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.
Used an egg free mayo replacement and it was still fantastic!
Loved this recipe!! I just eye-balled most of the ingredients, but used less mayo and more of both mustards. Made hot ham and cheese and used this as a dip – delicious!!
Really good! My husband loved it!
So easy to make and delicious. Taste so much better than store brand.
YUM, YUM!!!!!!!!!!! We will not go back to store brands. You cant beat the flavor and how easy it is to make.
Coming from someone who has NEVER had a taste for honey mustard, THIS. WAS. DELICIOUS!!! I could eat it by itself. SO delicious!! :D THANK YOU!
The best homemade honey mustard! I didn’t have any dijon mustard, used brown mustard instead. Nice tang, better than most restaurant and store bought honey mustard. Thank you
Excellent honey mustard sauce kk
Hubby, who doesn’t like honey muatard sauce, really liked it. He’s a fussy one so it means it’s a good one!
The mayo flavor is much too strong.
My family went nuts when I made this. I had to make triple the recipe today. Thanks
To much mayonnaise taste for my liking.
Amazing mustard sauce. If I could give this a ten I would!!!
My husband really really likes this honey mustard sauce! Now his favorite to put on his sandwiches.
I will never be able to go back to store bought honey mustard! This recipe is so simple and quick to make, and so absolutely delicious it’s always in the house! Even my husband admitted it’s the best he’s tasted and is better than store bought! Thank you for this recipe!