So, the inventor of the Knoxville Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookie, Lindsay Beeson, is sadly no longer with us as a designer at the Metro Pulse, but happily pursuing a baked goods career. Note well: the KBCCC is still available at Saturday Market Square Farmer's Markets through November, at the Java booth. And it's also appearing consistently at Market Square's Coffee and Chocolate, and some other venues occasionally, and is still my pick for a signature item that will catch on elsewhere and put Knoxville on another fold of the culinary map.
Why was I even contemplating this salty confection? Well, since one of Lindsay's new gigs is assisting at Magpies Bakery, and I'd heard they had a bacon-beer cupcake going on, I couldn't help but wonder if there was a connection. There's not. Magpies did, in fact, beat Beeson to the punch last spring on the "bacon in a sweet thing" concept, with its Maple Bacon cupcake created especially for a Mother's Day breakfast box and Baconfest. "The cupcake batter included some bacon fat and bacon, with maple buttercream icing sprinkled with crispy bacon bits and a drizzle of fresh maple," I was informed by Maren Hillgert, one of the baker brigade at Magpies, whose talk just makes me real, real hungry. But while they've got a Guinness cupcake right now, special for October, there's no more bacon on the horizon. Didn't people like it? "They loved them," says Maren.
Maybe later. What there is to look forward to at Magpies, starting with the Nov. 6 First Friday tasting, is the "pie series." Pecan praline, sweet potato, and caramel apple. Plus they'll have pumpkin cake with caramel cream cheese icing throughout the holiday months. If you want to follow their calendar, check out the website and the blog. If you're wondering where a bacon-loving sweet tooth should look next, well, let's see what happens at Coolato Gelato on Gay Street.
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