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The closer the holidays get, the more family get togethers we have. Just makes sense, you know, to spend time with the ones you love. What makes even MORE sense, is to spend time eating with those you love! Food = Love. Okay, not really…but it sounds good. One of our family favorites to bring to our get togethers is a giant pot of grape jelly and BBQ sauce meatballs! Because I honestly hate slaving over a stove, I sooooo take the easy way out with this one!
Basically I just throw 3 things in the slow cooker and let it do it’s “thang”. That just gives me more time to spend with family, instead of staying in the kitchen cooking while they’re all talking, playing games or watching the big game on the TV. Farm Rich Snacks comes to the rescue every time for this recipe. I just prefer the flavor over other brands.
Grape Jelly and BBQ Sauce Meatballs Ingredients (there’s only 3, folks!)
- Grape Jelly – 18-20 oz. bottle
- BBQ Sauce (any flavor you like) 18 oz. bottle
- 28 oz. bag frozen meatballs (we use Farm Rich), apprx. 50+ meatballs
Instructions:
Pour grape jelly and BBQ sauce into slow cooker and stir to combine. Drop in the whole bag of frozen meatballs and mix with the sauce until all of the meatballs are covered. Cook on high in slow cooker for 3-4 hours. I usually turn the slow cooker down to warm the last hour so it will thicken the sauce up a little.
(The printable recipe is further down below if you want to print and put in your recipe box!)
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I just love that they give me an “out” so to speak. I can still make delicious foods for my family without spending forever and a day in the kitchen. Speaking of more time….here are some of the bonus cooking hacks I promised! These will save you lots of time in the kitchen through the holidays or ANY time for that matter.
- Grape Jelly 18-20 oz. bottle
- BBQ Sauce (any variety) 18 oz. bottle
- 28 oz. frozen meatballs (we use Farm Rich), approx. 50+ meatballs
- Pour grape jelly and BBQ sauce into slow cooker and stir until combined.
- Pour bag of frozen meatballs in and mix until all meatballs are coated.
- Cook on high in slow cooker for 3-4 hours.
- *Optional - Turn slow cooker down to the warm setting for the last hour to allow the sauce to thicken.
Time-Saving Cooking Hacks:
1. Quickly shred chicken for salads in your KitchenAid or other stand mixers! Works like a charm!
2. Whip store bought frosting with your mixer to make it go farther. It can double in size!
3. Use an apple slicer to cut potatoes before boiling. This saves so much time! Just please, be careful! Those apple slicers can be dangerous! I know. I knowwww. I’m sounding like your mother!
4. Use dental floss to smoothly slice cake, cheese and even frozen cookie dough!
Do you have any cooking hacks that you use all the time?!
We’d love to hear them! Leave us a comment.
Jenni
Jenni here! I'm the owner and primary blogger here at Sweet Pennies from Heaven. Married to my better half for 17 years and mom to one awesome little boy. We have 2 dogs, Pepper and Izzy. My favorite thing to do is nap. I love sweets and coffee. Sweet coffee.
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Those sound so good. I can;t wait to make those.
This recipe sounds so interesting and yummy! Definitely need to try it out.
This is totally one of my favorite appetizers. The flavor combination works perfectly!!!
These are so delicious. I have made them in the past and they are always a hit in our household.
My sister made these for a baby shower and they were the first appetizer gone! This is such a great recipe!
This would be a great recipe to make for my daughter as a surprise. She loves meatballs.
This sounds great! I have never used grape jelly in my meatballs, but I know many people who do! I will most certainly try this recipe out!
These sound really good. I never would have thought to put grape jelly with BBQ sauce and meatballs.
This looks like such an easy and Delicious recipe to make. I’m not really a cook but even I can pop this in our slow cooker.
These are a must have at our house each Christmas. We all love them!
My husband’s fave. 🙂 We have those meatballs in the freezer. I think I’ll surprise him this weekend and make these.
Now that is a tasty idea. Great twist to try.
Yum we’ve made these a few times! Different variations too.. Soooo good!
We always put grape jelly in our meatballs too, it makes it SO yummy. And now It’s 10 in the morning and I’m craving meatballs lol!
Jelly is such a good and yummy food hack when making meat balls and lil’ weenies in the crock pot. Your meatballs look delicious. Sometimes it’s fun to take a frozen food and dress it up a bit.
At first when I read jelly I was skeptical. But they look yummy. I love using my slow cooker too -so I’m def going to try.
I just made their turkey meatballs and I LOVED them. They are so easy to prepare too.
These sound pretty good. I’ve heard of grape jelly being used in recipes like these and I’m guessing I’ve probably eaten them too, but I’ve never tried it myself.
Mmmmmm, meatballs sounds yummy anytime! I love this easy recipe for the holidays!
This sounds so delicious i can not wait to try this recipe. I love using my slow cooker.
I’ve heard of people adding grape jelly to their crockpot meatballs! That is so interesting I must try that one day!
Never would I have thought to use grape jelly! I bet that sweetness is yummy!
That is such a unique combination. I don’t eat meat or I would have to try it. I am sure it is delicious
My m-i-l makes meatballs that use grape jelly but she never would tell me how she made them… I wonder if this is how she does it. I’m going to try this for sure!
I actually made these on Thanksgiving! It is a family favorite in my home as well!
So many memories here. When I was in high school, the mom of the boy I dated used to make crockpot little smokies with grape jelly and bbq. I dont see too many people do do meats with the grape jelly trick!
My favorite “hack” right now is using canned chicken instead of cooking and then shredding! Too much work for this old woman and the Great Value canned chicken breast meat is really good and economical, especially for me. I use it in literally every thing from casseroles, to enchiladas, for chicken pizza, soup, noodles, you name it. If I don’t need all the broth that comes in the can, I drain it into pint size canning jars with the lid and keep it in my freezer to use in other recipes.
That is awesome Judy! We use the same canned chicken pretty often for those kinds of meals too. That’s a great idea though, about keeping the broth in the cans. I’ve never done that! I always just drain it down the sink. :/
I do not have grape jelly. can I substitute grape jam for grape jelly
Hi Rachel! Absolutely, you can use grape jam.