Bacon Wrapped Little Smokies
If you’ve never served bacon wrapped little smokies at a party, you’re missing out on the perfect appetizer! Little smokies sausages, smoky bacon slices, and a brown sugar glaze, you can’t help but eat more than one.
These brown sugar bacon little smokies have been one of my favorite appetizer recipes for a long time.
They are the best part of our spread while watching the football game with our friends, particularly for any guests trying to stick to a low-carb diet.
They only have 3 ingredients and come together in no time, just like these bacon wrapped water chestnuts.
I’ve been on an appetizer kick recently and I can’t stop eating these.
Check out my Crockpot BBQ Lil smokies, bacon wrapped pickles, and these bacon wrapped crackers!
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See recipe card for complete information on ingredients and their quantities.
Ingredient Notes
- Bacon – My favorite bacon for this recipe is thick cut bacon from Hillshire Farms. Use center cut bacon, or regular bacon will do if it’s all they have at the grocery store. Be careful with the thick cut because it takes a really long time for it to get crispy.
- Lil’ smokies – Lil smokies are the most important ingredient of this recipe, but swap for any little smoke sausage or hot dogs that you prefer.
- Sugar – Replace the cup of brown sugar with white sugar and molasses, which tastes the same as dark brown sugar.
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How To Make Bacon Wrapped Smokies
- Preheat oven to 350F. Cut slices of bacon into thirds. Open the sausages and them pat dry. Wrap each in a piece of bacon.
- Place with seams of your strips of bacon facing down in a single layer inside baking dish. Continue until you wrap them all or the bacon is all gone.
- Sprinkle with sticky brown sugar melt until evenly coated.
- Place your baking pan in the oven for 40 – 45 minutes or until pieces of bacon are crispy and brown sugar turns caramelized. Remove and serve!
For the full recipe and detailed instructions, please refer to the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
Storage & Reheating
If you happen to have any leftovers, you can keep them in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
When you are ready to reheat them, place them on a lined baking sheet and pop in the oven at 350F for 30 minutes or until they’re heated all the way through. I haven’t tested reheating these in the air fryer yet. When I do I will let you know.
Serving Suggestions
The most popular thing to serve with these is barbecue sauce. It’s amazing with the smoky flavors and a little extra kick. Try them with ranch dressing or even this fry sauce.
If you love bacon as much as I do check out my bacon wrapped shrimp, my bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers, and these bacon salt brownies.
Variations
- Make them spicier by adding cayenne pepper or black pepper to the sugar mixure.
- You can also add a pickled jalapeno slice under the bacon before you wrap it.
- Brush the bacon with bbq sauce, buffalo sauce, a teriyaki sauce before you add the brown sugar to it.
Make Ahead
You can make these ahead of time and store in the fridge. Pat the sausages dry and wrap with the bacon. Place on the baking sheet and cover tightly.
Keep in the fridge overnight and bring to room temperature. Then sprinkle with the brown sugar right before you bake them. If you put the sugar on beforehand and let them sit, the sugar will liquify and run off the sausages.
Keeping Them Warm
Once you bake them you can keep them warm on the baking sheet. Just set it on a warming tray. You can also place them in a crockpot on warm.
Just be sure to let the lid vent so the steam doesn’t build up inside. They can get soggy and no one likes soggy bacon.
Tapas Tips & Tricks
- To keep the bacon from falling off while baking, secure with a toothpick.
- For easy cleanup, Let bacon grease cool to room temperature and solidify. From there, all you need to do is wipe it off with a paper towel and throw it away!
- For a crunchier bacon, try cooking on parchment paper, silicone baking sheet, or on a wire rack as opposed to foil.
- Double line your baking sheet for easier cleanup in case the foil gets a hole in it.
- These are delicious alongside some firecracker saltines, these pigs in a blanket puff pastry style, and this redneck snack mix.
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As one of my favorite finger foods, this bacon wrapped little smokies recipe is the best! Perfect for game day and tailgating!
Bacon Wrapped Little Smokies
Ingredients
- 1 pound bacon
- 16 ounces Little Smokies sausages
- 1 cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare a dish or baking sheet with foil or parchment paper.
- Cut the bacon strips into thirds. Open and pat dry the lil smokies with a paper towel.
- Wrap each one in a piece of bacon. Place seam side down in a 9×13 dish.
- Continue until all are wrapped.
- Sprinkle the brown sugar over all the smokies as evenly as possible.
- Bake uncovered for 40-45 minutes or until the bacon is crispy and the sugar is caramelized.
- Remove and serve!
Notes
- To keep the bacon from falling off while baking, secure with a toothpick.
- For easy cleanup, Let bacon grease cool to room temperature and solidify. From there, all you need to do is wipe it off with a paper towel and throw it away!
- For a crunchier bacon, try cooking on parchment paper instead of aluminum foil.
Nutrition
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{Originally published 10/07/22 – recipe notes updated 10/09/24}
