These Crockpot Sweet and Spicy Kielbasa Bites are perfect party food and couldn’t be easier to make. To make them, arrange sliced kielbasa in a crockpot and pour the kicked-up sauce on top. The rest is up to the slow cooker. Serve these kielbasa bites straight from the slow cooker with toothpicks for casual eating on game day or, any day, that bite size morsels are on the menu.

Easy Crockpot Sweet and Spicy Kielbasa Bites Recipe

There are certain types of food that have earned the name “party food” at our house. Things like wings, subs, queso and tortilla chips, crudité, dips and chips and the list goes on and on. These kielbasa bites are perfect party food and are ever-so-simple to put together. I tend to serve these as an alternative to meatballs, which are on the top of the list of hot favorites for snacking. In fact, this same sauce would work well with meatballs, too. How to make simple Crockpot Kielbasa Bites:

Sausage – Kielbasa or any smoked sausage will work.
Sauce – Chili sauce, pineapple preserves (apricot or orange marmalade will work, too!) barbecue sauce, crushed red pepper flakes, onion powder, granulated garlic and cumin.
Serving – Wooden skewers or picks for serving.

How to Make the BEST Crockpot Sweet and Spicy Kielbasa Bites Recipe

Kielbasa bites are the epitome of easy stress free entertaining. The sweet and spicy sauce is the perfect crowning touch and can be easily adapted if you need to make a larger or a smaller batch. If you consider yourself saucy, feel free to double the ingredients. Regardless, you can’t go wrong.

Ingredients you’ll need to make homemade Crockpot Sweet and Spicy Kielbasa Bites: 3 pounds smoked kielbasa, pineapple preserves, chili sauce, barbecue sauce, crushed red pepper flakes, apple cider vinegar, crushed red pepper flakes, onion powder, ground cumin and granulated garlic.
Kitchen tools you’ll need: A 4 quart or larger slow cooker, sharp knife and cutting board, medium bowl, whisk measuring cups and spoons. You’ll also need wooden or plastic picks for serving.
If you’re unable to find pineapple preserves you could use apricot preserves or orange marmalade instead.
To adapt the flavor to include pineapple, you could add one 8 ounce can of crushed pineapple minus juice to the mix along with the preserves you choose to use in place of pineapple preserves.
Please note: The chili sauce used in this recipe is like Heinz brand or similar. It’s not an Asian chili sauce which usually already has red pepper flakes in the mix.
Use your favorite brand of barbecue sauce. A thicker bbq sauce works best.
You can fully assemble this kielbasa and place it into a mixing bowl and cover then place it into the refrigerator to chill until cooking. Pour the entire mixture into the crockpot and cook per the recipe.
If the insert of your slow cooker is removeable you can put it into that cover and chill, too. Follow your appliances manufacturers recommendation regarding chilling the crock and reheating, it may need some time on the counter to warm before heating.
Serve these kielbasa bites as an appetizer or over cooked rice for a main dish meal.
Store Crockpot Sweet and Spicy Kielbasa Bites in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Reheat in a saucepan over medium heat on the stovetop.

More Recipes for Kielbasa to Make

Sheet Pan Kielbasa and Yukon Gold Potato Hash makes for an easy and filling family meal.
Elegant and hearty Chicken and Smoked Sausage Cassoulet.
Braised Cabbage and Potatoes with Smoked Sausages proves that food doesn’t have to be fancy to be delicious.
Sheet Pan Shrimp Boil is beefed up with kielbasa.
If you’re looking for another fun way to enjoy kielbasa in the summer months, try turning it into kabobs like these Hawaiian Kielbasa Kabobs from The Seasoned Mom.

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