Need a tasty treat to feed your hungry football fans? Look no further than these BBQ Bacon Wrapped Meatballs.
My BBQ Bacon Wrapped Meatballs are a little bit of sweet and savory heaven. Serve as an appetizer or a side for the game or any day of the week.
In my house, we love watching football together. I’m a die-hard Broncos fan, while hubby cheers for the Buffalo Bills.
We have lived in Baltimore for a good amount of time and as a result, we both like root for the Ravens as well. But make no mistake, we are still loyal to our respective teams.
While my family tradition involves Chile Relleno Bites and a heaping pile of Neon BBQ Chicken Nachos, I’m always on the lookout for new munchies to break it up a bit.
If you ask me, there is nothing better than meatballs bubbling in a slow cooker with BBQ sauce or bacon, so why not bring the two together? BBQ Bacon Wrapped Meatballs: ta-da!
I’ve tried these bad boys in the slow cooker and the bacon didn’t stay put. It’s best to throw them in the oven so each bite is absolutely perfect.
You can use frozen meatballs, but the homemade variety always taste just a bit better and in reality, don’t take much more time.
If you want to these BBQ Bacon Wrapped Meatballs up a notch, try adding a pinch of your favorite, melty cheese in the center of each meatball.
While I like to use a homemade BBQ sauce, such as Chipotle Honey BBQ Sauce or Homemade BBQ Sauce, you can use your own homemade or jarred.
If you like this BBQ Bacon Wrapped Meatballs recipe, check out some of my other delicious meatball recipes:
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BBQ Bacon Wrapped Meatballs
Ingredients
- 1/2 medium sweet onion minced
- 1 pound ground beef 15/85 mix
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- 3/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs
- 5- ounces evaporated milk
- 3 tablespoons BBQ sauce
- 2 teaspoons bottled garlic
- 2 eggs lightly beaten
- 24 strips extra thick bacon
- 1 cup BBQ sauce
Instructions
- Heat your oven to 350 degrees, line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and lightly coat with cooking spray.
- Mix finely minced onion through evaporated milk in a large mixing bowl and combine using your hands. Do not over mix or your meatballs or else they will turn out tough.
- Tossing from hand to hand, form meatballs into 24 small meatballs.
- Wrap each one with a strip of bacon.
- Place into the oven for 15 minutes. Remove and baste with BBQ sauce. Return to the oven for an additional 10 minutes. Baste again with BBQ sauce before serving. Please note that cooking times will vary with the size of your meatballs, check for an internal temperature of 145 or higher.
- Enjoy your BBQ Bacon Wrapped Meatballs!
- If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was!
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Theresa
What is the bottled garlic and the egg used for? I can’t see where these ingredients are used in the recipe instructions. Thanks. These look really good. Anxious to try them.
I’m super interested in your homemade BBQ Sauces. Thanks Jessica! Pinned, SU’d and YUM’d
whoa – these are some serious meatballs!
You wrapped a meatball in bacon….you’re my hero! 🙂 I can’t wait to make these, the family will loooove them.
I am loving the fact that these are wrapped in bacon!!
What a fun party nibble!! They look so yummy too!
Well you just took the meatball to a whole new level. Yum!
It’s funny that you posted these! I have had bacon wrapped meatballs on my mind for weeks now! I was thinking of doing a sweet and sour version but this BBQ is perfect.
Oh, yes. Definitely some cheese in the middle! I’ve never done that but why not? Sounds awesome. And these look perfect for football watching or just whenever!
YES. YES. YES!!! I love everything about these. Pinning!!!
Mmm! How delicious! I love Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ sauce and I’d use that on these!
Oh my! These look delicious and on my need to eat list!
These are such delicious looking meatballs! Love that you wrapped them in bacon…yum!
This is one of those finger foods that would be hard to stop at just a few! Looks fantastic!
Wow! These look and sound soo good. I have already written them down as an appetizer I’m serving at my next gathering!
These look delicious! My husband would be so very excited if I made these.
Wow. These are great. I stumbled, pinned and shared on all my social media – even Google+. I really liked these and wanted to share with my followers. Thanks for the recipe!! Linda Crafts a la Mode
Um yes please!!! The only way to make meatballs better, in my opinion, is to wrap them with bacon!
Now this is my kind of game day food! And my meat and potatoes loving guy is going to go crazy for these this weekend 😉
My husband and FIL would LOVE these! I must make these for them soon! Bacon makes everything so much better! 😉
We are huge football fans in my house, as well (Go Colts!) – these must go on one of our gameday menus very soon. They would be devoured in no time flat.
This is the ultimate football food! Seriously, I can’t think of anything better than meatballs with bacon.
Bacon makes everything better!!