not your typical dessert.

To me, a dessert without chocolate is like the Beatles without Ringo. It just doesn't come out right.

So when this article popped up on my Twitter feed, I was appalled and perplexed… furious even. What right does bacon have tainting my favorite part of every meal, injecting its obnoxious self into all my dessert favorites?

I couldn’t let the deplorable bacon win. Almost out of spite, I tried this recipe:

Chocolate-Bacon-Peanut Bark

8 strips cooked, chopped bacon

2 cups semisweet chocolate

1 cup unsalted peanuts

Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

Add chocolate to a large pan, melt over medium/low heat. Using a spatula, stir continuously, until smooth and creamy.

Stir in the bacon and peanuts. Pour onto the prepared baking sheet and spread to 3/8-inch thickness. Refrigerate for a minimum of 1 hour. The bark should be hard and chilled.

Place bark on a cutting board and cut into pieces — any size or shape you'd like. Serve at about room temperature.

The nerve. How could bacon do such a thing?

Chocolate and peanuts, sure. They’ve been pleasing taste palettes in trail mix and candy bars since who knows when. But could this dependable duo withstand when bacon crashes the party?

I just had to know.

I’ve got to give the recipe points for easiness. With only three ingredients—chocolate, peanuts, bacon—and three steps—melt, mix, spread—it was ready in a snap. For this college student swimming in a sea of assignments and tests, this recipe was a quick and convenient way to test the waters of pig-infested desserts.

I’ll admit, I winced a little bit when dropping handfuls of bacon into the bowl of creamy, rich chocolate and crunchy peanuts. Peanuts and chocolate are such a natural combination, why ruin it? And with something as outlandish as bacon?

Oh, the insanity. Why?

Because salty-sweet just works, that’s why.

At first bite, I sat there for a minute. Huh. You know, it’s not that bad.

As much as I wanted to hate this recipe, as much as I wanted the bacon to fail, it was actually really good.

The bacon in this tasty trifecta adds a different sort of crunch, a different sort of salty that the peanuts just can’t offer. The bacon is crisp, yet chewy. Combined with peanuts and the smooth, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate, the texture of the bacon is a nice contrast and adds a savory, smoky flavor to the sweet mix.

Everyone freaks out when walking by the chocolate-covered bacon kiosk at the fair. And yet, it’s there, year after year. They must be doing something right.

Okay, bacon. I’ve got to give it to you. You bring out some interesting flavors in chocolate and peanuts that are oddly satisfying.

Still, don’t think I’m going to go slapping a piece of bacon on all my Reese’s cups. That’s just ridiculous.