Bacon wrapped pineapple bites are perfect for a party or during the holidays!! Try this sweet and savory bacon bacon pineapple appetizer that’s so easy to make yourself!
Everything is better with bacon right. Of course it is! When you have a get together, football party, or you are thinking of appetizers for the holidays I always think bacon!! Here is a great bacon bites recipe that is easy to make and has a great sweet n savory flavor that even kids go wild for.
They not only taste devine but look pretty too. You only need 4 ingredients to make these bacon bombs I call them. There are two methods to try as well. Jelly and barbecue sauce works great, but brown sugar smokies style using just dark brown sugar is great too. If you have had these with weiners inside you do the same but with fruit!
Bacon Wrapped Pineapple Bites in Air Fryer
Below we will explain how to make these in your oven. A more recent alternative has been to follow our air fryer bacon wrapped smokies recipe, using fruit instead, to get them the crispiest ever!! I mean I serve these as a Super Bowl appetizer and they fly off the plate, like I cannot make them fast enough for everyone there.
Ok so I bet y’all have had this but with little tiny hot dogs in the middle right, or maybe made Bacon Wrapped Chicken Thighs before?? That is where we started of too. Then I got the hankering or sweet and savory combined.
Ingredient Notes
- Bbq sauce of your choice will be added to the top to get a sweet savory flavor and caramelize on the top and sides of every bite.
- Grape jelly (really!) this will make it more like candied bacon, alternatively you can sprinkle brown sugar over the top of all of them
- Pineapple chunks out of the can with the juice drained. Don’t waste it though, instead make our pineapple rum cocktail with it!
- Bacon strips, I like the maple flavored personally but choose whichever you like as far as that goes. I like regular, not thick cut bacon as that doesn’t get as crispy. For lower fat use Turkey Bacon in the Oven instead.
- Want them spicy? Sprinkle a bit of red pepper flakes on top too!
Can you use fresh pineapple chunks?
You can cut up a fresh pineapple into bite size chunks which is heavenly or just use the canned version which is totally fine. Fresh is actually not as sweet and more firm so there will be a slight difference. You can swap out for meat too though too. With honey garlic chicken bites inside you can make 2 kinds for your guests.
How do you keep bacon from unrolling?
Then get to rolling….. A tip I will pass along is you should only use regular toothpicks to keep these in place. In the past once I had colored and didn’t think about how that would affect things. It did leach out and created a weird look to them so wanted to pass that along. 😉
Baking Tips
First start by spraying your baking sheet, then preheat your oven and place a slice of bacon down and roll the piece of pineapple up with the ends set on the bottom so they don’t unravel as easily.
Put a toothpick in if you desire or wait until they are cooked and put them on the side. Do as many as you want or until the pan is full. You can place them pretty close together but I wouldn’t let them touch. Reason being is the sauce is pretty sticky. It may make them stick in one chunk and hard to break apart for serving.
Mix your sauce together and test to see if you want it spicier.. If you want lots of sauce just use this same ratio of 1 to 1 bbq sauce and jelly. If you are using brown sugar then that is all you need. We like the tangy Asian sauce on our honey garlic chicken bites too.
Remember, this will become sticky and caramelized. Use non stick aluminum foil or spray with cooking spray first. You can jump to recipe to print it and get started, but here is a quick step by step first off;
Bacon Wrapped Pineapple Recipe
Equipment
- 1 baking sheet
- 1 Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 pkg bacon
- 1 can chunk pineapple
- 1 cup barbecue sauce, or roll in brown sugar
- 1 cup grape jelly, or roll in brown sugar
Instructions
- Cut bacon slices in half, just cut the whole package in half.
- Put one piece of chunk pineapple inside the 1/2 pcs. of bacon and wrap up, secure with a toothpick.
- Do this until all bacon is gone and wrapped on pcs. of pineapple.
- Arrange them on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with non stick spray.
- Whisk together your grape jelly and bbq sauce. Use a bbq brush to brush this mixture – or spoon it – on top of each piece of wrapped bacon. ** or roll each one in a bowl of brown sugar and place on sheet instead.
- Put into preheated oven at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until bacon is as crisp as you’d like it.
- Remove and serve on a serving tray.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
How to save leftovers
If you have leftovers after everyone has enjoyed a few of your brown sugar bacon wrapped pineapple bites recipe they save well. You will definitely enjoy them later, best if reheated the next day. Just pop a few into your air fryer at 390 degrees F for like 2 minutes to heat and crisp again and pop them in!
Other bite size appetizers you’ll love
Want to make the same thing with a different inside, like meat? Try these but instead like salmon bites with fish in the center but the rest would remain the same to add salty and sweetness. Now pop down to read and print recipe and let us know if you tweak it some more.
Want another bite size food to serve to your guests so they have lots of choices? Make salmon sushi cups with these for a fun meal.
Once they are done you can serve more sauce on the side for dipping if you want. Warm it first and it is an easy appetizer recipe everyone will love. Here are other great bacon recipes like bacon smokies you see here, bacon wrapped smoked jalapeno poppers and more that are to die for as well!
