Sweet & Sour Meatballs

The first time I made these meatballs it was for a large potluck supper/meeting with 80 to 100 people attending. I didn't feel like I needed to feed everybody, but a dish that served only 6-8 just didn't seem like the way to go. When I found this meatball recipe and saw that it could be doubled for a very large batch, I knew I was 'good to go'. Normally I would have made the (in)famous 'Wicked Wienies', but I didn't have the hours it was going to take for them to be at their most delicious, so meatballs it was. What I found out was that people like these meatballs ..... a lot. The crockpot was empty at the end of the evening.

Ingredients:

• 1 (10 oz.) jar of grape jelly
• 1 (14 oz.) jar of Heinz Chili Sauce
• 1 package of frozen meatballs

Mix grape jelly and chili sauce. I actually heated it in a sauce pan so the grape jelly would melt.
Put the frozen meatballs in the crockpot and pour the sauce over them.
Heat thoroughly on high.


Large batch quantities:

• 5 lb. bag of frozen meatballs
• 3 (12 oz.) jars of Chili sauce
• 1 (32 oz.) jar of grape jelly

Update (April 2013): Just made this for a small group (10) potluck .... got the 32 oz. Great Value (original) meatballs, 1 jar (14 oz) grape jelly, & 1 bottle (12oz) chili sauce. I had a little chili sauce left in another bottle so I was able to get a 50-50 split between the grape jelly/chili sauce. I started with frozen meatballs at 3:30 ... heated the sauce ingredients in a pan to melt the jelly & poured over the meatballs in the crockpot - by 6:30, all was ready to serve. The meatballs were a huge hit, as usual .... the Great Value brand worked very well ... tasty, right size .... right price! This was SO easy that I'll be doing it again soon. Just a thought .... I wonder how a little bourbon added to the sauce would taste?