These scrumptious Slow Cooker Grape Jelly and Mustard Meatballs are a hit at any party. The sauce is made with 2 simple ingredients to create the most amazing appetizer!
It’s the time of year for parties with friends and family. Easy appetizers like these Meatballs in Ketchup and Jelly Sauce and this Layered Taco Dip or are always on my list since I would much rather be joining in the fun than slaving in the kitchen.
These Grape Jelly Meatballs were always one of my favorites growing up. My mother used to make this recipe for her Holiday office party every year and I would beg for her to bring me home a plateful.
This is such a classic recipe that you must try! The sauce is created simply by combining equal parts grape jelly and yellow mustard. That’s it! It tastes so much fancier than it is!
To make it even more super simple, I used frozen meatballs. You can also find gluten free varieties if you need to as well.
How to Make Grape Jelly Meatballs in a Crockpot
Simply add the frozen meatballs or cooked homemade meatballs to your slow cooker.
Then mix 1 cup of Grape Jelly and 1 cup of Yellow Mustard together in a small saucepan.
Heat until jelly has melted and sauce is thoroughly combined.
Pour the sauce over the meatballs.
Cook for 3-4 hours on High. (If using unfrozen meatballs, you can decrease the cooking time to 2 hours)
If you are having a party or taking them to a party, keep setting setting on warm in the slow cooker and serve with toothpicks.
Slow Cooker Grape Jelly and Mustard Meatballs
Ingredients
- 2 lb meatballs
- 1 cup grape jelly
- 1 cup yellow mustard
Instructions
- Add the frozen meatballs or cooked homemade meatballs to your slow cooker.
- Then mix 1 cup of Grape Jelly and 1 cup of Yellow Mustard together in a small saucepan.
- Heat until jelly has melted and sauce is thoroughly combined.
- Pour the sauce over the meatballs.
- Cook for 3-4 hours on High. (If using unfrozen meatballs, you can decrease the cooking time to 2 hours)
- If you are having a party or taking them to a party, keep setting setting on warm in the slow cooker and serve with toothpicks.
Nutrition
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Sarah
It’s very good! Although I made a mistake, I just sorta tossed in the globs of grape jelly and squirted a bunch of mustard in without noticing the part about doing that part in a sauce pan, in the end it all heated up and melted just fine, just had to stir a bit more than probably intended lol, I remember my mom following this recipe quite a few years back for a tasty Christmas morning breakfast and really wanted to make it again, so I dug through her archive of favourited recipes and found this gem once more!
Colleen
Can you make a meal out of these?
Sherri
I certainly have 🙂
Stephanie
I can’t wait to try these!! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
Andrea Fogleman
I’ve had grape jelly and chili sauce on meatballs but not mustard. I will have to try this. Sounds awesome. Thanks for linking up to Scraptastic Saturdays. I’m featuring this post this Saturday.
Jerri
I’ve always been curious to try the “grape jelly meatballs.” Yours look so yummy! Thanks for linking up for Friday Favorites. I’m featuring you this week!
Miz Helen
Great Meatballs and so simple. Thanks for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope to see you soon!
Miz Helen
Miz Helen
Thanks so much for sharing this awesome recipe with our special edition of Full Plate Thursday. Hope you are enjoying your holidays and look forward to seeing you soon!
Miz Helen
Lori Hart
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swathi
Delicious meat balls, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop, pinning.
Kimberly
Hello cute lady! I bet these little gems made a lot of people happy! Pinned and tweeted. Thank you for being a part of our party. I hope to see you tonight at 7 pm. We love to party with you! Lou Lou Girls
Joy @ Joy Love Food
These look delicious! Love making meatballs in the slow cooker. I’ve done grape jelly and chili sauce before, but have never used mustard, will have to give it a try. Visiting from Inspiration Spotlight 🙂
Teri@The Freshman Cook
This sounds like a great idea for New Years Eve! Yum! I would love if you would stop by and share this at Celebrate It! It’s a blog party where we celebrate all the big and small moments that make up everyday life.
http://thefreshmancook.blogspot.com/2014/12/celebrate-it-blog-party-23.html
Brittany @ Fun on a Budget Blog
You had me at 3 ingredients!! I will be making these for my next get together 🙂
Sarah @ Sarah's Kitchen
Oh yumm these look good!
Jess
This is one of my favs! YUMMY!
Thanks for joining the Link Up this week!
Cathy
Love this, jelly and mustard, I would never have guessed! This is great for my New Years Eve party! 🙂
Cathy