Foodies, if you go hog wild over bacon, here’s the event you won’t want to miss.
The second BaCon – the Bacon Festival of Cleveland, Tennessee – returns on Saturday, April 13, with more than 150 pork or bacon-flavored foods to sample. In addition to the expected barbecue, tacos and BLTs, there will be bacon-flavored popcorn, chocolate-covered bacon and bacon-wrapped corn dogs.
Ever tried a chocolate-covered Twinkie with bacon crusting? How about a “tacho”? That’s a fried tater tot and bacon topped with nacho cheese sauce.
“About the only food there that’s not bacon is lemonade and a handful of desserts,” says Marty Pippin, who is BaCon co-organizer with owner Nikki Beaty.
Last year’s inaugural BaCon was held on the Cleveland Greenway and drew an estimated 20,000 visitors.