Bacon Recipes

Our huge collection of bacon recipes and bacon cooking methods includes kitchen-tested bacon appetizers, breakfast and brunch recipes, cocktails, cookies, sandwiches, bacon side dishes and more. Bacon makes everything better!

Click any of the headings below to browse all the recipes in each category, or view a complete list in our Bacon Recipe Index.

You can also search for an individual recipe here:

Bacon Appetizers ^

A breakfast charcuterie board loaded with bacon, fruit, sausage, potatoes, pastries and more.

Bacon Breakfast Recipes ^

bottle of bacon vodka on a wooden cutting board, an empty martini glass, and four strips of crisply cooked bacon

Bacon Cocktails ^

A maple bacon cupcake with vanilla bean buttercream frosting and candied bacon garnish on a wood board, with more cupcakes in the background.

Bacon Desserts ^

Bacon Mac and Cheese recipe

Bacon Dinners ^

Finished salad with bacon, tomatoes, cucumber, chicken, avocado and ranch dressing in a glass bowl.

Bacon Lunches ^

bacon lettuce avocado tomato sandwich skewered with pig toothpick

Bacon Sandwiches ^

four deviled eggs with bacon on a wooden background

Bacon Side Dishes ^

Black serving bowl filled with bacon aioli with lemons and bacon in the background.

Bacon Spreads and Sauces ^

Bacon nutritional facts

Ways to Cook Bacon ^

An open glass jar with chilled rendered bacon fat in front of a frying pan with six strips of golden brown cooked bacon.

Bacon Basics ^

Want more ideas for cooking with your favorite meat? Check out these bacon cookbooks by BENSA founder Eliza Cross.

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