Swedish meatballs are always a party favorite.  Who doesn’t like eating their food with a toothpick! These treats are very flavorful and captured the heart of my “meat lover” little boy.  I have a feeling I’ll be making these again soon, party or not!

 Ingredients:

•  1 lb. ground beef
   (Use ground turkey for a low-fat recipe)
• 1 medium onion chopped finely
• 1 egg
• 3 slices bread, no crust and slightly wet
• 1 bottle Heinz chili sauce
• 8 oz. grape jelly

Instructions:

1) Mix the meat, onion, egg and bread and form small meatballs.

2) Melt jelly with chili sauce in saucepan and bring to a boil.

3) Add the meatballs and simmer 1 hour. Serve with fancy toothpicks just because they are so much fun!

Thanks again go to one of our favorite “Board Broads” who added this recipe to our web cookbook.  (I’m going back into the book and will try many more of the recipes so I can share them with you all.  Those gals can really cook!)

Shari

 
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written by Trina Stivers, February 20, 2009

Theses went over great at my Super Bowl party. Can't waite to see what you have next.

Trina

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written by matt, February 20, 2009

Hi Trina,

concrats, you are our very first member to comment on our new website. E-mail me at mattandshari.com and I will send you a special treat from Shari and I.

Have a great weekend.

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written by matt, March 02, 2009

Hi Trina,
Shari here, at Matt's house. Glad you liked the Swedish Meatballs. My son was crazy over them! Food is our second favorite category!!!! - to decorating of course!!!
Shari

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written by Marie, July 09, 2009

I use this same recipe in a crockpot with kielbasa (pre-cooked). It's yummy.
Try this variation with mini hotdogs: current jelly with a little mustard to taste. The kids really love the dogs.

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written by JulesToo, September 17, 2009

Everyone looks at me crazy when they rave about these meatballs & I tell them there's jelly in them.lol I save time by using frozen homestyle meatballs in the crockpot with the jelly/chili sauce.

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written by Shari, September 17, 2009

Boy, these Swedish Meatballs have really gotten some comments! I'll bet the frozen meatballs are just as good, since it's really all about the sauce!!

Shari

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written by Lyn, October 25, 2009

One day while in line at the grocery store seeing my supplies for another version of meatballs, the clerk asked what I was making. I told her meatballs and she told me I had all the wrong ingredients. She then left the check out counter and picked up chile sauce and grape jelly and verbally gave me the recipe. I have been using that as my "secret" recipe ever since!
These are the best.
Lyn

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written by Shari, October 26, 2009

What a riot!

I've never had a store clerk be interested in anything I was buying. What a great place to shop!!

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written by JulesToo, October 26, 2009

I once was buying beer & told the 80+ year old clerk about my recipe for beer bread. She held up the check-out line to get a piece of paper & wrote it down.lol

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written by Bernadette, December 30, 2010

I remember eating these meatballs at a school pot lunch function years ago and I asked someone for the recipe and she said grape jelly and 'something' that I could never remember. I have been looking for this recipe ever since...I am making it tonight for my husband's retirement party and look forward to these tasty meatballs once again...THANKS SO MUCH...not only for this but for finding you again on this website...I will be ordering your 13 episodes of Around the House next week and look forward to seeing and learing from you both once again. I sure have missed your programs...I used to record them everytime you were on and used SO MANY of your hints and ideas. Too bad I can't get your program on my PBS stations here in North Carolina...but I'll continue to hope they will find you for our area. Thanks so much
Bernadette

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written by Shari, December 30, 2010

Bernadette, keep checking in with your PBS station or our station finder and you can even call your local station as ask for the show. Several of our fans have done so and gotten results!

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written by Bernadette, January 09, 2011

OUTSTANDING MEATBALL RECIPE...hubby says make again...
Bernadette

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written by Shari, January 09, 2011

I've made these only once, for this recipe and my son has asked for them for months! I better get busy! Shari

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