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Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

4.91 from 21 votes

Make your own homemade honey mustard dipping sauce or dressing with simple ingredients. This 5-minute honey mustard is creamy, sweet, and tangy, and retains some of its mustard complexity.

How to Make Honey Mustard with Mayo

Love Chick-fil-A sauce? Try this honey mustard sauce! This dipping sauce is so versatile! You can use this as a dipping sauce for various kinds of chicken, such as crispy chicken tenders or nuggets. It also makes for a great sandwich spread or as a salad dressing.

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Why You'll Love This Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

  • Flavorful. This homemade honey mustard is undoubtedly delicious. It's a keeper recipe, a great dipping sauce to keep in the fridge.
Learn How To Make Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce from the Scratch:
  • Easy and Cheap to Make. This 7-ingredient honey mustard is absolutely easy to make, is cheaper, and tastes better than store-bought sauce.
  • Adjustable. The best part of making this sauce at home is you can easily customize the taste to your own liking.

Ingredients

This honey mustard is a mayo-based sauce. The mayo sauce is seasoned with yellow mustard, dijon mustard, apple cider vinegar, white vinegar, and paprika, and is sweetened with honey. No salt added!

Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce
  • Mayonnaise. It's commonly used to create a thick and creamy sauce.
  • Dijon and Yellow Mustard. I used a combination of dijon and yellow mustard to create more depth and a subtle mustard flavor. Yellow mustard plays an important role in adding a bright yellow color to the sauce, while Dijon mustard makes the sauce creamier.
  • Apple Cider Vinegar and White Vinegar. I use both types of vinegar to make the sauce taste smooth and less acidic.
  • Paprika. It adds a subtly sweet and peppery taste to the sauce.
  • Honey.  It adds sweetness so the sauce isn't too acidic.

What to Serve With Honey Mustard

I made this homemade honey mustard to serve with these delicious oven-baked crispy chicken tenders. Both recipes are quickly becoming my family's favorite for lunch or dinner.

Homemade Honey Mustard

You can also use this honey mustard as:

  • Dressing for salads.
  • A sauce to brush on chicken and pork.
  • A spread on salmon. Just brush it on the fillet before you roast it, or as a sauce to serve with cooked salmon.
  • A spread for sandwiches.
  • A dipping sauce for veggies.
  • Whisk in with the vinegar and other ingredients to create a salad dressing. 

Recipe Tips

  • Customize it.  Use this recipe as a start. You can always customize the ingredients based on their availability and your taste. 
  • Vinegar. You can use both apple cider vinegar and white vinegar or either one of them alone. These can also be replaced with rice wine vinegar or lemon juice (again, customize to your liking). 
  • Taste it! If you aren't sure how acidic you want your sauce to be, taste it often and add a small amount of vinegar at a time. The same rule applies to honey. 

Storage

One of the main ingredients of this honey mustard is Mayo. Any mayo-based products need to be kept in the fridge.

Here's how to store the leftover honey mustard:

  • Place the leftover honey mustard in an airtight container.
  • Store the honey mustard in the fridge and enjoy it within 3 days.

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📖 Recipe

Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

Rika
This 5-minute honey mustard is creamy, sweet and tangy. It’s so versatile! 
4.91 from 21 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Course dipping sauce, dressing
Cuisine American
Servings 10
Calories 92 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
  • 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons 100% honey, (add more according to your liking)
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon white vinegar

Instructions
 

  • In a medium bowl, whisk together all the ingredients above until well combined.
  • Use immediately or store in the refrigerator, covered, for up to 3 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 92kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 1gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 122mgPotassium: 4mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 64IUCalcium: 2mgIron: 1mg
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  1. Lenora Erwin says

    Made it, loved it! It was truly a hit. I loved & my husband loved it. It was one of the best honey mustard recipes.

    • Rika Livingston says

      Thanks for sharing your feedback, Lenora! 🙂 I am glad that you and your husband loved this honey mustard recipe!

  2. Lenora Erwin says

    5 stars
    Best recipe for honey mustard sauce!

    • Rika Livingston says

      Thank you very much, Lenora!

      Best,

      Rika

  3. Machaela says

    I followed this recipe exactly, and this was the worst honey mustard I have ever had. I don’t recommend this recipe for a true honey mustard lover.

    • Rika says

      Hi, thanks for the comment. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it, but do appreciate the honest feedback. My honey mustard is unique and very popular, but maybe not for everyone so I do thank you for the feedback.-Rika

  4. Char King says

    5 stars
    Absolutely amazing recipe

  5. Pat says

    The paprika ruined this, it’s not yellow at all,more reddish, and does not taste good at all. I went by the directions

    • Rika says

      Hi Pat,

      Sorry that this recipe didn't turn out well for you.

      Best,

      Rika

  6. Mary says

    5 stars
    This is my 3rd tie making this honey mustard, I LOVE IT! Super easy and, BTW, it lasts for quite a long time in the fridge! So glad to be making my own! Thanks so much! 🙂

    • Rika says

      Hi Mary,

      Thank you for sharing your feedback, and you're very welcome! I'm glad to hear that the honey mustard sauce recipe has become a regular in your fridge. Your enjoyment means a lot to me!

      Best,

      Rika

  7. Mary says

    This is my 3rd time making this and I LOVE IT! It’s a. Super easy recipe and lasts quite a long time in my fridge. Love making my own, as store bought has a lot of junk in it! Thanks so much! 🙂

    • Rika says

      Hi Mary,

      Thank you for your amazing feedback! I’m so happy to hear that you’re loving the honey mustard recipe and that it’s become a go-to for you. It’s great that you’re able to make your own and avoid all those extra ingredients. Thanks for sharing your experience, and I’m glad it’s been a hit every time!

      Best,

      Rika

  8. Angela says

    5 stars
    What a quick and easy sauce with pantry ingredients! I will never buy premade again! Love the tang! Delicious!

    • Rika says

      Hi Angela,

      Thanks for the great review! I'm really glad you liked the sauce. It's awesome to hear that you found it easy to make with basic ingredients from your pantry. Your comment about the tanginess made my day!

      Best,

      Rika