Meatball Appetizers Recipes

Appetizer meatballs win over guests at any party. These easy recipes include Italian, Swedish, and slow-cooker meatball appetizers with gravy or grape jelly sauce.

 
 
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Sweet and Sassy Meatballs

From Better Homes and Gardens

The cranberry and barbecue sauce bring a sweet and savory combination to this 30-minute appetizer recipe. Planning a party? Use the simple make-ahead directions.

Sweet and Sassy Meatballs

Glazed Ham Balls and Smokies

From Better Homes and Gardens

These mini party appetizers are cooked in the slow cooker, freeing up the host for other projects. Cranberry sauce adds a touch of sweetness to these treats.

Glazed Ham Balls and Smokies

Party Meatballs

From Campbell's

Meatballs are always a crowd-pleaser and these are no exception. Beautifully sauced, they are a lovely buffet addition.

Party Meatballs

Crimson-Glazed Ham Balls and Smokies

From Better Homes and Gardens

Cocktail meatballs and weenies are made special for party serving with this recipe that has a zesty spark of cranberry in the sauce. Make and serve the appetizers in a slow cooker.

Crimson-Glazed Ham Balls and Smokies

Handmade Italian Meatballs

From Better Homes and Gardens

Ground beef, sausage, and just the right seasonings make these meatballs a soon-to-be family favorite.

Handmade Italian Meatballs

Easy Twice-Baked Meatballs

From Midwest Living

Four ingredients combine for a cheesy meatball dish you can serve as an appetizer or in hoagie buns as a main dish.

Easy Twice-Baked Meatballs

Paula Deen's Sweet Sour and Spicy Ham and Sausage Balls

From Smithfield

A great game day or any day appetizers. Made and served in the slow cooker.

Paula Deen's Sweet Sour and Spicy Ham and Sausage Balls

Sausage Balls with Sweet and Spicy Ketchup Dipping Sauce

From Smithfield

Put these out in a pretty basket and let the kids grab one or two while they're waiting on the real meal!

Sausage Balls with Sweet and Spicy Ketchup Dipping Sauce

Meatballs in Tomato-Wine Sauce

From Better Homes and Gardens

Cumin and nutmeg spice these ground beef and pork appetizer meatballs.

Meatballs in Tomato-Wine Sauce

Cranberry-Sauced Meatballs

From Heart-Healthy Living

The meatballs for this appetizer recipe can be made ahead and then baked and added to the slow cooker with the sauce before guests arrive.

Cranberry-Sauced Meatballs

Asian Appetizer Meatballs

From Kellogg's

A spicy, hot-and-sweet plum sauce glazes these baked, turkey meatballs.

Asian Appetizer Meatballs

Sweet, Hot, and Sour Meatballs

From Better Homes and Gardens

For a nonalcoholic appetizer, apple juice can stand in for the whiskey in these tasty sausage and beef meatballs.

Sweet, Hot, and Sour Meatballs

Cranberry-Barbecue Meatballs

From Better Homes and Gardens

Three ingredients and a slow-cooker are all you need for a crowd-pleasing appetizer.

Cranberry-Barbecue Meatballs

Good and Spicy Meatballs

From Kellogg's

A sweet and tangy tomato sauce drapes over these hearty meatballs. Serve them over hot cooked noodles or rice.

Good and Spicy Meatballs

Swedish Meatballs

From Parents

Lean ground beef and fat-free half-and-half lower the fat in these meatballs. Serve them as an appetizer or with noodles for dinner.

Swedish Meatballs

Sweet & Sour Meatballs

From Fleischmann's Yeast, Argo, Karo

Compliments guaranteed when you try these great recipes from Karo.

Sweet & Sour Meatballs

Salsa Verde Meatballs

From Pace Salsa & Picante

These mouthwatering baked meatballs are flavored with salsa, and make the perfect appetizer for your next party...better make plenty...they're really good.

Salsa Verde Meatballs

Glazed Ham Balls

From Better Homes and Gardens

Keep these bite-size appetizers warm in a chafing dish or a slow cooker turned to the warm setting.

Glazed Ham Balls

Kibbe in Yogurt Sauce

From Food & Wine

A Syrian version of comfort food, kibbe (Middle Eastern stuffed meatballs) are braised in a supersimple, tangy yogurt sauce, a staple of Syrian cuisine. "Many Syrian cooks do not flavor the yogurt," Anissa Helou says, "but I prefer to lift it with herbs and garlic." She also suggests swapping in a few teaspoons of dried mint in place of the cilantro. Be sure to use very fine bulgur wheat, she adds, or else the kibbe mixture will be too coarse and hard to shape.

Kibbe in Yogurt Sauce

Mark Roper
Salsa Party Meatballs

From Pace Salsa & Picante

Tender meatballs, made with ground beef, bread crumbs, milk, eggs and seasonings are browned, and then simmered in Pace® Chunky Salsa, then topped with shredded Cheddar cheese to make tasty appetizers.

Salsa Party Meatballs

Cranberry-Sauced Meatballs

From Better Homes and Gardens

A popular stop at your appetizer buffet will be the slow cooker keeping these morsels warm.

Cranberry-Sauced Meatballs

Tina Rupp
Mexican Meatballs

From Better Homes and Gardens

Make these saucy beef and pork meatballs ahead and store in the refrigerator up to 3 days.

Mexican Meatballs

Here's Lookin at You

From Better Homes and Gardens

Beef meatballs are the "eyeballs" for these Halloween appetizers.

Here's Lookin at You

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