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Make a Bouquet of Bacon Roses

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Make a beautiful bouquet of bacon roses!

Roses are red, violets are blue... But BACON is DELICIOUS!

For Valentine's Day or any special occasion, put a savory spin on the traditional rose bouquet by making your own bacon roses.

photo by Amy N.

Perfect Valentine Bouquet for Bacon Lovers

The BEST instructions for Bacon Roses

bacon roses by kaptaink_cgThere are several sites with instructions for making roses from raw bacon, but this is my favorite. It's the Bacon Roses Instructable by kaptaink_cg. The step by step instructions are clearly written, and there are excellent photos to help guide you through the process.

Bacon Roses: the Basics

For detailed instructions, you should check out this Instructable. But if you're just wondering about the basic process of making roses out of bacon, here you go.
  • 1Get some raw bacon.
  • 2Roll the bacon strips into coils and place into muffin tins. You may want to pre-drill holes in the bottom of the muffin tins and place them on another pan to collect grease.
  • 3Cook the bacon buds in the oven.
  • 4Cool the bacon roses and affix to stems.
  • 5Arrange bacon bouquet in a vase and present to the lucky recipient!
bacon rose bouquet

Bacon Roses by nodigio 

Supplies for making bacon roses

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Read more about Bacon Roses

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Bacon Gifts and Accessories

Want to make a big deal out of your bacon roses? Combine the bouquet with some of these bacon gifts for the perfect porky present.
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What do you think? Have you made bacon roses? Would you eat them?

  • Satdin May 19, 2012 @ 4:31 am | delete
    Nice informative lens. Cool.
  • SquidooRocks55 Mar 12, 2012 @ 8:15 pm | delete
    Neat idea. They actually look pretty cool.
  • Mujjen Mar 9, 2012 @ 5:25 pm | delete
    Haven't made bacon roses- yet. Guess it is really true that the way to a man's heart goes through his stomach.
  • nyclittleitaly Mar 5, 2012 @ 10:42 am | delete
    I love bacon. Great job!!!
  • Heather426 Mar 1, 2012 @ 11:54 am | delete
    I will eat anything with bacon! Great job!
  • cffutah Feb 29, 2012 @ 9:52 am | delete
    Your bacon rose inspired me to publish an article on man food! Already *blessed* this article, wasn't sure if I told ya or not.
  • daedrea Feb 28, 2012 @ 10:20 pm | delete
    These look very cool. I might just make a bunch of roses for myself :P
  • SammySpam Feb 28, 2012 @ 6:13 am | delete
    Bacon roses? That sounds incredible.
  • kevingomes13 Feb 27, 2012 @ 11:11 pm | delete
    Can I just say that you are my hero. I <3 bacon everything.
  • gunsock Feb 25, 2012 @ 2:18 am | delete
    What a good idea!
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