Two great tastes that taste great together?

Is this WIN? I mean, it includes bacon, which is a guaranteed WIN ingredient, but I'm just not sure:

It's hard to tell exactly where the dream of candy-coated breakfast meats started, but for [candy maker Joseph Marini III], the inspiration was a trip with some ski buddies a while back.

"One guy came up with, 'Who doesn't love bacon? Who doesn't love chocolate? Let's marry them together.'"

So Marini gave it a shot and after some trial and error — crispness is key, he says, noting that chewy bacon plus chocolate is undelicious — he came up with a product.

"It was kind of a joke to begin with," he says. "We brought it down to the boardwalk and put it in a case just to see if people would react, and they reacted."

Take boardwalk visitor Nathan Lopez, who on a recent foggy morning had a quizzical look on his face as he began eating a sample at Marini's at the Beach. But he finished with a smile.

"Interesting combination," was the verdict. "I didn't think it would be very good but once I tried it; it was good."

To be honest, I don't have much of a sweet tooth, and I really don't think bacon needs much help in the flavor department, but I'd be willing to try it. After all, it sounds terribly unhealthy, so how bad could it be?

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