These are delicious as appetizers. Note: If you like, you can use 1 cup of your preferred barbecue sauce in place of the ketchup and brown sugar.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 5 |
| Yield: | 4 to 6 servings |
Ingredients
- ½ pound bacon, cut in half
- 1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts
- ¾ cup ketchup
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Wrap 1/2 strip of bacon around each water chestnut. Combine ketchup and sugar in a small bowl and mix together; dip each wrapped water chestnut into this mixture.
- Place water chestnuts in a lightly greased 9×13 inch baking dish and bake covered in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until bacon is crisp.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 349 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 36 g |
| Cholesterol | 31 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 789 mg |
| Sugars | 31 g |
| Fat | 21 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I didn’t think these were very good. Made as an appetizer and they didn’t go over well.
I followed the recipe with exception to the ketchup. I used one cup ketchup, 1/2 cup Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ sauce and 1/2 cup Chili sauce for coating the bacon wrapped chestnuts. Baked as directed, but then covered with aluminum foil and refrigerated until ready to take on picnic. I put foiled covered baking tray on grill and reheated appetizers for 10 minutes on medium heat. Everyone raved. Will be making these again for sure. Might substitute one of the sauces with Hoisin sauce for a little more heat.
I had never heard of water chestnuts until my daughter in law made some with bacon. She uses soya sauce over night. They were amazing delicious thank you to my daughter in law for introducing me to this appetizer
Either way, with bbq sauce, or follow the recipe. These are a big hit evertime I serve these at any event.
These were good, but I think I would have liked them better with just brown sugar sprinkled over them and baked. Just personal preference. I am not so sure I prefer to have Ketchup with my bacon.
I wrapped them and put toothpicks in to secure them, then left them in longer than it called for, but they were delicious after not having them since I was 8.
These are great for get togethers and BBQs. We take them to church fellowships. They are quite addicting.
Yummy.
My grandma has been making these tasty little morsels for years. She would do one thing different though. She wrapped the chestnuts in bacon, baked them until brown and then dipped each one in the sauce with a toothpick and arranged them nicely on a plate… So easy, yet so good…
These were very good. I cut the bacon in thirds like others suggested. The sauce is really sweet, almost too sweet. Cooked them longer than stated, cause I like crispy bacon. Will make again, with maybe a different sauce mixture.
WOOHOOO! These were awesome… and gone if 15 seconds flat! Huge huge hit at the birthday bash and will definitely be making them again.
I made these for my bowling party and they were all gone,thanks for the recipe.
Everybody loved them! Took a little longer to cook the bacon than the recipe calls for and really important to drain the grease all the way. Prrrrfect 5!
One of my friends always makes these when she has a get together. They are delicious. They are always the first thing gone. YUMMY!
I love bacon wrapped water chestnuts. They taste great and you can serve them with so many different sauces. They seem to go with everything, even honey. I also love them in a mustard sauce.
I absolutely love this recipe and it is so easy to make. However, I cut the bacon into thirds and didn’t need toothpicks to secure them. I cooked for 30 minutes without the sauce and drained as much grease as I could then used a spoon the pour the sauce onto each one then cooked for another 20-30 minutes. I doubled the recipe for a party and we a good bit of sauce left over so I had to make more later that week. Quick, easy and delicious!!!!!
These were a big hit at my party! I received many compliments and several people asked me for the recipe! I definetly will serve these again!
My family really loved this recipe, out of all the appetizers we made for a party this was the best. I made a few changes to the basice recipe though. I precooked the bacon in the microwave, and heated up the ketchup and sugar in a pot ahead of time to make the sauce, poured it over the bacon wrapped water chestnuts on a baking sheet where i baked them in the oven for 5 minutes. Also i used half regular ketchup, half kickers for some extra spice.
I have been making these for a few years now. But instead of the ketchup sauce I marinate them in soy sauce for a few hours and then bake. Makes it even easier and plenty tasty!
These tasty morsels are always so popular when I bring them to a party. I cut the bacon in thirds, wrap each whole water chestnut with the bacon (securing each with a toothpick), then dollop each one with Masterpiece BBQ sauce. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes and just wait for the compliments! Everyone is so amazed at how easy they are to make when I tell them the recipe.
I did what one reviewer suggested and omited the ketchup. I only sprinkled brown sugar on top. They were delicious – my husband couldn’t get enough of them! I did have a little problem with getting the bacon browned so I put the broiler on for a few minutes at the end of the cooking time.