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I made candied bacon over the thanksgiving weekend. It was to die for!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alexandra-guarnaschelli/candied-bacon-recipe.html

Though I recommend taking the foil off of the top about halfway through. It didn't really crisp until I did that.

I would cook as much bacon in batches as I could on cookie sheets and freeze them already cooked. You can just layer them on sheets of paper towel, roll them up, and put in ziploc freezer bags. That way, you can pull out a few slices, microwave to crisp/reheat, and be on your way. You also reduce the bulk of the bacon (i.e. the grease) but save the grease! It makes the best eggs!

I would also semi-freeze some of the bacon until its firm and easier to cut, and then chop it up into smaller pieces for something like spaghetti carbonara or bacon sauteed veggies. I hate having hard chunk of bacon to have to try and chop up later.

I would try to keep some of the bacon in 1-2lbs packages, double or triple wrapped in plastic wrap, then put into gallon ziploc freezer bags with all the air sucked out to keep against freezer burn. I think packing all of it in 6 slice portions you are risking a lot of freezer burn.

I love making black bean and bacon soup, and I've frozen it and eaten about 6 weeks later and it was still good.

Eat it. We go through at least 2lbs a week. I'm ignoring that new study about how bacon causes cancer and is going to kill me.

I would think too you can cook it up and then keep the crumbles frozen to be added to soups and things later.

Cook and crumble!
Baked potato soup
Bacon and Cheese waffles
Candied bacon
Bacon wrapped tater tots
Use for tacos

I have a delicious Zuppa Toscana soup recipe with bacon! It's sooo good

Zuppa Toscano
1 lb sausage
1/2 lb bacon (or use a whole lb haha)
1qt H2O
32 oz chicken broth
2 lg russet potatoes- cut into small pieces
2 garlic cloves
1 med onion- chopped
2 cups chopped kale or Swiss chard or spinach
1 cup almond milk or whatever milk you prefer

Yeah, I would have said six months.

Omg make some bacon wrapped dates! I don't even like dates, but wrapped in bacon they are amazing: salty, chewy, sweet, oh they're good!

@youboots: I freeze chicken in bulk. I did a lot of research on how to prevent freezer burn. I saran wrapped each piece, squeezing out as much air as possible, and then wrapped the pieces in aluminum foil. I don't know if it's possible to do that with chunks of bacon but might be worth a try.