Description
Delicious grape jelly meatballs simmered in a sweet and tangy chili sauce, perfect as a crowd-pleasing appetizer or party snack.
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 begins to simmer, stirring often to blend the flavors well.
- Arrange meatballs: Place the frozen fully cooked meatballs into a large slow cooker evenly.
- Add the sauce: Pour the heated grape jelly and chili sauce mixture over the meatballs, ensuring they are well coated.
- Slow cook: Cover and cook the meatballs on the low setting of the slow cooker for 3 hours or until thoroughly heated and flavors are melded.
- Serve: Once hot, stir gently, then serve the meatballs warm as a delicious appetizer or snack.
Notes
- Use homestyle fully cooked meatballs for the best texture and flavor; avoid Italian seasoned varieties to keep the flavor balanced.
- If you prefer a thicker sauce, reduce the grape jelly slightly or let the sauce simmer longer before pouring over meatballs.
- For portability, keep the slow cooker on warm setting during serving for parties.
- These meatballs can also be cooked on high for 1.5 hours if you need to shorten cooking time, but low and slow yields better flavor.
- Serve with toothpicks for easy party snacking.
