Mmmmm, bacon. Mmmmmmmmmmm, white chocolate.

That peculiar Minnesota-born combination was served up in a bust of Conan O'Brien during his "Tonight Show" monologue Wednesday night on NBC-TV.

The 305-pound carving was a gift from the people at No Name Premium Meats of St. Michael, who responded to the slender star's on-air pledge that he would do his show for a week from the Minnesota State Fair if he could get his body weight in chocolate-covered bacon.

That pledge, made during an interview with NBC affiliate KARE a few months ago, caught the attention of the No Name people.

"[O'Brien] obviously loves bacon," company marketing director Josh Henderson said Thursday, recounting how the gag got started. "So, why don't we send him a good, old-fashioned Minnesota welcome?"

State Fair butter carver Linda Christensen -- -- you know, the one who does those Princess Kay of the Milky Way sculptures -- turned 300 pounds of white chocolate and 5 pounds of thick-cut hickory bacon into O'Brien's likeness.

The artwork was sent to Los Angeles in a refrigerated truck, then found its way onto the show. From inside the studio, O'Brien ushered the bust outside for display, only to have the head fall off.

And there was one other hiccup in all of the dietary hilarity. O'Brien mistakenly credited the State Fair with the generous gastronomic gesture.

Henderson -- -- after all, he is in marketing -- acknowledged that he wishes No Name would've gotten the coast-to-coast nod. Even so, he said, he has no hard feelings. "I love the State Fair."

As for O'Brien making good on his word and bringing his show to the Great Minnesota Get-Together:

"As much as everyone at 'The Tonight Show' appreciates the unique gift, we are still breaking in our new home at Universal Studios Hollywood and have no plans to take the show on the road at this time," said NBC spokesman Drew Shane.

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