This homemade honey mustard sauce is sweet and creamy with a tangy flavor plus ready in 5 minutes. It’s great for dipping, spreading, dressing or drizzling on so much!
We love to use this easy sauce recipe with my baked chicken wings recipe, sausage balls and pigs in a blanket!
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Homemade Honey Mustard
If your family likes to dip as much as mine does, this honey mustard sauce recipe is the ultimate choice for a sweet and tangy sauce. It goes well with everything from dipping, dunking, and dressing meat and veggies to pairing with party platters and appetizers.
It’s a 5-minute recipe that you’ll want to keep a jar of for any and all occasions because there’s a never-ending list of ways to use it from dipping it in fresh vegetables, dunking chick-fil-A nuggets or homemade french fries or drizzling it over a chicken club lettuce wrap or chicken breasts.
Recipe Ingredients
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
- Mustard: I like to use a blend of Dijon and yellow mustard to get a little bit of the tang and heat of both.
- Honey: The sweetness works so well with the kick of mustard.
- Mayonnaise: This add creaminess and helps thicken the sauce.
- Vinegar: It may seem counterproductive, but the acid actually helps mellow the tand of the mustard.
- Optional: For a spicy kick, add some cayenne pepper. A milder zesty addition is paprika.
How to Make Honey Mustard Sauce
- Stir. Simply mix together mustard, honey, mayo, vinegar, salt, and pepper in a bowl until creamy.
- Chill. Cover and place in the fridge until ready to serve.
Favorite Ways to Use Honey Mustard
Below are a few ways my family uses this sauce. Dip it, dunk it, or use as a salad dressing. The sweet and zesty taste of this awesome sauce is so delicious!
- Baked chicken tenders
- Easy baked pork chops recipe
- Grilled salmon
- Baked chicken wings
- Soft homemade pretzels
- Pretzel bites
- Sweet potato fries
More homemade condiments I love include jalapeno jelly, homemade ranch dressing and homemade Italian dressing.
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Honey Mustard Sauce
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup mayonnaise
- 2 Tablespoons mustard , plus more to taste
- 2 Tablespoons honey , plus more to taste
- 1 Tablespoon white vinegar , or lemon juice
- Salt , to taste
- Ground black pepper , to taste
Instructions
- Whisk together sauce. In a small bowl, whisk together 1/3 cup mayo, 2 Tablespoons mustard, 2 Tablespoon honey and 1 Tablespoon vinegar. Season with salt and pepper.
- Chill. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Serve. Use as a dipping sauce with your favorite chicken nuggets, tenders, or French fries.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Recipe FAQs
You can try apple cider vinegar, lemon juice or white wine vinegar. This recipe is pretty adaptable, so have fun and mix things up a bit to see what you like best.
No reason why not. It will change the flavor, so you will need to adjust it to your taste, but it should still work.
I love the combination of Dijon mustard and yellow mustard. You can use all Dijon mustard if you would like, but I would not use all yellow mustard as you will not get the desired tang.
It can be stored up to 5 days in the fridge in a sealed container. Stir before each use.
Categorized as: 5 Ingredients Or Less, American, Condiments, Gluten-Free, Nut-Free, Sauces, Vegetarian
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
Where are the proportions?
Hi Vlad, if you scroll to teh recipe card or hit the view recipe button at the top of the blog, you will find the full recipe.