Dec 15, 2014 in appetizers, beef, buns in my oven favorites, easy breezy chicken squeezy, fruit, main dish, slow cooker, snack. Read the original on: Buns In My Oven
These grape jelly meatballs are tossed in the slow cooker for a few hours and then make a perfect snack or appetizer for game day! Meatballs with grape jelly might sound a little crazy, but the sauce transforms into something amazing while it cooks!
Iâm getting a bit of a complex here, guys.
Every time I go shopping with my daughter she ends up shouting that I canât possibly be a girl because I donât like sparkles and glitter and bling and neon colored pictures of cats wearing sunglasses adorning my clothes. Which, letâs be real for a minute, if thatâs the measuring stick of girl vs. boy, Iâm fine being a boy. Cats on clothes will never be my thing. Ever.
But, every time she loudly proclaims, âYouâre not even a REAL girl, Mom!â I get a little uncomfortable and wonder what the other shoppers think. I promise, guys. I am a lady.
Anyway, this really has very little do with meatballs other than the fact that I feel like meatballs are a manly food. You donât see a lot of dainty little girls grubbinâ on a meatball sandwich, with melty cheese all up in their hair, and marinara sauce down the front of their shirt.
I canât help it though. Maybe my daughter is right. Not only do I freakinâ love a good meatball recipe, I am thoroughly obsessed with meatloaf. My cheeseburger meatloaf is one of the most made recipes in my repertoire. Bacon, cheese, beef. Yep. Manly.
So, this year I was thinking about New Yearâs Eve and football food and I knew that we needed some crockpot meatballs to go alongside the pizza rolls. Â With grape jelly and chili sauce. You might think meatballs with grape jelly sounds weird, and yourâe not wrong, but if youâve never tried these I implore you to give them a shot. The jelly and chili sauce do something magical when slow cooked with the beef and the resulting sauce is a perfectly sweetened barbecue sauce with just the right kick. I use this Heinz chili sauce and you can usually find it near the ketchup and other condiments.
I can eat my weight in grape jelly meatballs and I donât want to tell you how much I weigh, so Iâll just say thatâs a lotta dang meatballs.
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours
Total Time: 4 hours
2 pounds frozen meatballs
12 ounces chili sauce
1 1/2 cups grape jelly
Add the chili sauce and grape jelly to a slow cooker. Stir to combine.
Add the meatballs and stir to coat.
Cover and cook on low for 4 hours.
Serve as an appetizer or over rice as a main dish.
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