Specially Selected Bacon Wrapped Sea Scallops

My family loves seafood, and especially shellfish. We frequently purchase shrimp from Aldi, and occasionally we get snow crab legs, king crab legs, or scallops as a treat.

With Valentine’s Day coming up, Aldi is selling bacon-wrapped scallops.

 

Specially Selected Bacon Wrapped Sea Scallops cost $6.99 for a 5-oz. box in February of 2025. When we first wrote about these in 2020, they were $6.99 for a 6-oz. box, so there is a bit of shrinkflation going on here.

In 2025, that price comes out to roughly $1.40 per ounce. It’s possible you could make your own bacon wrapped scallops for less money, if you don’t mind doing a little extra work.

These are an Aldi Find (Special Buy), which means they are only in stores for a short time. Each store receives one shipment, and they’re gone after that sells out. Aldi seems to bring these back from time to time, but you can’t order them online from Aldi if they’re currently out of stock at your local store.

In 2025, the scallops are a product of Japan. (They were a product of the U.S. when we wrote about them previously in 2020.) They are certified sustainable through the Marine Stewardship Council. They were wild caught in catch area FAO 61 in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean using a dredge method.

Ingredients are sea scallops and bacon (cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, and sodium nitrite).

If you’re watching out for allergens, naturally these contain molluscan shellfish (sea scallops).

One box equals one serving, which will net you 270 calories, 18 grams of total fat (23% DV), 7 grams of saturated fat (35% DV), 990 sodium (43% DV), 3 grams of total carbohydrates (1% DV), no dietary fiber or sugars, and 25 grams of protein.

The scallops can be prepared in the oven or on in the air fryer.

To bake them from frozen, preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove all packaging and place the scallops on an oven-safe tray. Bake for 25-30 minutes, flipping halfway through cooking, until an internal temperature of 165 degrees is achieved. If you want crispier bacon, broil on high for 3-4 minutes.

To air fry, preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees. Remove the scallops from the packaging and place them in a single layer in the air fryer. Cook for 17 to 20 minutes or until you reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees.

When we bought these in 2020, the box also had grilling instructions. To grill these, thaw them before cooking. Remove the scallops from all packaging and thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Preheat the grill to medium heat. Place the scallops on grill grates and grill for 7-9 minutes on each side, until an internal temperature of 165 degrees is achieved. The instructions recommend keeping a spray bottle of water nearby for any flare-ups.

These scallops were easy to prepare and were done baking in about 25-30 minutes, like the instructions stated. Next time I might give the baking sheet a light coating of nonstick spray because one or two scallops stuck a bit, but it wasn’t bad. I recommend using a rimmed baking sheet because a small amount of liquid comes out of the scallops as they bake. Some of the frozen scallops were stuck together when I opened the package to arrange them on the baking sheet, and I cracked one of the wooden skewers trying to separate them, so if your scallops don’t all separate easily, just wait until after baking to pull them apart.

They tasted delicious. The scallops were tender and sweet and almost buttery, and the bacon gave them just the right touch of saltiness. I didn’t broil these for the last few minutes, but the bacon was still somewhat crisp. I’m not sure I’ll buy these often because of their price, but they were a cinch to bake and were a nice treat to go with a special dinner. I’m glad we tried them.

The Verdict:

Specially Selected Bacon Wrapped Sea Scallops are easy to cook and taste great. The sweet tender scallops pair well with the salty, slightly crispy bacon. One downside is that you don’t get much in the box, but what you do get is really good.