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Easy Slow Cooker Meatballs

A Super Easy, Yummy Appetizer!

If you’re doing any sort of potluck, get together or party…these easy slow cooker meatballs are the bomb!  They’re so tasty you’d never guess they only take 3 ingredients or 3 minutes to toss in the crockpot :)

The ingredients are a snap…

  • 32 ounces of meatballs, any kind you like ~or~ you can make them from scratch
  • 1 bottle chili sauce
  • 1 jar of grape jelly

You mix up the ingredients, cover and cook them a couple hours. Easy, peesy…

You can also mix it up a little.  This is sorta a “classic” recipe but you can also change one or both the ingredients and come up with something totally different but equally tasty.  How about one of these ideas:

  • Swap out the grape jelly for apricot or plum
  • Swap out the chili sauce for salsa
  • Swap out the meatballs for kielbasa or little smokies
  • And the list goes on…

With us a couple little tweaks and maybe a triple crockpot you can easily have all the appetizers you need for any party.  It’s a super simple way to take the stress out of most any get together prep.

Just check out the step-by-step pictures below.  Once you run through them once this recipe is a snap. You’ll only wonder why you never made them before!

Easy Slow Cooker Meatballs Step-By-Step…
Gather your ingredients…crockpot meatballs
Mix the jelly and chili sauce together…meatball appetizer
Pour mixture over meatballs…crock pot meatballs
Cover and cook on low for about 3 hours…slow cooker appetizer
Serve and enjoy!easy slow cooker meatballs

If you’re looking for more slow cooker appetizer recipes you might want to check out our 3-Ingredient Classic Queso or these 3-Ingredent Lil’ Smokies.

We’ve provided the pinnable and printable versions of this recipe below.  We hope you enjoy both.

And as always…Happy Crockin’!

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If you're doing any sort of potluck, get together or party...these easy slow cooker meatballs are the bomb! They're so tasty you'd never guess they only take 3 ingredients or 3 minutes to toss in the crockpot...
Gwen:
Ingredients
  • 32 ounces of meatballs, any kind you like
  • 1 bottle chili sauce
  • 1 jar of grape jelly
Instructions
  1. Spray the slow cooker insert.
  2. Pour meatballs into insert and mix equal parts chili sauce and grape jelly.
  3. Pour mixture over the meatballs.
  4. Cover and cook on low for 3-5 hours (5-7 if you are using homemade, raw meatballs).
  5. Serve directly out of the crockpot or transfer to a serving plate with sauce on the side.

 

 

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