Name: Slow Cooker Honey Buffalo Meatballs Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 240 min
Total time: 250 min
Ingredients: 2 pounds frozen meatballs; ½ cup honey; ⅓ cup buffalo wing sauce; ¼ cup packed brown sugar; ¼ cup orange marmalade ( (can also use apricot jam)); 2 Tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce; ¾ reaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Everyone knows about grape jelly and BBQ meatballs, but our slow cooker honey Buffalo meatballs is the new recipe on the block! It is an easy slow cooker appetizer that is chocked full of a sweet and tangy, and a little bit spicy flavor.

Slow Cooker Honey Buffalo Meatballs Recipe

I will bet you anything that our slow cooker honey Buffalo meatballs are going to be your new go to appetizer recipe. It is such an easy slow cooker recipe that you can whip up and let it sit while you get everything else done.

Slow Cooker Honey Buffalo Meatballs in a serving dish

They are like your traditional honey bbq meatballs in the slow cooker, but with the Buffalo wing sauce, the flavor profile will be out of this world.

Slow cooker meatballs are honestly some of the easiest, yet most loved appetizers at a party. They don’t take a lot of work or ingredients and the slow cooker does most of the work. What is not to love about that?

If you want to get super fancy with them, you can do a meatball spread with all sorts of flavors or a meatball cook off! Some of our favorite flavors are our slow cooker sweet and tangy meatballs, Salisbury steak meatballs, and our slow cooker sweet and sour meatballs!

Slow Cooker Honey Buffalo Meatballs on a serving plate with toothpicks

Ingredients You Need to Make This Slow Cooker Honey Buffalo Meatballs Recipe:

Frozen meatballs
Honey
Buffalo wing sauce
Brown sugar
Orange marmalade
Reduced sodium soy sauce
Crushed red pepper flakes

How To Make This Slow Cooker Honey Buffalo Meatballs Recipe:

Slow Cooker Honey Buffalo Meatballs in a serving dish with a wooden spoon lifting 3 meatballs out

When you are ready to make your easy slow cooker honey buffalo meatballs, get out your slow cooker, plug it in and then get out your ingredients.

Now, spray the bottom of the slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray to prevent the meatballs from sticking and burning at the bottom.

Next, pour the frozen meatballs in the bottom of the slow cooker.

Then, in a small saucepan, whisk together the Buffalo wing sauce, brown sugar, orange marmalade, soy sauce, and the red pepper flakes over medium heat.

Once all the brown sugar has dissolved -and the ingredients are well combined, remove the sauce from the heat.

After the sauce is made, pour it over top of the frozen meatballs, stir it all together and then place the lid on the slow cooker.

Now turn the slow cooker low heat for 2-5 hours or until the meatballs are cooked all the way through and you are ready to serve.

Now simply serve them as an appetizer or over top of cooked rice or pasta to turn it into an entrée.

Slow Cooker Honey Buffalo Meatballs on a serving plate with toothpicks. A hand picking up one of the meatballs

To Make This Easy Honey Buffalo Meatballs Recipe You Will Need:

Slow cooker (THIS one works great!)
Nonstick cooking spray
Small saucepan
Spatula or serving spoon

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Can You Use Homemade Meatballs In This Recipe?

You can, but you will want to be sure to cook them before adding them to the slow cooker so that they don’t fall apart (and raw meatballs don’t cook well in the slow cooker).

I Heart Nap Time has a great and easy homemade meatball recipe you can use in place of e the frozen meatballs for this recipe.

Can You Put Frozen Meatballs in the Slow Cooker?

Yes! Most frozen meatballs are pre-cooked, so the slow cooker is the perfect way to heat them up.

I actually encourage it since it takes out one unnecessary step and all you need to do is adjust the cook time.

How Long To Heat Meatballs in the Crock Pot?

It takes about 4-5 hours on low heat to cook frozen meatballs (or 2-3 hours on high heat).

You can leave them in the warm setting for longer, but after a few hours they may start to toughen and become chewier.

So do your best to time them for about 30 minutes before you need them to give yourself a little bit of a buffer without burning or over cooking the meatballs.

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Serves: 8