Olives come stuffed with any variety of things these days—pick your favorites and whip up a fresh batch of bacon-wrapped olives and tomatoes! It’s the perfect play on salty and sweet for noshing at the cocktail party.

Select olives that are packed in oil—they tend to be less salty and acidic than olives packed in brine or vinegar. Since thick cut bacon takes too long to get crispy (you don’t want to burn the olives), we used bacon with a regular thickness—nothing too thick or fancy! Once these babies are dusted with brown sugar then baked, they’ll become slightly sweet and crispy. The olives will practically fly off the plate!

A fresh batch of bacon-wrapped olives and tomatoes.

Bacon-Wrapped Olives and Tomatoes Recipe

Forget the cheese tray—these stuffed bacon-wrapped olives and tomatoes are the new cocktail party showstoppers!

Ingredients
 

Yield: 30 olives
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Instructions
 

  • Taste the olives that you’re using to make sure they are not too salty. (Oil-packed olives are usually less salty.) If they are salty, or if they were packed in brine, rinse the olives well, or soak them in water for up to 4 hours to remove some of the salt.
  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees then line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Cut bacon strips into thirds cross-wise to form 30 short strips.
  • Cut each olive and each tomato in half at its equator. Put the cut sides of an olive and a tomato together, wrap in a strip of bacon and secure with a toothpick. Arrange bacon wrapped olives and tomatoes on the baking sheet on their sides with the bacon seams facing up. Space as far apart as possible.
  • Bake for 20 minutes then remove from the oven. Turn each one over then sprinkle with a bit of the brown sugar. Return the olives to the oven to bake for an additional 10–15 minutes or until the bacon reaches desired crispness. Remove from oven then let cool for 5 minutes before serving. Enjoy!

Notes

To decrease the salt, soak olives in water for a bit before making this appetizer and they’ll taste just fabulous!
Calories: 27kcal, Carbohydrates: 1g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 2g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g, Monounsaturated Fat: 0.004g, Cholesterol: 5mg, Sodium: 116mg, Potassium: 22mg, Fiber: 0.1g, Sugar: 1g
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Bacon-wrapped olives and tomatoes recipe