Glazed Kielbasa Bites with pineapple are a simple appetizer or tailgating snack! The glaze makes these a little bit sweet and salty.
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Save-A-Lot. The opinions and text are all mine.
GLAZED KIELBASA BITES
I love a good tailgate but tailgating can get expensive real quick, right? You plan one and think, “I’ll just pick up some chips and dips and maybe a veggie tray and some drinks. Oh, we’ll need some paper plates and cups too. Wait – we’re gonna need ice for the coolers. And everyone was wanting some chicken wings and burgers.” And before you know it, you’ve spent over $100 and you’ve only purchased half of what you need. So I set out to create a tailgate on a budget. It is possible!
TAILGATING ON A BUDGET
So, I grabbed my husband (to carry all my grocery bags, of course – ha) and we went to our local Save-A-Lot in Roanoke, Virginia. My first tip for shopping here is to look at the store brands. They are just as good as the brand name items but are nearly half the price. My second tip is to look at their selection of fresh fruits and vegetables. They have tons of fresh and affordable fruits and veggies for a great price (perfect for fruit and veggie trays). My third tip is to peruse the meat selections. Their meat is super affordable and it’s cut and prepared right there in the store. We bought enough chicken and ground beef to feed an army of fans for only $50! (note: prices may vary at locations)
Affordable fresh fruit, fresh meat and paper products
EASY, AFFORDABLE PARTY FOOD
As I was walking around, I got a great idea for a fun recipe that would be perfect for upcoming holiday parties and of course, tailgating! It’s a sweet and savory appetizer that I usually make with ham but thought it would be perfect with kielbasa (when I saw how inexpensive it was at Save-A-Lot). I bought all of the ingredients for these glazed kielbasa bites for less than $10. And I have plenty of the ingredients leftover (like the honey, cocktail sauce, soy sauce) to use for future meals or to make these bites again in the near future.
Total amount of ingredients was less than $10 (prices may vary)
I also had plenty of money leftover from my budget to buy several bags of chips and 3 kinds of dips. I also picked up several cases of water and soda. As well as hotdogs and hamburgers and condiments.
DELICIOUS SNACKS
I even got some extras like pickles and snack nuts. I could have probably feed the entire parking lot with all that I bought! Normally, when you tailgate with friends, everyone buys a little to contribute. At Save-A-Lot, we could purchase it all at an affordable price and just split the difference. So much more bang for your buck!
Normally I purchase frozen chicken wings because they are cheaper. But I was able to buy fresh chicken wings at Save-A-Lot for the same price I would normally pay for frozen at other stores! And these wings were so meaty! It’s not a tailgating party unless I bring some Kickin’ Chicken Wings!
EASY, DELICIOUS SAUSAGE BITES
You’ll see a lot of Maroon and Orange on my post today since we are fans of the Virginia Tech Hokies. Did you know a Hokie is a turkey? Doesn’t sound very intimidating does it? Ha! Anyhow, lets get to these Glazed Kielbasa Bites. You can make all of this ahead of time and pop them into a slow cooker to keep warm. Or just cover them with foil and they’ll stay warm until serving. I promise you’ll come home with an empty dish!
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
kielbasa
canned pineapple chunks
teriyaki sauce
cocktail sauce (or chili sauce)
honey
HOW TO MAKE GLAZED KIELBASA BITES (STEP-BY-STEP):
Preheat oven to 425f degrees. Slice kielbasa into 1-inch pieces.
Place kielbasa and pineapple chunks into a 9×9 square baking dish. In a bowl whisk together, reserved pineapple juice, teriyaki sauce, cocktail sauce and honey.
Pour mixture over kielbasa and pineapple chunks.
Stir well.
Bake (uncovered) for about 20 minutes – stirring once during baking.
Once finished cooking, carefully take toothpicks and skewer a piece of pineapple and a piece of kielbasa. Continue until all are finished.
Then serve!
Enjoy!
GLAZED KIELBASA BITES
Ingredients
- 2 13 oz packages kielbasa
- 1 20 oz can pineapple chunks drained with 1 tbsp juice reserved
- 3 tbsp teriyaki sauce
- 1 tbsp cocktail sauce or chili sauce
- 1 tbsp honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425f degrees. Slice kielbasa into 1-inch pieces.
- Place kielbasa and pineapple chunks into a 9x9 square baking dish. In a bowl whisk together, reserved pineapple juice, teriyaki sauce, cocktail sauce and honey.
- Pour mixture over kielbasa and pineapple chunks.
- Stir well.
- Bake (uncovered) for about 20 minutes - stirring once during baking.
- Once finished cooking, carefully take toothpicks and skewer a piece of pineapple and a piece of kielbasa. Continue until all are finished.
- Then serve!
Nutrition
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These look delicious. Now I want some honey BBQ boneless wings! (My favorite tailgating appetizer)
Love the recipes
YUM! Will be trying these
Spinach and artichoke dip is my favorite
My favorite tailgate recipe would be chicken wing dip.
I love all things kielbasa, making it this weekend while watching the longhorns (sorry). I do like the hokies but not as much as tx.
Yummmmm”
Love your recipes, Brandie!
Those kielbasa bites look so good!
Since I started cutting carbs, I don’t get to enjoy the “typical” snacks. I LOVE ham and cream cheese rollups with a pickle in the middle.
Pigs in a blanket and queso dip are my go to football Saturday food!
This is something I want to try.
Wings and dressings are my favorite.
My favorite used to be barbecue little smokies, but now I think it’s going to be these kielbasa bites!
GO GO GO HOKIES!! LOL EVER GO TO THE GAMES? WE DO! IF YOU DO MAYBE WE WILL SEE YOU AT ONE!
These look amazying! Can’t wait to try them.
My favorite football party snack is fried chicken wings!
I am, and will forever be required too bring jello shots when we tailgate. I made them the first time and ever since it’s just known that that’s what I’m bringing!
BBQ Little Smokies are my favorite for now, but I foresee them on the back burner while I pig out on the Glazed Kielbasa Bites!
This sounds like it would be good and something different to try. I would make with Turkey Keilbasa.
Great money saving tailgating idea!!!
Boneless bbq wings, yummy
Burgers~!
Nachos has to be on the top of my list. Thanks for the offer!
I love making brats on the grill or when my wife makes cocktail weinies.
We love wings for our tailgate parties!
cheese and sausage
We like to have chips and dip, stuffed celery with cream cheese, chicken tenders and potato skins!! Any time we need a great recipe I go to the country cook and always find what I need! So many great, yummy recipes that are favorites now!!
Love a variety of sandwiches for tailgating. Still can do this on a budget too!
Mini wieners in barbecue sauce.
My favorite tailgating food is a good cheeseball and crackers with fresh pineapple, grapes and strawberries on the side.
I have a Sav-A-Lot in the city where I live and I find great items in the store. This kielbasa recipe is a ‘touchdown winner”!!!!!
I love your recipes cant wait to try these and i like save alot to i have made many of you recipes for my family and they all was are a winner
My favorite football party snack is nachos.
My favorite food would be hot dogs.
Favorite tail gaiting food would be a toss up between hot wing with ranch and cocktail wieners in Bar-B-Q sauce.
Loaded potato skins is our favorite party food.
Buffalo Wings and potato skins with ranch dressing for dipping.
This looks so good. I like to make wings and also little smokies in the crock pot with homemade BBQ sauce.
Easy sweet treats!
Chicken wings, chips and dip.
These look like my new favorite!
I like finger foods that I can eat while watching the game. My favorite are mozerella sticks.
This is a wonderful recipe, I am going to put mine on the grill, Yum!!!!
I Love SAVE A LOT!
My fav tailgate snack is BRATS on the grill! 🙂
These look so good . I am going to make these.
I like Wings and dressings
I like sliders
I love a quick and easy dip for chips or crackers. These Sausage Bites look wonderful!
I love homemade hot dips like spinach and artichoke served with chips.
I love the kielbasa bites. Thanks
I make sausage and apples frequently but, haven’t tried it with pineapple. On my “to-do” list.
I like serving and eating meatballs and mini-sausages in BBQ sauce
Love ❤️ these recipes. I really love chicken wings the most but the sausage and pineapple I want to try that as well.
I really like grilled hot dogs with homemade chili sauce but this recipe looks like it would be wonderful
Chicken wing dip!!!!!!!!
These recipes are fun, easy, and quick. Thanks for taking the work out cooking with fun.
Yummy foods!! Now on my to try list!
Those Chicken Wings.
Foot ball game food ….. I like snacky type appetizer type foods….hotdogs in blankets….easy pick up food and
since I have been sick for most of this year and finally had surgery to correct….I am re introducing myself
to food….sounds dumb maybe but true…..so looking forward to lots of goodies that will be new, yet “old”
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football food yum!!! I love making pizza bites for our tail gate
Save A Lot–you really saves a lot! A great place to buy your football foods.
These were great appys while watching football. Simple and good. Thanks for sharing.
So Awesome! I made my own sweet chili sauce???? then I doubled the GLAZE recipe. It turned out so good my mother ate 1/2 the dish. LOL!
Just curious if anyone has tried this recipe with a different type of sausage? I was looking to utilize some smoked spicy sausage I have in the freezer.
Hi Tina, if it is a sausage you enjoy, then you could certainly use it. Just as long as it is a pre-cooked sausage (not raw.)