This Dr Pepper Ham has a sweet caramelize Dr Pepper glaze including pineapple, brown sugar and honey that’s made in the crock pot. Perfect for special occasions like Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter dinner!
Dr Pepper Ham Glaze
We all know that Dr Pepper is the king of all soda! Well, at least I think so! I am one of those Dr Pepper fanatics and love cooking/baking with it. Like our Dr Pepper brownies, Dr Pepper baked beans, cherry Dr Pepper cake, Dr Pepper Ribs and Dr Pepper BBQ sauce to just name a few.
This Dr Pepper ham glaze only uses a handful of ingredients like pineapple, brown sugar, honey, and the star – Dr Pepper to make the glaze. It’s super simple and easy to make with just a few quick steps to make the glaze, then the crockpot does the cooking for you!
Ingredients Needed
This pineapple glaze is used for a spiraled ham in this recipe, but any type of ham will work well with this glaze.
- Ham – You will need about 4-6 pounds of spiral sliced boneless ham.
- Pineapple – You will use crushed pineapple for this recipe with the juice.
- Brown Sugar – This will add a richness to your recipe.
- Honey – This will be used as a natural sweetener for the Glaze.
- Dr Pepper – This will be added into the glaze for flavoring.
How To Make Dr Pepper Ham
- Add the pineapple, brown sugar, honey, and Dr. Pepper into a medium saucepan and cook on medium heat.
- Cook until the mixture begins to bubble, then turn the heat down to medium low.
- Turn the heat down until the mixture becomes thick and glazy, this will take about 10-15 minutes.
- Place in your slow cooker and cover with lid and cook for 4 hours on low.
- Slowly take out the Ham from the Slow Cooker and place on a sheet pan lined with foil.
- Add the finished glaze over top of the cooked Ham.
- Set the sheet pan under the broiler in your stove and cook for another 5-7 minutes, watch your ham closely to make sure it doesn’t burn.
- The sugar glaze will become a caramelized brown color when ready.
- Serve and Enjoy!
Baking Method
We prefer to cook this ham in the slow cooker, but you can also bake the ham in the oven.
Baking instructions:
- Wrap your ham tightly with aluminum foil.
- Place ham, cut side down, in a roasting pan (or large baking dish).
- Allow to rest at room temperature for 1 ½ hours.
- Preheat the oven to 275 degrees.
- Place in the oven with the oven rack towards the bottom and bake for 1 ½ hours (or when the ham is hotter than 100 degrees in the center).
- Once cooked, remove the aluminum foil and spread about 1/3 of the glaze on top.
- Bake uncovered for another 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven, cover in remaining glaze and cover loosely foil.
- Allow to rest for about 40 minutes, before slicing and serving.
What To Serve With Dr Pepper Glazed Ham
We love to serve this ham really any time of year, but especially for the Holidays. A side of green beans, creamy mashed potatoes, and warm dinner rolls goes well with this slow cooker ham recipe and perfect for Christmas dinner.
You can also serve leftover ham in ham sandwiches, ham casserole or appetizers like ham and cheese pinwheels.
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Dr Pepper Ham
Ingredients
- 4-6 pound boneless spiral sliced ham
- 1 cup crushed pineapple with juice
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup honey
- 1 cup Dr Pepper
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat combine the pineapple, brown sugar, honey and Dr. Pepper.
- Bring to a bubble and reduce heat to medium low.
- Reduce mixture until it is thickened and glazy, about 10-15 minutes.
- Place your ham into the slow cooker and coat it with half of the glaze mixture..
- Cover and cook in the slow cooker on low for 4 hours.
- Carefully remove the ham from the slow cooker onto a foil lined sheet pan.
- Pour over the rest of the glaze.
- Put under the broiler in your stove for about 5-7 minutes, watching closely.
- You want the sugar to caramelize, not burn.
- Serve!
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14 comments on “Dr Pepper Ham”
I love this recipe. I have a 12 lb ham this year. How long should I cook it for?
Thanks Laura. I’m not sure you will be able to fit that in your slow cooker, but you will probably need to double the time.
Can you use a cup of pineapple juice without the pineapple in it ?? Thank you !!
Hi Glenn. Yes, just the juice would still give it the same flavor without the texture and additional taste of the pineapple chunks.
I have a 2 pound pre cooked ham how long would you cook this for
Hi Caitlin. You’ll want to cook around 3 hours on low.
Is the ham precooked
Hi Mary. Yes this recipe uses a pre-cooked ham.
Hi. I love, love, love, this recipe! Dr. Pepper and pineapple are two of my favorite things! This is the only glaze, I use now! I do make it in the oven and it still comes out perfect! Thanks so much!
Thank you Cindy!
Can you use the seasoning packet from a spiral sliced honey ham instead of the brown sugar and honey?
Hi Keiko. Sure, the packet would work as well and you should have good results.
Can I use Mr. Pibb/Pibb-Xtra instead of Dr. Pepper?
Hi Cynthia. Yes, you can use that substitution with no issues.