Bacon flavored Chocolate Cupcake

Yes, so I decided to try out this fad of chocolate and bacon combo in my cupcakes.  Being a bit wary of how it would turn out, I cut down the recipe in half and modified it slightly (recipe based on Dark Chocolate Bacon Cupcakes).  Hey, just because people rave about this, doesn't mean it'll actually be good...although how could anyone not love bacon? hehe

Ingredients: - makes 24 mini cupcakes
1 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened chocolate chips (more if you want the chocolate to stand out)
3/4-1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp sea salt
1 egg
1/2 cup brewed strong coffee
1/2 cup buttermilk (or 1/2 cup milk with 1 1/2 tsp vinegar)
1/4 cup bacon fat**
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

**if you use chopped up bacon instead, substitute bacon fat with butter or vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 375F.
In a sauce pan, combine hot coffee and chocolate and place over low heat on the stove.  Whisk until smooth.
In a large bowl, mix bacon fat and sugar until smooth - add the egg and mix thoroughly.  Add buttermilk and vanilla extract.
In another bowl, combine the rest of the dry ingredients.  Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients slowly as you mix. Once blended, spoon the batter into prepared mini muffin pan.
Bake for about 20 min or until toothpick comes out clean.  Turn off oven and let pan sit in oven for about 5 min then remove and let the pan set over a wire rack to cool.
Frost with chocolate icing or any other icing of your choice.

RESULT:
light and fluffy cupcakes and was actually better than expected.  Has this salty/sweet combo - can't really taste the bacon unless you know it's there.  All in all, good experiment and comments were good :)