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Slow Cooker Cranberry Barbecue Meatballs

Cranberry-orange sauce adds a twist to these fix-and-forget appetizer meatballs everyone will love!

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49 Ratings

5 spoons 39%

4 spoons 27%

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1 spoons 22%

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PREP TIME
10 Min
TOTAL TIME
3 Hr 10 Min
SERVINGS
24

1: cup barbecue sauce

1/2: cup (from 9.2-ounce jar) cranberry-orange sauce

1/2: teaspoon ground mustard

1/2: teaspoon ground ginger

1/2: teaspoon salt

2: packages (16 ounces each) frozen meatballs, thawed

2: tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

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1 Mix all ingredients except meatballs and parsley in 2- to 2 1/2-quart slow cooker until well blended. Add cold meatballs.
2 Cover and cook on low heat setting 2 to 3 hours or until thoroughly heated. Stir in parsley.
3 Serve meatballs with cocktail forks or toothpicks. Meatballs will hold on low heat setting up to 2 hours; stir occasionally.

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Expert Tips

You can substitute frozen cranberry-orange sauce for the shelf-stable type. Just thaw before using.

These meatballs are great to bring to a gathering. Just place them in the slow cooker and plug them in when you get to your destination. You're ready to go without using the host’s precious oven space!

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Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Serving)

Calories 130

(Calories from Fat 55 ),

Total Fat 6 g

(Saturated Fat 2 g,

Cholesterol 40 mg;
Sodium 370 mg;
Total Carbohydrate 10 g

(Dietary Fiber 0g,

Protein 8 g;

Percent Daily Value*:

Vitamin A 2.00%;
Vitamin C 0.00%;
Calcium 2.00%;
Iron 6.00%;

Exchanges:

1 Fruit;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 10/28/2010 2:16:10 PM REPORT ABUSE Youngon said:

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Another sauce to try I have made for a while now that everyone likes is 1 can of cranberry sauce and a small bottle of ketchup. Combine the two in a crockpot then add little smokies or meatballs which ever you like to simmer for couple hrs.

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Posted 6/1/2009 11:57:40 AM REPORT ABUSE suzieraesmom said:

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I have used this recipe for four years, and I love it. I do substitute some OJ and use regular cranberry sauce. I also like to make the sauce and pour over cocktail weiners and let it simmer in the crockpot. Everyone loves them!!! My favorite Betty Crocker recipe.

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Posted 12/26/2007 10:27:31 AM REPORT ABUSE Ruck Purtle said:

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These meatballs have been a great hit at all the functions I have brought them to, everyone keeps asking me to bring them. TYhe only change I have made is to use at lease 4oz of cranberry jelly and at lease 3/4 cup of orange juice. I also use turkey meatballs.

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