Cocktail Meatballs
"This is the best cocktail meatball I've ever had. We didn't have chili sauce, but I found Recipe #363254 and made it homemade. Really a surprising but wonderful concoction of ingredients--sweet and spicy. We used blackberry jelly instead of grape and baked the meatballs in the oven at 350 for 20 minutes or so instead of cooking in shortening. We also put it all in the crockpot and watched them disappear. Recipe courtesy of Golden Heritage Cookbook fiftieth Anniversary/The Officers' Wives' Club of Fort Benning, Georgia (Mrs. Edward G. Bradshaw (Mackie)."
photo by anniesnomsblog
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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8-10
ingredients
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Meatballs
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 1 cup dry breadcrumbs
- 2⁄3 cup minced onion
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons parsley, snipped
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
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Cook in
- 1⁄2 cup shortening
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Sauce
- 12 ounces chili sauce
- 10 ounces grape jelly
directions
- Mix all meatball ingredients and gently shape into 1 1/2 inch balls.
- Melt shortening in large skillet and brown meatballs.
- Remove meatballs from skillet and pour off fat.
- Heat chili sauce and jelly in skillet, stirring constantly until jelly is melted.
- Add meatballs and stir until thoroughly coated.
- Simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes.
- Serve in chafing dish.
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Reviews
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My Mother made cocktail meatballs using grape jelly & Heinz Chili sauce when I was younger! I've tweaked the recipe s bit by using sugar free grape jelly and the Heinz Chili Sauce for those that might be concerned about the sugar and caloric content!! These are great for football games!! I plan on making them for every NFL game for the rest of the season and on into the playoffs and the Superbowl!!!! I find that it's also great for diabetics due to the fact that it's low carb & protein!!!! -
This is one of the recipes my mother wrote out and sent with me when I moved out. It is always a huge hit. I usually always make a double batch. There's something about the recipe for the meatballs that makes this recipe amazing! I've had the frozen meatballs in the chili sauce and jelly and it is NOT the same. Kids LOVE these and teenage boys can't get enough! Staple in our family for generations to come I'm sure! Thank you for posting!!! -
I love Cocktail meatballs so much, that sweet/chili sauce with juicy meatballs just gets me every time! We loved this recipe so much, I swerved it with spaghetti as my fiance fancied spaghetti and meatballs and it soon disappeared! We also had leftover meatballs, which I had for lunch the next day! So delicious!!
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Super yummy and filling! This could be a main course because I didn't have room for anything else after eating them. Perfect for potlucks and parties. Thank you AmyZoe for posting!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AmyZoe
Nampa, Idaho
I love to try new recipes, and this is a wonderful site to find new additions. I rarely make the same thing twice because it's so much fun to try something different. My life long dream is to travel the world and eat my way around it.
