Why just put bacon, pineapple, and BBQ sauce on top of your burger when you can roll all of those flavors up into one incredible bacon-wrapped package? (After all, you know what they say: “Good things come in bacon-wrapped packages.”)

Don’t you hate when you’re eating a burger and the toppings go sliding off onto your lap? We solved that problem by wrapping everything up together, which also really allows the sweet and smoky flavors to permeate the meat. Once you taste how much island flair our Hawaiian-inspired burger has, you’ll never eat a plain hamburger again.

And guess what? You don’t even need to fire up the grill. Since you mix the BBQ sauce in with the hamburger beef, this burger actually tends to fall apart if you cook it on a grill — no good. That’s why we decided to cook our burgers in the oven, and the results are mouthwatering.

Make this burger even more over-the-top with a slice of cheese— ’cause you know that if bacon, pineapple, and cheese make such a good team on pizza, they’ll be amazing on a burger. Or you could also use this bacon-wrapping technique to dress up chicken breasts, or go really exotic and sub teriyaki for the BBQ sauce.

Bacon-Wrapped Pineapple Burgers

Makes 4 burgers
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 pounds lean ground beef
• ½ cup prepared barbecue sauce
• Kosher salt, to taste
• Ground black pepper, to taste
• 4 canned sliced pineapple rings
• 8 slices bacon
• Hamburger buns (optional)
• Hamburger toppings (optional)

Directions

Here’s an amazing burger recipe for vegetarians — they’re made out of beautiful purple beets and feta cheese.

Recipe adapted from All Recipes.