Chili Four Loko

Taking a breather from the Jack Daniels love for a week, Epic Meal Time focuses its energy here on the controversial alcoholic energy drink Four Loko, turning it into a "dangerous" chili recipe. It also marks one of the first occasions when we venture outside of the kitchen, following our host as he amuses himself while shopping for bacon and ham products.

This also marks the rare appearance of vegetables in Epic Meal Time, though they're still extra-spicy peppers to give it a zing of epic-ness. Plus, they throw some Jalapeno potato chips-coated cheese sticks in, just to offset any healthiness that may have accidentally snuck into the stew.

For added fun, he also creates a bacon trough to serve the meal inside, and a bacon chalise for the Four Loko.

FAT COUNTER:
46,255 calories
3,178 grams of fat

Step 1: Ingredients

• 3/4 cup of flour
• 2 cups of white sugar
• 1/2 cup of butter
• 3-5 cups of blackberries
• 18-20 strips of bacon
• About a cup of brown sugar

First off, we need some well done bacon to crumble into the topping.

Simple cook three or four strips of bacon until they are well done, and cool them on a plate with a paper towel. When cooled, crumble or run them through a food processor.

Step 5: Candy That Bacon, Son!

Another little something I learned from EMT. Turn on your oven to 425F (about 220C). Rub a good amount of brown sugar all over the top of the weave, and put it in the oven. Check it every ten minutes or so, until it's started to brown nicely.

Carefully flip the weave with a pair of tongs, and add more brown sugar. Put it back in the oven cook it longer, again checking every ten minutes or so. Candied bacon can get overdone pretty quickly!

Next time I make this, I'm going to pour off the grease after the flip. I think it would have been better if the bacon weave had come out a bit more crispy!

When it's finally done, place it on a plate with a paper towel to soak up the worst of the grease.

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