Reviewed: May 20, 2008

These were pretty yummy. I just made the sauce and used premade meatballs from walmart. They were much better when I heated them up the next day. Next time I will make them with homemade meatballs and make it in the crock pot. I was pressed for time so I just simmered everything on the stove for an hour or so. Very tasty sauce. My daughter wants me to make it in a pork stir fry next time.

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Tracy in Ohio

Reviewed: May 14, 2008

This was INCREDIBLE! My kids as well as my hubby stuffed themselves! I didn't tell them until later that I had used grape jelly in it. (I didn't have any chili sauce, so I found a recipe for chili sauce right on this site and made my own.) I might spice it up a bit more next time. They've already told me that they want me to fix this again!

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KIMINCLEVELAND

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Apr. 29, 2008

I was leery these would taste like the nasty premade artifical tasting cocktail meatballs people serve at parties but they were very good. I followed the directions exactly and was afraid the meatballs would fall apart without bread crumbs added but they held together well. Very tasty. I used Lauras' lean beef. I think if a fatty beef was used they would make the sauce too greasy.

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kcj

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2008

Even now, as I am writing this review, I am eating these tasty meatballs. I did alter the recipe, and will probably tweak it again the next time. Here's what I did differently. I did make my own meatballs from scratch. Instead of using onion and egg, I used seasoned bread crumbs, onion powder, and garlic powder. Rolled them into about 1" balls, and got about 33. For the sauce, I have never dealt with chili sauce before, so I tasted it before using, and was not impressed. It tasted almost exactly like tomato sauce to me. So instead of using 12 oz of it, I used 8, and 3 oz of this Spicy Thai sauce I got from M&M's and love, and 1 oz of Frank's Red Hot Sauce. It added a lot more kick to the sauce, which is welcomed in my household. We also love lots of sauce, and this recipe yields A LOT of sauce, I almost dare to say too much. I think next time I will either make more balls, or only make 3/4 of the sauce, and probably a little less grape jelly as well. I served it over brown rice. It is enjoyable!

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Katelyn

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 19, 2008

This is more so a review for the sauce then the meatballs as I cheated and used frozen lean beef meatballs (it was a hectic day). This sauce is quite good considering the few ingredients and I would make it again (maybe with homemade meatballs next time :))

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Laura

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Reviewed: Apr. 12, 2008

owsome great taste and perfect the only problem that i had with it was I did not make enough they were gone in a flash.

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mike

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Caribou, Maine, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 24, 2008

I really enjoyed this. I didn't have any chilli sauce, so I improvised with ketchup, taco seasoning, and water. I'd give this recipe a 4.5 if I could just because I'd give it a 5, but didn't because my husband wasn't impressed. He said it was good, but doesn't want it again. I made it for dinner with some sides, but next time I'll make as an app for a party, and I KNOW it'll be a hit.

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Mommeee

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 3, 2008

These were a hit at my party!

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Amy

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Woburn, Massachusetts, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2008

WOW, what a wonderful recipe. Unfortunantly I was not able to find regular chili sauce at the grocery, and had to get hot, if you are stuck with getting the HOT sauce, do not use the entire 1/4 cup, it is so spicy that it will make you drag your lips on the ground like a dog, and sure left the tongue tingling for some time. This recipe is wonderful, but will have to send these hot one to the fire station with my husband, and I will make another batch with much less chili sauce. Wonderful recipe.

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PMARTIN323

Reviewed: Dec. 26, 2007

Easy and delicious! Took minutes to put ingredients together, cooked for 4 hours on low in crockpot. I tripled the recipe, used about 3 pounds of frozen 1/2 ounce meatballs. Believe it or not, 9 people consumed all 3 pounds of meatballs (people were unashamedly going back for third helpings!). I've never produced anything as popular as this dish from my crockpot.

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