Start your week off right: Bacon Bourbon Brownies [RECIPE!]

   bacon / bourbon / brownies / chocolate / Emily / recipes      Posted on June 18, 2012 by Emily

Monday got you down? Stay strong. Grab a skillet, some booze, a box of brownie mix, and join us in whipping up these delicious treats that will leave you wondering if you’re eating a brownie, a handful of bacon or a shot of bourbon. 

Bacon Bourbon Brownies. Let's start this week of right, you guys. 

Ingredients (simple as can be!)

• 1 package Betty Crocker Dark Chocolate Brownie Mix
• 1/2 cup cooked, crumbled and cooled bacon
• 3 tbsp bourbon
• 1/4 cup bourbon

Directions

1. Preheat oven according to directions on package for and 8 x 8-inch pan.
2. Prepare brownie mix according to package instructions.
3. Fold in crumbled bacon; stir in 3 tbsp bourbon.
4. Pour brownie batter into a lightly greased 8 x 8-inch pan. Bake as directed on package (about an hour), or until a toothpick inserted two inches from the edge of the pan comes out mostly clean.
5. Remove brownies from oven and immediately (and carefully) pour 1/4 cup bourbon on them. Cool in refrigerator completely before slicing and serving. 

Yum, yum, yum. Diet starts on Tuesday. Happy Monday y'all! 

(h/t Taste for Adventure)