!

[spark master]

next time baloney and salami origami??

[jacarandaquilts]

Could you use a silicon muffin tray instead of the teflon coated one? You could still poke the holes in for drainage but you wouldn't be risking your health (I don't think!). I live Down Under and we have 6 and 12 hole silicon mini muffin trays. Other than that, these look really great!

[patshandofdoom]

truthfully, i think you could just buy a cheap aluminum foil pan from a "dollar store" and poke some holes in that. You might notice in the pictures that the bacon buds don't even touch the sides of the mini-muffin tins. you could also cook a lot more in a batch with an aluminum pan.
http://www.stewartspackaging.com/ProductImages/fullsizepan.jpg

[kaptaink_cg]

I'd still recommend the mini-muffin pans. When you squish them down the bottoms barely touch the edges. It helps give the bottoms a "flare" so they look kinda like real rose buds.

[lmanno]

What a Clever, Delicious idea!!!!! There are so many people I would make this for but it would look even more awesome on a buffet table. I LOVE this!!!
Thanx!!!

[skarah]

Do you absolutely have to drill the holes? Did you try it with the fat left in the muffin pan? I'm just curious, because I always save bacon grease (for frying eggs, browning onions, etc) and would be worried to use bacon grease that had gone through the hole of a compromised non-stick pan, which is the only kind of muffin pan I have.

[bradhart]

Get a foil muffin pan from a dollar store or any other cheap muffin pan for a buck or three from the cheap stores if this is something you want to do. The important thing is the grease drains out. Of course you probably have tens of thousands of micro-nicks in your nonstick pans that compromise the lining that you already don't know about so I wouldn't worry about it.

[skarah]

Ha! That's precisely why I don't use them super often. I realize it's a phobia, which, by definition, means irrational, but thanks for the cheapie idea.

[kaptaink_cg]

I had a few where the fat didn't drain out while they were cooking. It doesn't work out too well. The tops burn and the bottom stays "juicy" They don't look as good then, and it makes them heavier. Then you'll have an issue keeping them upright on the stems.

[kooyma]

droool...how about "making" little cups of tin foil? you get the hole, the shape you want and I suspect you might be able to open them up the tiniest bit more...?
kaptaink- I hold you in highest regard! now to leave this page open "accidentally" so's the BF gets the idea himself! :O) Thanks!!

[skarah]

Thanks for clarifying!

[mariemac84]

You have literally just changed my life. Forever. I'm giving serious consideration to changing my wedding decorations. If I do, there will be pictures.

Thank you for the world's best instructable.

[kaptaink_cg]

Awesome! Post pictures if you do!

[tuma]

congratulations for the great idea

[kaptaink_cg]

Thanks!

[mslaynie]

This is such a phenomenally creative idea! This is the type of gift that would be forever ingrained in my memory as one to top! Seriously... it's SO much better than roses, and so much more thoughtful! You're one hell of a partner, and your girl is seriously lucky.

If my guy weren't so awesome, I'd be jealous! ;)

[kaptaink_cg]

Thanks! :D

[mtacha]

Luckiest girl in the world.

[snackqueen]

Yep, I sure am =)

[Shany120]

yes you are, can I have one?

[Shany120]

i wish that there was scratch n sniff on my computer :p the bacon looks yummy!!!!!!!!!!