I have a thing an obsession for bacon. Fortunately I eat healthy most of the time, because The Manny and I have been known to polish off an entire pound in a single sitting. While we found it to be a remarkable feat of manhood, my wife was less than impressed. Sometimes I just don’t get women.
At least her mother understands. Not that my mother-in-law is known to indulge on bacon like me and The Manny, but she at least appreciates my passion for the salty sliced pork. This past Christmas she blessed me with a bacon gift pack that included: bacon flavored envelopes, bacon salt, bacon popcorn and…(drumroll please)…bacon flavored lip balm.
Talk about hot lips. Made me want to pucker up and kiss myself.
Clearly, I’m game to try anything with bacon in it. The Manny and I caramelized a pound of bacon a few months back and added it to a chocolate chip cookie recipe. Big improvement.
It was with much enthusiasm that I headed down to The Filling Station last week upon hearing they have started selling a muffin with bacon in it. As much as I love bacon and as much as I love The Filling Station, my expectations were low. It’s just hard to find bacon dishes that have enough bacon in them. Usually, establishments mix in small bits of bacon that are not large enough to taste.
Imagine my surprise when I cut into my Maple Apple Bacon muffin to find large chunks of bacon SPILLING out from the muffin. Seriously, it was like I was Dubbed Han Solo, the muffin was a Tauntaun and the bacon was intestine. There was THAT much bacon shoved in there. My best estimate is that they cut slices of thick-cut bacon into halves or thirds, and then put 3 full slices in each muffin. Incredible. Add in the cream-cheese drizzle frosting and the strong nutmeg undertones and you now have what is easily the best muffin ever created.
The Muffin Man better step up his game because the gals at The Filling Station are killing that cat.
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