# Sweet and Spicy Meatballs

A favorite holiday appetizer that you can make ahead of time.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pound ground beef
- 0.33 cup breadcrumbs
- 2 ounces onion soup mix
- 1 large egg
- 12 ounce jar chili sauce
- 0.75 cup grape jelly
- parsley

## Instructions

1. Add ground beef to bowl
2. Add breadcrumbs to bowl
3. Add onion soup mix to bowl
4. Add large egg to bowl
5. Mix the ingredients together
6. Set oven to 400 degrees
7. Lay meatballs on pan
8. Bake meatballs for 20 minutes at 400 degrees, flipping them halfway through
9. Add chili sauce to pan
10. Add grape jelly to crock pot
11. Turn crock pot on high and mix until the sauce bubbles
12. On holiday morning, turn the crock pot to low
13. Add some parsley out to make them cute if you want
14. Add meatballs
15. Let the meatballs cool completely before adding them to the freezer bag
16. When ready to reheat the meatballs, make the sauce in the crock pot first, then add your meatballs

## Equipment

- bowl
- parchment paper
- pan
- oven
- gloves
- crock pot
- saucepan
- toothpicks
- freezer bag

## Tips

- Can make the meatballs as big or small as you want.
- If making for a party, plan for each person to have 2 to 4 meatballs.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86sbTGv/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ba498b49-e594-48f0-addf-3af3ef4ea496
- Extracted: 2025-05-18

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