Piggy Pops

Chocolate, toffee and loads of bacon in a lollipop.

This little piggy…well, no doubt will head straight into your mouth.

Forget going to the market or home, not when this little guy is so irresistible.

Piggy Pops are fun pig-shaped bacon toffee lollipops made by none other than Chefs Duskie Eskes and John Stewart, who own Zazu Restaurant + Farm just west of Santa Rosa, Bovolo Restaurant in Healdsburg, and Black Pig Meat Company, a producer of premium meat, bacon and salami made from their heritage breeds.

Eskes and Stewart know their pork. After all, they were crowned victorious in this year’s Cochon555 heritage pork cook-off at Aspen Food & Wine.

The lollipop is made with plenty — and I mean, plenty — of sweet-salty bits of their black pig bacon, dry-cured with brown sugar before smoking. The bacon is enrobed in caramel toffee, which hardens to the consistency of rock sugar, before the back of the piggy is dipped into dark chocolate.

Recently, I had a chance to try a sample. The lollipops are quite decadent tasting, with a buttery rich salty-sweet flavor. Because the sticks aren’t stuck in too deeply, though, you’ll most likely need to use your fingers to hold onto it before you finish it.

Piggy Pops are $4 each and available here.

More: My Visit to Bovolo

And: My Q&A with Duskie Estes

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Date: Thursday, 1. September 2011 5:25
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  1. Rosa
    Thursday, 1. September 2011 5:52
    1

    Very cute!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

  2. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
    Thursday, 1. September 2011 6:01
    2

    Oh my deliciousness! They look so cute :D

  3. hungry dog
    Thursday, 1. September 2011 6:05
    3

    Wow. I am intrigued. They sure are cute, whether or not they taste good!

  4. Kelly
    Thursday, 1. September 2011 6:53
    4

    Can anything called a piggy pop possibly be bad? Those do look decadent and cute to boot. They look like the perfect size because they look so rich I cannot imagine eating much more.

  5. VeggieGirl
    Thursday, 1. September 2011 7:25
    5

    Ha! Cute :D

  6. Tami
    Thursday, 1. September 2011 8:21
    6

    I might have to buy a few….or maybe an entire case.

  7. Lauren @ Healthy Delicious
    Thursday, 1. September 2011 9:53
    7

    oh my word. I think I just died and went to heaven. This sounds incredible! Can’t wait to try them!

  8. Andrea Nguyen
    Thursday, 1. September 2011 10:37
    8

    That’s practically piggy pop porn, CJ. If they can make an ice piggy pop then it would be a double whammy.

  9. Carroll
    Thursday, 1. September 2011 12:24
    9

    Heh — Andrea (above) gets my nomination for “Comment of the Week” award :-)

    So, the ones in your picture are perfect — but the ones on their web-site appear to be totally dipped. I wonder if they offer both, and if one can request the other version when ordering…??

    Any Piggy Pop People reading who might be able to advise?

  10. Juliana
    Thursday, 1. September 2011 13:27
    10

    Oh! So cute the little piggy :-)
    Hope you have a great Labor Day weekend Carolyn!

  11. Denise @There's a Newf in My Soup!
    Thursday, 1. September 2011 14:24
    11

    Well, those are the Cat’s Meow…or should I say the ‘Pig’s Squeak’ Too cute!

  12. yummy supper
    Thursday, 1. September 2011 18:02
    12

    Carolyn, So funny that you are writing about Dusky and John – they are close buddies some of my best friends, yet I’ve never met those two. They are supposed to be great people, chefs, and total pig aficionados! I hadn’t heard of those piggy pops. Yum!
    -Erin

  13. Amy Tong
    Thursday, 1. September 2011 21:05
    13

    I want one of these little piggies in my mouth right now! LOL…So adorable and so tempting. Hm…black pig bacon with toffee and dark chocolate? How can I resist!? Thanks for introducing them to me.

  14. Jerry Hingle
    Friday, 2. September 2011 6:43
    14

    This is outrageous! I love it!

  15. Beth Michelle
    Friday, 2. September 2011 9:12
    15

    DYING!!! I love these! SO cute and sound amazingggg

  16. JasmyneTea
    Saturday, 3. September 2011 0:14
    16

    How cute! Unfortunately I can’t get them through customs :(

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    17

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  18. sara
    Sunday, 4. September 2011 17:14
    18

    OMG, love these! Looks like they’re available around San Francisco, so I definitely need to snag one! Thanks for the heads up. :)

  19. Magic of Spice
    Monday, 5. September 2011 18:16
    19

    Oh how my sons would love these…too cute :)

  20. foodgal
    Tuesday, 13. September 2011 20:50
    20

    Carroll: I have your answer. The photo of the Piggy Pops on the Black Pig Meat Co.’s Web site is the first incarnation of the lollipops. Now, however, they are coated in chocolate the way you see in my photo above.

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    21

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  22. Jess
    Thursday, 29. March 2012 10:39
    22

    Carolyn, thanks for sharing. these are awesome! I’ll have to buy some to honor my old namesake.

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