While I was rummaging through my fridge for sauces to dunk my homemade baked chicken nuggets in, I realized the one sauce I really wanted was one that I didn’t have—Honey Mustard Sauce. Luckily, homemade honey mustard sauce takes only a few minutes to whip up and only requires simple pantry staples. This quick Honey Mustard Sauce was so tangy, creamy, sweet, and delicious that I couldn’t stop licking my spoon! Luckily I saved some for my chicken nuggets. :)
What is in Honey Mustard Sauce?
Honey mustard sauce is the most incredible 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 several ways. Once you make a batch you’ll likely want to smear a little sauce on just about everything!
How to Serve:
This week I used it as a dip for my Homemade Baked Chicken Nuggets, but it also works great as:
- a dip for vegetables (try it with our Roasted Broccoli!)
- a spread for wraps and sandwiches
- Honey Mustard Broccoli Salad
- dressing for chicken salad
- dressing for green salads
- a glaze or sauce for grilled or roasted meats
How to Store:
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.
Love honey mustard? Check out my 20 Minute Honey Mustard Chicken, Honey Mustard Pork Chops, and Honey Mustard Chicken Salad.
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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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!