Pumpkin does indeed pair well with bacon, and any other pork product you might like to try. Just remember to cut the sweetness and spices, or your pie will taste like dessert with bacon=yuk. We omitted the vanilla extract, ginger, and cloves, and cut the brown sugar to 1/2cup, and half/half to 2/3cup to make pie less jiggly. Added some chopped onion-to your own taste-and a 1/4tsp. nutmeg. My sons ate it all at one sitting. You can subs. shredded cheese for some of the cream cheese called for , maybe 3/4 cup, haven't tried it yet. Thanks Crawford for this versatile and tasty combination!

Triple-dog-dare by ~S~. Awesome idea. I made a few preference changes. Made my own graham crust. Adjusted the recipe to make "9 servings," which made one decently filled 10-inch springform. Used a little more than the full amount of bacon for 9 servings, but cut it into bite-size pieces for managability - glad I did. Used canned pumpkin cuz I had some. Omitted the allspice & clove cuz I don't care for it so much. The rest of the recipe was made as directed - and it is delicious. This particular recipe may not be for you, but it sounds way weirder than it tastes. And pumpkin and bacon absolutely DO go together - there are many, many recipes that support it. Thanks for the recipe - I'm going to do one of these at Thanksgiving! :)

I did not care for this recipe! Bacon and pumpkin is not a good combination! TRUST ME! It was so embarassing to serve this to my new boyfriend.

It was great. The texture of the pie was wonderful. Sometimes the pumpkin is a bit... quivery. (Which, if you love quivery pumpkin pie, this may not be the recipe for you) This was more solid and delicious. Rave reviews. I will make this again!