In our Best of 2008 [1] poll, the majority of you picked pomegranate as your favorite trendy ingredient [2] this year. However, Yum and I have to disagree. Due to its incredible popularity and extreme exposure (it's been seen everywhere from wrapped around hot dogs to dipped in chocolate [3]) — bacon is our editor's pick for favorite trendy ingredient.

The craze for bacon continues: Now there's a way to add bacon to any website! Bacolicio.us [4] makes everything taste better with bacon — including YumSugar.com [5]!

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