How to Make Barbecue Cocktail Wieners (Great for Super Bowl Parties)

Have you ever had those miniature cocktail wieners in barbecue sauce at a friend's house or at a potluck lunch? The treats are always a crowd pleaser, and they're easy to make in the crock pot. But there's a secret ingredient to the recipe: grape jelly. Adding grape jelly to your cocktail wiener concoction makes the sausages sweet and savory.

Things You'll Need

• 2 packages of cocktail sausages or hot dogs
• 1 small jar of grape jelly (use generic -- it'll be just fine)
• 1 jar of barbecue sauce or a jar of spaghetti sauce
• Crock pot
• Toothpicks

Instructions

1. Mix a jar of grape jelly with a jar of spaghetti sauce or a jar of barbecue sauce in a crock pot. Barbecue sauce makes a tangier cooking sauce than spaghetti sauce.

2. Add two packages of cocktail wieners or sausages to the crock pot, or two packages of hot dogs that you've sliced into bite-size pieces. Turn the crock pot on high.

3. Let the barbecue cocktail wieners cook in the crock pot for two to four hours. Serve with toothpicks and plenty of napkins.

Tips & Warnings

• You can cook your barbecue cocktail wieners on low heat in a crock pot for a longer time; for instance, you could set the slow cooker on low before leaving for work, and the wieners would be ready when you get home.

References

• Cooks.com: Cocktail Weiners