Sausage Bacon Bites

These tasty morsels are perfect with almost any egg dish or as finger foods that party guests can just pop into their mouths. Try them as an accompaniment to fondue. —Pat Waymire, Yellow Springs, Ohio40 ServingsPrep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 35 min.
Ingredients
- 3/4 pound sliced bacon
- 2 packages (8 ounces each) brown-and-serve sausage links
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar, divided
Directions
- Cut bacon strips widthwise in half; cut sausage links in half. Wrap a
- piece of bacon around each piece of sausage. Place 1/2 cup brown
- sugar in a shallow bowl; roll sausages in sugar. Secure each with a
- toothpick. Place in a foil-lined 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.
- Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
- Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon brown sugar. Bake at 350° for 35-40
- minutes or until bacon is crisp, turning once. Sprinkle with
- remaining brown sugar. Yield: about 3-1/2 dozen.
Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 each) equals 51 calories, 4 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 6 mg cholesterol, 100 mg sodium, 4 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 2 g protein.