Description
These Grape Jelly Meatballs are a perfect party appetizer featuring tender meatballs glazed in a sweet and tangy sauce made from grape jelly and Heinz Chili Sauce. Slow-cooked to perfection, they’re deliciously easy to prepare and sure to be a crowd-pleaser.
Ingredients
Scale
Sauce
- 32 ounces grape jelly
- 24 ounces Heinz Chili Sauce (2 bottles of 12 ounces each)
Meatballs
- 5 pounds frozen fully cooked homestyle meatballs (not Italian flavor)
Instructions
- Prepare the sauce: In a medium saucepan, combine the grape jelly and Heinz Chili Sauce. Heat over medium heat until the mixture starts to simmer, stirring frequently to blend the flavors.
- Combine meatballs and sauce: Place the frozen meatballs into a large slow cooker, then pour the warm grape jelly and chili sauce mixture evenly over the meatballs.
- Slow cook: Cover and cook on low heat for 3 hours until the meatballs are heated through and tender.
- Serve: Once cooked, serve the meatballs hot as a flavorful appetizer or side dish.
Notes
- For best flavor, use homestyle meatballs instead of Italian-flavored ones to maintain the classic sweet and tangy taste.
- If you want to prepare this recipe quicker, you can heat the coated meatballs in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally until warmed through.
- These meatballs can also be made a day ahead and reheated in the slow cooker on low before serving.
- Adjust the sweetness or tanginess by adding more grape jelly or chili sauce as preferred.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 meatball
- Calories: 120 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 400 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 14 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
