I love a good dipping sauce, and this honey mustard sauce is the latest addition to my arsenal. It’s a little sweet, a little savory, and most of all, nice and creamy! It really helps cut through the umami flavors of meats, and the tanginess elevates all kinds of roasted vegetables. It’s a great dipping sauce or spread for sandwiches, and it’s super quick and easy to whip up with pantry staple ingredients. The best part is that it only costs pennies to make! This sauce will have you licking the spoon!
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This was OUTSTANDING! When I first read comments about it tasting so good you’ll be licking the spoon and so forth, I thought, ‘not me.’ But, man, was I wrong. I did lick the spoon! No more store bought honey mustard for me. This will be my go to. I had everything needed without going to the store and it was fast to whisk up a batch. Love it!
Paulette
Honey mustard sauce is the most incredibly sweet, tangy, and creamy sauce made from simple ingredients like honey, mustard, mayonnaise, vinegar, and a couple spices. It takes only a few minutes to make and can be used in several ways. Once you make a batch you’ll likely want to smear a little sauce on just about everything!
Ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to make Honey Mustard Sauce:
- Mayonnaise: Helps make this sauce super rich and creamy.
- Mustard: A combination of Dijon and yellow mustards adds a complex and slightly spicy flavor to the sauce. You can use whatever kinds of mustards you have on hand, but I particularly like this combination.
- Honey: Adds a touch of sweetness to the sauce.
- Apple Cider Vinegar: Makes the sauce slightly tangy and helps thin it to a dipping consistency.
- Spices: Garlic powder, paprika, salt, and pepper enhance the savory flavor of the sauce.
Serving Suggestions
This honey mustard sauce was made for dipping and drizzling. It’s great with homemade chicken nuggets, sauteed green beans, or ham and cheese sliders. The sweet and savory flavor profile really compliments everything from chicken to pork to veggies, and it’s not too heavy.
I particularly love to serve this sauce with baked ham or roasted Brussels sprouts for the holidays. It really balances out the sweetness of the ham and the sharpness of the sprouts.
Storage Instructions
This tasty sauce should definitely be stored in the refrigerator. I don’t suggest keeping the sauce for more than 4-5 days, so make sure you adjust your batch size to the amount you plan on using. This recipe yields about 3/4 cup honey mustard sauce, but the quantity can be adjusted in the “servings” box in the recipe below. All of the ingredients will auto-adjust with the change in servings.
Honey Mustard Sauce
Servings 6 2 Tbsp eachIngredients
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise ($0.80)
- 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard ($0.09)
- 1 Tbsp yellow mustard ($0.09)
- 3 Tbsp honey ($0.36)
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar ($0.02)
- 1/8 tsp garlic powder ($0.02)
- 1/8 tsp paprika ($0.02)
- 1/8 tsp salt ($0.02)
- freshly cracked pepper (about 5 cranks of a pepper mill) ($0.02)
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and stir until smooth. Use immediately or refrigerate until ready to use.
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Equipment
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Nutrition
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How to Make Honey Mustard Sauce – Step by Step Photos
There is only one step to this honey mustard sauce! Just combine all of the ingredients (1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard, 1 Tbsp yellow mustard, 3 Tbsp honey, 1 tsp apple cider vinegar, 1/8 tsp garlic powder, 1/8 tsp paprika, 1/8 tsp salt, and some freshly cracked pepper) in a bowl and whisk or stir until smooth.
Seriously, though. It’s just as delicious and tangy as that looks. Time to start dipping!! …Or drizzling over everything and anything.
I’ve tried making honey mustard twice in the past and it ended up tasting either too tangy or too sweet. Now this one… this is PERFECTION! I love KFC/Subway honey mustard and this one here tastes a thousand times better. I will make this forever now!! Only thing I did different was using half of the vinegar and to make sure the honey spooks were FULL!
Delish! And so easy to make. Equally good with pork, roasted potatoes, and asparagus that happen to be on tonight’s menu. :-)
This actually tastes like Chic-Fil-A™ sauce. I did a blind test on my kid and they thought they were the same. Just needs a little bit of smoke and it would be impossible to tell the difference.
Delicious.
Seriously delicious and easy!!!
This was OUTSTANDING! When I first read comments about it tasting so good you’ll be licking the spoon and so forth, I thought, ‘not me.’ But, man, was I wrong. I did lick the spoon! No more store bought honey mustard for me. This will be my go to. I had everything needed without going to the store and it was fast to whisk up a batch. Love it!
Good
Very nice flavor. Not too sweet. I liked the flavor of using 2 different mustards. Don’t fo6to use the salt and pepper. It finished it off.
Hey there Beth, just wanted to share how much my family and I enjoyed the Honey mustard dip. Marinated a turkey tenderloin over night in the Honey Mustard dip and put in on the grill foe about 45 minutes.
Fantastic flavor
Was making some homemade buttermilk chicken tenders and realized I didn’t have anything to dip them in so I whipped this up in about 3 minutes using what I have on hand. I had everything except yellow mustard so I used double the Guldens Brown Mustard and had Hellmans Lite Mayo. This Honey Mustard was the BEST! Nice and tangy with the touch of Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar!
I wanted this kind of sauce for my grilled salmon and vegetables.. I found this recipe and literally whipped it up in 3 minutes and I was amazed at how great it was!! Very nice job!! 👏🏽👏🏽
My husband brought home a bucket of Lee’s boneless wings and forgot my honey mustard! So I quickly searched for a recipe and found this one. I whipped it up real quick and I was a happy camper! It tastes EXACTLY like Lee’s! I’ll be making this again and again!
Great recipe! I double mustard personally, all other proportions are perf imo.
The honey mustard sauce is the BEST I have ever had! Bonus…I had all the ingredients in hand!
I will NEVER use a different recipe! This is the best…. Period!