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.
Made this with your nuggets and I thought that it was great! But I think my boyfriend has fallen in love with it…. He started talking about it the minute we woke up this morning and is now eating it on an egg sandwich. So I guess what I’m saying is, this honey mustard is a hit!
Excellent honey mustard sauce with a depth of flavors. The only thing I did different was add a bit more honey for my taste.
very good not to sweet or strong mustard taste.
The single best honey mustard i have ever tried. You could put it on an old leather boot and it would be delicious. Tangy, sweet, depth, and with a little cayenne, a tiny bit of warmth. It’s a complex sauce that is so simple. Great on wings, chicken, and pork, even rice.
this was amazing honey mustard for the chicken bites my mom made! I’m 13 and I made it for the chicken leftovers in the fridge while my mom was out lol!
I made this sauce today to go with chicken tenders. It is fantastic. Superior to what you get at the grocery store and of course as noted above you can tweak it if you wish. I love it just as it is.
Made it tonight for homemade chicken fingers … IT WAS DELICIOUS ❤😀 My husband made the yummy sound when he tasted it !!
Absolutely fantastic sauce after some minor tweaks. The original recipe has way too much mayo. But otherwise a fantastic sauce
Was a hit in my house. I added Old Bay seasoning….yum!
Delicious! Thanks for sharing!
I used this the other night as an accompaniment to the homemade chicken nuggets. Soo very good! Used my leftover sauce as a salad dressing on a simple salad. It was so delicious, and thankfully so because I was NOT looking forward to the bottle of ranch that was my ordinary alternative! Thanks for another great recipe!
My husband and I LOVE this sauce. He swears it tastes like an even better version of the honey mustard sauce they serve at restaurants. When we have friends over he always finds a way to pull it out and pass it around for everyone to try because he is so obsessed with it.
The thing I love most about this recipe is how I always have all of these ingredients on hand. It’s so fast and easy and tasty – We cant thank you enough for sharing this!
Best review ever!!
Tastes great perfect for pretzels and french fries. I recommend this recipe!
I might have to dip everything in my fridge into this delicious sauce now that I’m out of chicken nuggets. I used half mayo/half sour cream because I didn’t have enough mayo and it tastes amazing. Especially after letting it chill all day. So so so good. Thank you!
My grandsons made this for supper tonight to go with chicken nuggets. They wouldn’t even taste it after they saw what went into it! However, my husband and I really liked it. Will be making this again.
Darn kiddos! I’m glad to hear you both enjoyed it though.
Made this today and omg it is so tasty. Just the right amount of zing to provide a good dipping sauce for almost any fried or baked foods. I used it on oven baked chicken wings tonight.
Thank you Charles!
Whipped this up real quick for pigs in a blanket and it was perfect! I’ll be using this recipe for everything, so easy and delicious! Thanks!
Made this for the first time and absolutely loved it!