Name: Crock Pot Honey Garlic Meatballs
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 125 min
Ingredients: 26 oz. Frozen Meatballs; ½ cup Heinz Ketchup; ⅓ cup Soy Sauce; 6 cloves Garlic (finely minced); ¾ cup Honey; ¼ tsp Thyme; ¼ tsp Oregano; 1 tsp Sesame Seeds (optional for garnish); 1 bunch Green Onions (optional for garnish); ¼ tsp Cayenne Pepper (optional to add a dash of heat)

Smothered in a sweet and savory sticky sauce, these Crock Pot Honey Garlic Meatballs are irresistibly delicious! Trust me… the glorious glaze will have everybody drooling and begging for more! Serve over rice for an easy dinner, or as an appetizer with toothpicks and watch them vanish at your next party!

Cooked meatballs in crock pot glazed with honey garlic sauce.

With just 7 ingredients and 5 minutes of prep, these flashy meatballs serve up a spectacular combination of flavors. Flavors that create taste bud pleasing happiness you’ll still be dreaming about the next day!

Shannen writes: "So amazing!"

I blame all of the amazing flavor on the sauce. It’s both sweet and savory, and finishes with a subtle bite that will make your mouth oh so happy.

I simply can’t get enough of it and keep using it again and again. It was absolutely heavenly when used to prepare this sticky sweet Crockpot Honey Garlic Chicken and these perfectly tender Garlic Honey Pork Chops Recipe. I even used it to create these finger licking fantastic Honey Garlic Sauce Ribs!

So get ready to indulge, because this crowd pleasing wonderment is about to make your dinners and parties extra tasty indeed!

Here’s what you’ll need…

Ingredients

In addition to your frozen meatballs, you’ll just need 6 simple ingredients to make my easy honey garlic sauce for meatballs!

Many of these ingredients may already be in your kitchen…

Honey – This gives your sauce outrageous sticky sweet flavor.
Garlic – Gives your sauce fabulous savory flavor.
Ketchup – Adds a rich and sweet undertone to your sauce.
Soy Sauce – You can also use Coconut Aminos as a healthy substitute.
Thyme – See my trick for How To Dry Thyme.
Oregano – See my trick for How To Dry Oregano.
Optional: Cayenne Pepper – If you want spicy honey garlic meatballs.
Optional: Sesame Seeds – For garnish.

You can also make this honey garlic meatballs slow cooker recipe using my super Easy Meatball Recipe!

Like so many of my Easy Crockpot Recipes, you’ll need a 5 – 6 quart Crock Pot to get the job done.

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How To Make Crock Pot Honey Garlic Meatballs

These tasty honey garlic sauce meatballs serve up fabulous, unforgettable flavors thanks to the homemade sauce. They’re also crazy easy to prepare!

1. To get started, grab out a 5 – 6 quart Crock Pot.

2. Add your ingredients and cook.

3. When your garlic honey meatballs are done, serve them straight from your slow cooker using toothpicks, or you can serve them up as a delicious appetizer or dinner entree.

That’s it. Easy peasy! Slow Cooker Appetizer Recipes don’t get much simpler or rewarding than this!

Scroll down for the printable recipe card with detailed, step-by-step instructions.

Storage Tips

Leftovers of your honey garlic meatballs can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to three days. You can reheat the next day for another easy weeknight meal or snack!

Variations (Smokies)

You can also use the homemade sauce from these sticky honey garlic meatballs to create a fabulous honey garlic smokies appetizer.

Here’s what you’ll do…

1. You’ll start with the same homemade honey garlic sauce from the recipe card below.

2. Then, simply place 24 oz. of Hillshire Farm Beef Lit’l Smokies in Crockpot, pour the sauce mixture over them, and stir.

3. Cook on HIGH for 2 hours or LOW for 4 hours, or until hot… stirring occasionally.

4. Finally, serve your honey garlic smokies with toothpicks straight from the crockpot… and ENJOY!

What To Serve With Honey Garlic Meatballs

These tasty meatballs… bathed in one of my very favorite Asian Sauces… taste amazing any way you want!

To start, they’re amazing served straight from your Crock Pot using toothpicks as a fun snack.

Other ways you can serve these meatballs:

Dinner: Serve with a side of sticky rice like with my Recipe for Meatballs Sweet and Sour.
Game Day: Serve on homemade Slider Buns like I did with my Meatballs Sliders Recipe.
Holiday Parties: Serve hot all party long, with toothpicks handy like you can do with my orange glazed Party Meatballs.

Four meatballs in small dish with honey garlic sauce, garnished with sesame seeds and toothpicks inserted.

Reviews

Here’s what your frugal friends are saying about this crock pot honey garlic meatballs recipe…

Shannen writes: “So amazing!”

Tiffany writes: “Made this for a party and they were a huge hit. Tonight I made a pot of them and doubled the sauce which we poured over sticky rice and served with broccoli sauteed in butter and garlic. It was delish! This one gets moved to the Favorites folder!”

Angela writes: “Super yummy! And so easy!”

Erin writes: “These are AMAZING. Super easy. Total crowd pleaser. SO good. Definitely making it again and again and again!”

Dominique writes: “My kids loved these! Definitely saving.”

Joy writes: “These are so easy and delicious!! A crowd pleaser!! 🙂 “

Cynthia writes: “Awesome appetizer”

Tara writes: “Perfect for holiday parties!”

Kaylie writes: “The only thing I was missing was Soy sauce, I substituted it for Worcestershire sauce. They came out perfectly for my boyfriend’s pot luck!”

Lily writes: “These are amazingly delicious! I used red pepper flakes as a substitute for cayenne pepper. Definitely will be making again.”