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It’s no secret that I love all things bacon. If it contains bacon I’m usually sold. So I was walking through Whole Foods the other day when I stumbled upon DAS Lollis. They had about 4 flavours of the lollipops on hand in really bright coloured packaging so my eyes were immediately drawn to them. I scanned the flavours and were intrigued I mean salty caramel, orange pomegranate, lemon ginger and maple bacon…
MAPLE BACON? In a lollipop? Yuppers! I grabbed one maple bacon (actually named MAN BAIT) and a lemon ginger (called Naughty Ginger).
First and foremost the mpale bacon tasted like maple. That works. I’m Canadian, I love maple syrup! But then the smokiness of the bacon kicks in and then you realize that there are actual pieces of bacon in the lollipop. HEAVEN.
Turns out the lollipops are “all natural” which is generally nice to see (whatever “all natural”) means.
I did some quick digging and DAS Foods sounds like a neat company. It was started by Katie Das in Chicago in 2006. The original idea was that the company would sell salts from around the world. She then began making caramels and now also makes lollipops. 10% of the profits goes to the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. Not bad. To find out more about the company click here.
I have yet to try the Naughty Ginger but will do so soon. I’m also curious to see if Whole Foods carries the caramels as well… I’m a sucker for salted caramel.
But seriously, if you love bacon these lollipops will let you easily carry the taste that you love so much without leaving grease stains on your pants.
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