Barbecue Grape Jelly Meatballs

These barbecue grape-jelly meatballs are meatballs smothered in a sauce of sweet grape jelly, barbecue sauce, hot sauce and ketchup. They're sweet, salty and incredibly tender after their long cook time in the slow cooker. You can serve them right from the slow cooker or stack them on toothpicks for easy finger food.

Ingreadient

  • 1 pound 90%-lean ground beef
  • 1 pound ground pork
  • 1 cup whole-wheat panko breadcrumbs
  • ¼ cup finely chopped shallot
  • 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground pepper
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
  • ⅔ cup thick tomato-based barbecue sauce (such as stubb's original)
  • ⅔ cup grape jelly
  • 3 tablespoons ketchup
  • 1 ½ tablespoons hot sauce
  • chopped fresh chives for garnish