Honey Mustard Sauce

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Whip up restaurant-style honey mustard sauce at home with this easy and delicious recipe—perfect for dipping, spreading, and drizzling on all your favorite dishes!

honey mustard sauce with chicken tenders

If there’s any sauce that appeals to kids and adults alike, it’s got to be honey mustard sauce. This recipe is just like the version served at most restaurants, and it’s a breeze to whip up with just five simple ingredients: mayo, Dijon mustard, honey, apple cider vinegar, and a few grinds of fresh pepper. Whether you’re serving it alongside chicken tenders, spreading it on fried chicken sandwiches, dunking soft pretzels, or drizzling it over a salad, this sauce’s creamy, tangy, and sweet flavor takes so many dishes to a new level of deliciousness.

What You’ll Need To Make Honey Mustard Sauce

honey mustard sauce ingredients

Step-By-Step Instructions

In a small bowl, add the mayonnaise, mustard, and a few grinds of black pepper.

mayonnaise, mustard, and pepper in piles in small glass bowl

Add honey and vinegar to bowl.

pouring vinegar and honey into glass bowl containing mustard, mayonnaise, and black pepper

Whisk to combine.

mayonnaise, mustard, black pepper, honey, and vinegar being whisked together in small bowl

Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.

finished honey mustard sauce in small glass bowl

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Honey Mustard Sauce

Whip up restaurant-style honey mustard sauce at home with this easy and delicious recipe—perfect for dipping, spreading, and drizzling on all your favorite dishes!

Servings: 1½ cups
Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Total Time: 5 Minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup mayonnaise, best quality such as Hellmann's or Duke's
  • ⅓ cup Dijon mustard
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, mustard, honey, vinegar, and a few grinds of fresh black pepper. Taste and adjust seasoning, if necessary. Store in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Nutrition Information

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  • Per serving (8 servings)
  • Serving size: 3 tablespoons
  • Calories: 197
  • Fat: 19 g
  • Saturated fat: 3 g
  • Carbohydrates: 8 g
  • Sugar: 232 g
  • Fiber: 0 g
  • Protein: 0 g
  • Sodium: 232 mg
  • Cholesterol: 9 mg

This website is written and produced for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and the nutritional data on this site has not been evaluated or approved by a nutritionist or the Food and Drug Administration. Nutritional information is offered as a courtesy and should not be construed as a guarantee. The data is calculated through an online nutritional calculator, Edamam.com. Although I do my best to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered estimates only. Varying factors such as product types or brands purchased, natural fluctuations in fresh produce, and the way ingredients are processed change the effective nutritional information in any given recipe. Furthermore, different online calculators provide different results depending on their own nutrition fact sources and algorithms. To obtain the most accurate nutritional information in a given recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe, using your preferred nutrition calculator.

Gluten-Free Adaptable Note

To the best of my knowledge, all of the ingredients used in this recipe are gluten-free or widely available in gluten-free versions. There is hidden gluten in many foods; if you're following a gluten-free diet or cooking for someone with gluten allergies, always read the labels of your ingredients to verify that they are gluten-free.

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