I cannot remember many occasions when my Southern Mamaw did not make this delicate dish. This is her go-to holiday, special shower, birthday, and anniversary side dish. The best part about this recipe is that you only need 3 ingredients to make it!

Ingredients:

2 18-ounce bags of frozen, fully cooked, bite-sized Italian meatballs

1 12-ounce bottle of chili sauce, any brand

1 12-ounce jar of Concord grape jelly, any brand. You need 1 cup

Directions:

Step 1:

Place the 2 18-ounce bags of frozen meatballs in a large slow cooker. Add in your 12-ounce bottle of chili sauce and 12-ounce jar of grape jelly to the slow cooker over top of the frozen meatballs. Stir all the ingredients together well and coat the meatballs evenly with the grape jelly sauce.

Step 2:

Cover the slow cooker with a lid and cook the meatballs and the sauce on high for around 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Cook the meatballs until they are completely heated through, and the sauce has thickened in texture. After you cook the meatballs for 2 or 2 1/2 hours, place your slow cooker heat up to low heat and cook the meatballs for another 3 to 4 hours.

Step 3:

Turn the warm setting on your slow cooker and allow the meatballs to be served from the slow cooker. Or if you are feeling festive, carefully ladle the meatballs and their sauce out of the slow cooker and garnish the meatballs with finely chopped parsley for garnish.