Sweet Hot Chili Bacon Sticks

We had these at a get-together recently and I had to get the recipe. They're different and delicious and easy enough to prepare for guests.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 12  slices bacon
• 12  8-inch  breadsticks
• 3⁄4 cup  packed light brown sugar
• 1  tablespoon  hot  pure chile powder

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Stretch and spiral one strip of bacon around each breadstick from top to bottom.
3. Combine brown sugar and chili powder on a plate; roll the breadsticks in the sugar mixture and place on a rack over a foil-lined cookie sheet.
4. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until sugar is carmelized and bacon is brown.
5. Remove pan from oven; the breadsticks will be kind of limp and soggy but when cooled they harden.
6. Served when cooled and hardened.