Baked beans are a quintessential summer BBQ side dish that are irresistibly good. Growing up I definitely ate my fair share of canned baked beans that my mom would “doctor” up to make them taste homemade. Still to this day, that method is delicious, BUT after you make baked beans from scratch, you will truly never turn back. Sure it takes a little extra time, but the reward at the end of the cooking process is 100% worth it. Smoky, slightly sweet and spicy, sticky beans await you and your tastebuds and they are just out of this world delicious. Homemade baked beans will change the way you look at baked beans for the better and you will love making them for every summer BBQ from now on.
Let's talk about sweet corn ice cream and how it might sound strange at first but really it will change your life. So before you tune me out and click away from me, just give it a shot, I promise you are going to love it! The first bite is unexpected in the best way possible and then from there you are hooked. I might have even eaten an ice cream cone at 10am after I made it, but I mean with corn and bacon it can be considered a well balanced meal...right?
If you haven't trusted me yet, today is the day that you start. After all sweet corn is in season and is naturally sweet...so it really only makes sense. And have you had candied bacon before or maybe you have heard it called pig candy? Because whoa, it's like the most amazing sweet and salty combo that there ever could be. So just imagine it with ice cream!
Having a barbeque? Make this ice cream. I couldn't imagine a more perfect end to a summer cookout than eating one of my sweet corn ice cream cones topped with delicious candied bacon.
Have you ever had a cookie with bacon in it? It's been happening for a while now in the cookie world, and this ice cream flavor combination is like that...but maybe better.
And really we all just need an excuse to make more ice cream...so when you buy too much corn on "accident" at the market it's ok because then you HAVE to make this ice cream and no one can judge...not that I would anyway, let's be honest.
