08/26/2026
Let’s do this again! What are your favorite ways to use my jellies?
Jellies and Jams……Not just for toast anymore!!!
Let me know your favorite thing to use jams and jellies for, or what you’d like to try.
1 ) Make a smoothie with jam/jelly, milk, fresh fruit, and yogurt
2 ) Serve with cream cheese on crackers with wine
3 ) Use as a glaze on meats like pork, beef, or chicken.
4 ) Add to BBQ sauce for a fruity twist
5 ) Top a cheesecake
6 ) Warm up and pour over ice cream
7 ) Use as a pancake/waffle topping
8 ) Stir into cottage cheese
9 ) Add to a bowl of oatmeal
10) Add to plain yogurt
11) Add to frosting
12) Fill doughnuts
13) Add to pancake/waffle batter
14) Surprise Muffins – half fill muffin cups, add dab of jelly/jam, finish filling muffin cups and bake
15) Fill crepes
16) Make a protein shake with jam/jelly, milk, and protein powder
17) Use to sweeten tea or coffee
18) Mix with oil, vinegar, and spices for a sweet, fruity salad dressing
19) Use jam/jelly instead of sugar for making chewy and fruity cookies
20) Drizzle warmed up jam/jelly over hot and spicy chicken wings
21) Spoon over chicken breasts before baking for a simple glaze
22) Mix with a bit of olive oil and serve as a dip for fried chicken
23) Heat until thin the pour over Angel Cake
24) Thin with 2 tbs vinegar and serve as a glaze on fish
25) Spread as a layer on a layer cake
26) Use in a cocktail
27) Make a fruity milkshake
28) Use in sandwiches, especially turkey, ham, or cheese
29) Slow bake chicken with a peppery jelly glaze
30) Mix with cream cheese and use as a filling for French Toast
31) Glaze a ham with a citrus jam/jelly
32) Add to lemonade
33) Add a bit of jam to a cupcake. Cut a hole in cupcake, fill with jam then frost for a fruity surprise
34) Make thumbprint cookies
35) Add a tablespoon of hot pepper jelly to stir-fry just before serving
36) Make a fancy flavored butter or cream cheese (2 parts room temp. butter with 1 part jam/jelly, beat thoroughly combined then chill
37) Make a jam cake
38) Turn drippings from roast pork or chicken into a delicious pan sauce
39) Fold 1/3 to ½ cup into your favorite brownie mix
40) Spoon over baked apples or pears
41) Make a fruity pizza. Use jam/jelly for the sauce, add fruit and sprinkle with ricotta or bits of cream cheese and bake
42) Fix a grilled cheese sandwich with hot pepper jelly.
43) Mix one part jam/jelly with 2 parts maple syrup
44) Add 1 tbs. jam/jelly to shot glass, cover with vodka, bourbon, or rum
45) Mix with goat cheese and spinach to stuff a pork tenderloin
46) Make a giant pancake. After turning, spread it with jam/jelly, roll it up and lightly sprinkle with powdered sugar
47) Use as a dip for egg rolls
48) Candied Bacon: line a baking sheet then place a cooling rack over it. Lay bacon flat on rack, coat with a glaze of pepper jelly. Bake at 325 degrees until bacon is crisp, turning once.
49) Use in a sundae or banana split
50) Add to homemade popsicles
51) Cook meatballs in crockpot with 1 jar hot pepper jelly.
52) Use in pulled pork for a fruity twist
53) Add Hot Pepper jelly to stir-fry right at the end for sweet/hot burst of flavor.
