We love making these for Sunday Funday or whenever we have friends over to watch the game. But, they’re not the only thing we serve. And you’re probably the same way.

If you’re looking for more finger foods to go with this, we have a great list of Game Day Bites, filled with tons of ideas.

Bacon-Wrapped Crackers With Brown Sugar Recipe

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Bacon-Wrapped Crackers With Brown Sugar Ingredients:

You can get the full list of ingredients with measurements in the recipe card below.

• Bacon – We use low-sodium bacon because bacon is salty enough. We do not recommend thick cut bacon because it will not get crispy before the crackers start to burn.
• Club crackers – Club crackers are rectangular butter crackers. You don’t have to use that brand, but the only similar generics we’ve found are Great Value from Walmart or Savoritz from ALDI. Other brands sell butter crackers, but they’re usually shaped differently and it’s not as easy to wrap the bacon around them.
• Brown sugar – We prefer light brown sugar because it’s a lighter taste, but dark brown sugar works if that’s all you have.

How To Make Bacon-Wrapped Crackers With Brown Sugar:

Preheat the oven to 250 F.

Put a wire rack on top of an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet.

Quick note: I don’t have a problem with these sticking to the wire rack, but if you’re worried, you can use a little cooking spray on the rack first.

Cooking these on a wire rack means that all of the bacon grease will fall through the grates and your crackers won’t be sitting in soggy grease.

When the fat renders out of the bacon, it gets absorbed into the cracker and gives it that crunch you’re looking for. But, too much of that will make the crackers soggy.

Using foil is optional, but it will catch the grease instead of it pooling on the tray, making for really easy clean up.

Cut the strips of bacon into thirds.

Wrap one piece of the bacon around the center of a cracker, running across the shorter side.

It may overlap a little. That’s good. That will help the bacon stay around the cracker while it bakes.

Place the cracker, cut-edge down, on the wire rack.

Continue until all of the crackers are done.

Sprinkle the brown sugar on top of the bacon-wrapped cracker.

It should be about a half teaspoon per cracker.

You want to be generous with the sugar. It caramelizes and adds such a great sweetness to the appetizer. If you don’t add enough, you’ll get some really good bites and some mediocre bites.

Bake for 1.5 hours until the crackers are golden brown and the piece of bacon is cooked through and crispy.

Let these cool completely before serving. That will give the crackers a chance to harden up again and they’ll have a nice crunchy to them. If you eat them while they’re warm, the cracker will be soft and crumbly, making a big mess.

Bacon-Wrapped Crackers With Brown Sugar: Frequently Asked Questions

More Bacon-Wrapped Recipes:

Wrapping food in bacon is a great idea. If you’re looking for some more bacon-wrapped ideas, check out our Bacon-Wrapped Cocktail Wieners, which is a very similar appetizer, and Bacon-Wrapped Egg Cups, which is a fun breakfast idea.