Sweet and Spicy Bacon Sweet Potato Soup

Ingredients

• 8 small sweet potatoes
• 1 onion
• 1 carrot
• 1 orange
• 4 slices bacon
• 1/2 tsp. sea salt, plus more to taste
• 1/2 tsp. chipotle pepper, more or less depending on your spice preference
• 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 3 c chicken stock
• 2 tsp. maple syrup, plus more to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste