Reviewed: Mar. 24, 2010

HONEY, HUSH!!! These taste just like the ones I grew up eating at church socials and community fish fries, and the Heinz chili sauce is definitely key. The only change I made was to add ground mustard (adding prepared mustard would make them too soupy). You do need to bake this longer than recommended in order for it to firm up like it should. Other reviewers have said to use less sugar - if you're serving this to Southerners and you want it to taste authentic, stick with the recipes recommended two cups of sugar. Served this to guests at two different large cookouts last night & the night before - rave reviews all around.

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lizza

Reviewed: Mar. 5, 2010

These baked beans are AMAZING. We had a BBQ dinner and served these baked beans along with Southern Pulled Pork (also from this site...and highly recommend as well). The dinner was fabulous and everybody went back for seconds on the beans. After reading reviewer comments, the problem with the "soupy" beans is because most people used Bush's Baked Beans. Although Bush's Baked Beans are great on their own directly from the can, the consistency of Bush's is already semi-soupy, (which is why some reviewers “drained” their beans first) so by adding all the ingredients listed, your end result is very soupy. Also Bush's beans are already flavored so by adding the sugar called for in the recipe makes for a really sweet bean recipe. To avoid all this, you need to use Grandma Browns Baked Beans for the beans called for in this recipe. Grandma Browns Beans are VERY thick (you need a spoon to get them out of the can) and are generally not sweet on their own. Then following the recipe exactly as stated, the beans turned out perfectly! Oh – I did add a good squirt of yellow mustard, but that is the only change I made. I thought a pound of bacon was going to be too much, but it really was not - the recipe is just perfect!

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MRS569

Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2010

Awesome!! The best baked beans Ive ever made! Love it! Followed other reviewers comments and only used 1 c brown sugar because we were using Busch's Honey baked beans. Try it, you won't be disappointed.

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inounv24

Reviewed: Feb. 17, 2010

This is one of the easiest bean recipes and everyone raved about them. I make these for almost every party. Thanks for the great recipe.

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Sherry

Reviewed: Oct. 28, 2009

These beans are great. the Chili Sause is the key. as others stated i halved the sugar, 1 cup is more than enough. i would chop the onions as small as you can and throw them in right before you take out the bacon esp if you're making it for a large group, hide them from picky eaters. but don't be afraid to use a whole onion. Also this recipe is good in the oven or crock pot. I've made this recipe for many functions up to 50 people. it multiples wonderfully and everyone wants this recipe

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Miah's My Joy

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Sep. 13, 2009

YUM!!!I used this recipe, but doubled it because I was taking the dish to a cookout. I did however use half the amount of brown sugar. I have received emails and phone calls from people at the cookout telling me how delicious the beans were. I was also told that this would now be my assigned dish to bring whenever there was a gathering.

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Pat

Reviewed: Sep. 11, 2009

WOW WOW WOW is all I can say these were wonderful rich tasting great flavor and a bit spicey! I only used 1 cup of brown sugar because I used Bush's baked beans. :)

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Amy

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Bountiful, Utah, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 4, 2009

These are absolutely wonderful! I took the suggestions of others and only used 1/2 cup of brown sugar. Other additions I made were: I only used about 3/4 of the bottle of chili sauce and then I added about 1 T of mustard, 1 tsp liquid smoke and a few dashes of worcestershire. I also used Bush's original baked beans and drained them before adding. I will use this recipe often!!

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