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Bacon Wrapped Bratwurst Bites (+Video)

These Bacon Wrapped Bratwurst Bites appetizers are fully cooked sausages wrapped in smoked bacon and sweetened with a bit of brown sugar.

A DELICIOUS BITE-SIZED APPETIZER

Brat (pronounced “braht”) is short for bratwurst. It’s a pretty popular sausage in the midwest and northern areas of this country where there is a heavy concentration of folks that are of Eastern European descent. They are flavorful smoked sausages. They get even better when you wrap them in bacon!

Bacon-Wrapped Sausage Bites on a plate

CAN I USE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SAUSAGE?

I’m pretty sure you could wrap anything up in bacon and it would be good. And these are no exception. You could also make these with Lit’l Smokies. As long as it is a fully cooked sausage, you can use it in this recipe.

Bacon-Wrapped Bratwurst party appetizer recipe from The Country Cook

INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)

  • smoked (fully cooked) brats
  • bacon
  • light brown sugar
  • dry mustard powder
smoked bratwurst, bacon, light brown sugar, dry mustard powder

HOW TO MAKE BACON WRAPPED BRATWURST BITES:

Preheat oven to 425F degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. These little suckers are gonna drip a little grease as they cook. Lining your sheet with parchment paper will really help with clean up later. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar with dry mustard.

brown sugar and dry mustard powder mixed together in a small bowl

Cut up each brat into three pieces (you can make them smaller if you like.)

sliced bratwurst on a cutting board

Cut up each bacon slice into three pieces as well. Wrap each brat slice with a slice of bacon. Don’t worry, you don’t need to secure it with anything. They stick to each other pretty nicely. Roll each bacon wrapped brat with the brown sugar mixture. 

rolling bacon wrapped bratwurst in brown sugar mixture

Then place on baking sheet and continue with the rest of them. This recipe will make 24.

bacon wrapped brats on a baking tray covered with parchment paper

Bake brats for 25-30 minutes, until bacon is crispy. These brats do produce some grease from the bacon. If you’d like, after baking, you can place the brats on some paper towels before putting them on plates to absorb any extra grease. To serve, just insert toothpicks in each one. Then serve with your favorite types of mustards; yellow, honey mustard, spicy brown, etc.

Bacon Wrapped Brats appetizer and party food on a white plate with toothpicks

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Originally published: January 2012
Updated photos & republished: December 2019

Bacon-Wrapped Sausage Bites on a plate

Bacon Wrapped Bratwurst Bites

These Bacon Wrapped Bratwurst Bites appetizers are fully cooked sausages wrapped in smoked bacon and sweetened with a bit of brown sugar.
5 from 6 votes
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 24

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425F degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a small bowl, combine brown sugar with dry mustard.
  • Cut up each brat into three pieces (you can make them smaller if you like).
  • Cut up each bacon slice into three pieces as well.
  • Wrap each brat piece with a slice of bacon.
  • Roll each bacon wrapped brat into the brown sugar mixture. Then place on baking sheet and continue with the rest of them.
  • Bake brats for 25-30 minutes, until bacon is crispy.
  • These brats do produce some grease from the bacon. If you'd like, after baking, you can place the brats on some paper towels before putting them on plates to absorb any extra grease.

Video

YouTube video

Notes

  • To serve, just insert toothpicks in each one. And serve with your favorite types of mustards; yellow, honey mustard, spicy brown, etc.
  • This recipe works well with Lit’l Smokies too!
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American

Nutrition

Calories: 96kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 7g | Sodium: 178mg | Sugar: 4g

Nutritional Disclaimer

“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.

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13 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    I’ve made something like this with hot dogs but never rolled them in brown sugar. These look awesome! Definitely some man food right there!

  2. My mom made these and my family continues now she's gone only difference is we put them in a slw cooker and pour the sugar mixture over top and cook on low 4 to 6 hours Smokie's, wieners, about any kind works well.

  3. Oh my, those sure do look tasty! I will have to try them. I live in Indiana, but I grew up in Oklahoma, and have to admit I say Krogers as well! LOL It's funny, we had a grocery store here in town that was named Cox grocery, but I always called it Coxs. My friends had a lot of fun at my expense because I always added an S. Don't know why I do it, but can't stop myself. LOL

  4. Oh yeah! Not more than 20 minutes ago I spied some leftover li'l smokies in the fridge and wondered what I would do with them. WA-LA! Here you are with this fabulous idea. Gonna make them soon. GREAT idea! LOVE your mama's 'talk' too. =)

  5. Looks delicious! We make a variation on these every Christmas, but have never tried it with the brown sugar/dry mustard mix–will do that this year!:)

  6. I didn't think you could make brats any better! We may have a playoff party and these will certainly make the menu…yum, yum!!!