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Looking for an easy party appetizer? Or a delicious twist on your meatball sandwiches?
How about making some Easy Crockpot Meatballs! They’re sweet… and tangy… and oh-so-tasty!
What You’ll Need:
- Frozen Meatballs {try this Easy Meatball Recipe}
- One Can of Jellied Cranberry Sauce, or less per your tastes {14 oz.}
- 1 Bottle of Heinz Chili Sauce {12 oz.}
What You’ll Do:
- Combine the cranberry jelly and chili sauce in a bowl, then stir.
- Based upon your preferences, you can alter the proportions of cranberry jelly {sweet} and chili sauce {tangy}.
- Add frozen meatballs to crockpot, and cover with sauce mixture.
- Heat on high for 3 hours, stirring occasionally. Let simmer on low.
- Enjoy! These get gobbled up so quickly at my house! They’re sweet… and tangy… and super-easy to make!
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Hummm….sounds so good! Cook for my party please!
We make a very similar recipe, but we use grape jelly instead of cranberry sauce. Thanks for sharing!
I make mine with bbq sauce and grape jelly, same proportions. If I’m making it for a dinner party, I add sriracha hot sauce (Thai hot sauce, the kind with the green lid and rooster on front.) They are amazingly good and you can buy bbq sauce in the summer for next to nothing, so these are super-cheap to make!
I make mine like Cindy, but I want to try your way or even mixing the grape jelly with the cranberry sauce.
I know these go fast I am going to try your recipe as I normally use grape jelly and barbq sauce
I haven’t tried this combo. I usually do just the chili sauce or I do the cranberry sauce with sauerkraut. Thanks for the new idea!
Sounds delish!!
Looks yummy! We’re looking forward to game day around here too!
I made these for a recent family gathering. They were a HUGE hit and gone in minutes!! Thank you for this yummy recipe!
You’re very welcome, Laura! I’m so glad you liked them!
~ Heidi
I have an extra can of Cranberry sauce from last year’s Thanksgiving that I need to use up, this would be perfect, thanks!
I just made these for Christmas! Everyone was anxiously awaiting my arrival! I have made them both ways (jelly or cranberry sauce). Cranberry sauce is usually cheaper, so that’s what I’ve been doing lately.
I go to Aldi, and the grape jelly is actually cheaper than cranberry jelly unless you stock up on the cranberry sauce/jelly around the holidays for a buck a can. I’ve also used red raspberry jam in this recipe with chicken/turkey meatballs, for ppl who can’t eat red meat. It’s good, either way. I prefer the beef.
I’m making this tonight! Can’t wait!
If I made the meatballs from scratch do I need to freeze them add them into the crock pot after I’ve already cooked them in the oven? Or do I put them in the crock pot uncooked??
Thanks!
Hi Jeanne ~ yes… you’ll want to cook them in the oven prior to adding them to the crockpot.
~ Heidi
Thanks for responding so quick! I can’t wait to try them.
Jeanne, these are also really good to make ahead and put on sub rolls! Meatball sub without pizza sauce!
My family taught me to use chili sauce; it is a little more expensive, but it is much better than BBQ sauce, at least for me, beacuse I usually use the cheap bottles of Kraft, which is mostly just corn syrup ( high fructose)
Agreed, chili sauce is better than bbq sauce…but last year, I got paid to take bbq sauce using coupons, so to me, it was certainly worth the trade-off! I’ve also used my rendition of Chinese ketchup on these…a mixture of ketchup, oyster sauce (or Hoisin), soy sauce and sriracha sauce for heat…it’s tangy, sweet, hot and just plain addictive. Equal amounts of ketchup and oyster (or Hoisin if you prefer it but oyster sauce is better), a splash of soy sauce and you use as much hot sriracha sauce as you’d like. That’s it. Mix and keep in fridge.
I have used chili sauce with apple jelly when
I catered……a real hit!!!!!!
Can You buy meatballs already frozen at the store due to time? Really Appreciate your site.:) Thank You!
Hi Renee ~ absolutely… you can definitely substitute frozen meatballs from the store.
Enjoy!!
~ Heidi
We make these every Christmas eve, gone within an hour! Love them!
I have been using this reicpe for YEARS. Everyone always raves about them and can never believe the two indredients!