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Baked Bean Bacon Cups

Baked Bean Bacon Cups are ideal for a big BBQ! Bite-sized baked beans packed full of flavor served in individual servings of bacon cups! For those times you want to try everything, but don’t want to be so full afterward you can’t move!

Baked Bean Bacon Cups are ideal for a big BBQ! Bite sized baked beans packed full of flavor served in individual servings of bacon cups! For those times you want to try everything, but don't want to be so full afterwards you can't move!

Today I’m sharing with you a recipe for Baked Bean Bacon Cups!  I know I’ve kind of been on a cup/nest kind of mission lately.  But it’s crazy how easy they are to make and how much everyone RAVES about them when I serve them!

I love going to Cookouts/BBQ’s but sometimes I have a hard time showing restraint at trying all the different food options.  These Baked Bean Bacon Cups are perfect because you can have the individual portions of baked beans (or 2,3 or 4 of them) and still have room for a bite or two of everything else!

Baked Bean Bacon Cups are ideal for a big BBQ! Bite sized baked beans packed full of flavor served in individual servings of bacon cups! For those times you want to try everything, but don't want to be so full afterwards you can't move!

These baked beans are better for you than your normal baked beans because they are made with True Made Foods Ketchup.  True Made Foods is one of the sponsors for the CookoutWeek and they sent their sauces over for me to come up with a recipe for.  While they gave me the sauces I was able to try them for myself and I can honestly say they are very good.  I love the fact they are made with real vegetables so they have real nutrition in them!

Using the vegetables in their products allows them to forego all the added sugar that most sauces have in them.   The vegetables sweeten them naturally so there is half the amount of sugar in them compared to the other brands on the market.  Because of that, my baked bean recipe is also better for you…. because I didn’t have to add any additional brown sugar to the mix!

This recipe calls for using the Ketchup, but I also made a batch using their Veracha(aka hot) Sauce they sent too!  It was pretty fantastic too!

Baked Bean Bacon Cups Recipe Points of Interest:

Easy/Hard:  The recipe of the beans is as simple as mix it together with heat and serve.  The Bacon cups require a little extra attention because you need to make sure that the bottom is secure enough that it will hold the baked beans.  The more closely that it is “sealed” the better it is.  A small opening isn’t the worst thing in the world to happen, but it’s much easier to eat (and way less messy) if it is sealed.

Make Ahead?  I made the baked beans and the bacon Cups the night before I wanted to serve them.  I then assembled them and heated them up right before serving.  I reheated the bacon cups up in the oven, but also tried putting them on a foil made tray and warmed then on the top shelf of my grill.  That worked just as well.

Options:  Make these to take to a BBQ!  You can also serve them as an appetizer when people come over by having these Baked Bean Bacon Cups served along with little individual Little hot Dogs  on toothpicks (sometimes called lil smokies at the market!)

Baked Bean Bacon Cups are ideal for a big BBQ! Bite sized baked beans packed full of flavor served in individual servings of bacon cups! For those times you want to try everything, but don't want to be so full afterwards you can't move!
Yield: 16 bacon cups w/ baked beans

Baked Bean Bacon Cups

Baked Bean Bacon Cups are ideal for a big BBQ! Bite sized baked beans packed full of flavor served in individual servings of bacon cups! For those times you want to try everything, but don't want to be so full afterwards you can't move!

Baked Bean Bacon Cups are ideal for a big BBQ! Bite-sized baked beans packed full of flavor served in individual servings of bacon cups! For those times you want to try everything, but don't want to be so full afterward you can't move!

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 15 oz . can of white beans, , canelli beans or great northern beans
  • 1/2 cup True Made Foods Ketchup
  • 1/4 cup Brown Mustard, (or sub what you like!)
  • 1 Tablespoon Liquid Smoke
  • 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
  • 2 tablespoons minced onions
  • 16 slices of bacon, , thick cut
  • 1 tablespoon bacon drippings left over from making bacon cups, (or sub Olive Oil)

Instructions

BACON NESTS:

  1. Each slice of bacon will yield one "nest.
  2. Preheat oven to 450.
  3. Roll bacon to be 1/3 longer than it starts out as. The reason you buy thick cut bacon is because you are able to make it a longer piece, if you start with regular length bacon, the bacon becomes too thin and breaks in baking.
  4. Once rolled out, cut bacon into 2 pieces. Cut one piece that is 1/3 of the length, leaving a second piece that is 2/3 the length of the original piece.
  5. Starting on the bottom with the longer piece, place bacon over bottom, then wrap around the edges making a cup like shape.
  6. Fill in any gap at bottom with the second piece making the cup "sealed" (This is important so baked bean juices don't seep through.
  7. Bake for 20-30 minutes until bacon is crisp.
  8. Remove from pan, and allow to cool on a paper towel or parchment paper.

BAKED BEANS

  1. Drain and rinse beans thoroughly.
  2. Turn on stovetop to high, heat pan, once hot add bacon drippings/olive oill and swirl to cover the bottom. Reduce heat to medium high and add onions and cook until translucent.
  3. Add beans, True made Foods Ketchup, liquid smoke and Worcestershire Sauce .
  4. Cook for 20 minutes allowing for slight thickening and melding of flavor.
  5. Alternatively you can bake the beans for 20 minutes at 325.
  6. Once bacon cup has cooled slightly and crisped up, place 1-2 spoonfuls of bean mixture and serve on a platter.
  7. You can garnish with green onions, or cheese if you wish!
  8. If making the beans and bacon cups a day ahead, you will need to cool each completely and store separately in a sealed airtight container in the fridge until time to warm up.
  9. You can assemble them and bake at 325 until warmed through, about 15 -20 minutes before serving.
  10. Alternatively you can assemble them and make a foil tray to place them on your grill to warm them up. Place them on a shelf above the flame, or use indirect heat and grill until warmed through.

Notes

All recipe calorie information was calculated on what I purchased to make this recipe in My Fitness Pal. When you make the recipe, the calorie content could vary depending on what specific ingredients/brands you actually use. Please take that into consideration if you are following a strict diet.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

16

Serving Size:

16 bacon cups w/ baked beans

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 90Carbohydrates: 8gFiber: 1gSugar: 2gProtein: 4g

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Beth

Thursday 2nd of January 2020

I read bitesize, adorable so I used mini muffin tins. Bacon of course shrank. No way beans will fit in them. I will need to serve side by side. Goal was not to have to use silverware

Michele

Sunday 5th of January 2020

Beth, I'll be updating this post and will include using a full size muffin tin. I have bacon cups in so many other recipes that included a photo of the full size muffin tin, but this one didnt have it ~~ I can see that would be confusing~ . Hope they tasted great and you could overlook the two dishes~ . ~m

Jeff

Saturday 22nd of April 2017

Holy cow! THis is flipping brilliant.... what a great BBQ idea! Thanks so much!

Lauren Gaskill | Making Life Sweet

Thursday 30th of June 2016

Totally drooling over these!!

megunprocessed

Wednesday 29th of June 2016

This is creative appetizers!

Wendy Klik

Tuesday 28th of June 2016

Adorable little appetizers.

Michele

Wednesday 29th of June 2016

Thanks Wendy! I love that they are bite sized too! ~m

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