This honey mustard sauce recipe is ridiculously quick to make and tastes so good that it makes almost anything taste better.
My family goes bonkers for this creamy honey mustard sauce. We are officially obsessed. Made with simple ingredients, I bet you already have everything in the fridge to make it.
We keep a batch of this easy sauce in our fridge next to homemade ketchup. My son loves it with chicken nuggets or french fries, but I’m currently loving it with roasted broccoli (try it!). If you’re looking for a salad dressing rather than a sauce, consider this honey mustard salad dressing instead.
Key Ingredients
- Mayonnaise and sour cream: I love combining mayo and sour cream for this creamy dipping sauce. The mayonnaise is creamy and rich, while the sour cream lightens things a bit. We do this when making our favorite potato salad dressing. If you don’t have both, you can still make the sauce and use what you have. I love using homemade mayo.
- Honey: You can’t have honey mustard sauce without honey. Some brands taste sweeter and more floral than others. You may need to adjust the amount of honey in the sauce to get the flavor right.
- Mustard: For the best honey mustard sauce, use BOTH yellow (American-style) and Dijon mustard. Yellow mustard contains a lot of vinegar, which enhances the sauce’s flavor. Dijon mustard adds the punchy mustard spice we need (Dijon is also what I use when making our honey mustard chicken recipe).
- Vinegar or lemon Juice: Creamy sauces taste better with a little extra acid. In this case, we love distilled vinegar or lemon juice.
Find the full recipe with measurements below.
Ways to Use Creamy Honey Mustard Sauce
I love this honey mustard dipping sauce. It’s perfect for dipping our homemade chicken nuggets, popcorn chicken, or my son’s favorite fish sticks.
I love it with baked French fries or sweet potato fries! It’s also really delicious, spooned over baked pork chops and grilled chicken breasts.
More Sauce Recipes
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Creamy Honey Mustard Sauce
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Our honey mustard sauce recipe is quick and easy and uses simple pantry staples. You can make this delicious sauce in five minutes or less. We love the combination of mayonnaise and sour cream. The mayo is rich, and the sour cream adds a little tang.
Watch Us Make the Recipe
You Will Need
2 tablespoons mayonnaise, try homemade mayonnaise
2 tablespoons sour cream
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons yellow mustard
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice or distilled white vinegar
Directions
1Stir all of the ingredients in a medium bowl until well blended. Taste, and then adjust with additional honey or mustard depending on preference.
2Store in a jar or air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
Adam and Joanne's Tips
- The nutrition facts provided below are estimates.
Very yummy,
thank you so much for the recipe!
I didn’t have any dijon mustard so I used horseradish mustard instead, and I did not have any sour cream, so I substituted plain greek yogurt. I accidentally poured in too much lemon juice so it’s a bit more runny than I would like.
But it’s yummy and easy, I will never spend the $$$ for honey mustard again.
I like the fact that it uses the exact same amount of everything, so if you were making it for a big party all you have to do is grab a larger measure, like maybe a half cup and just use one of each and a 1/4 c. of lemon juice.
Wow! Is this good! I thought I had yellow mustard, but I didn’t so I just added a little more dijon. Still tasted great!
Flavorful and piquant, delicious! I served it over grilled chicken and broccoli. My whole family loved it. Would be yummy on other veggies like green beans, asparagus, even potatoes too.
Made this as directed. It’s perfect! Thank you. Happy New Year 2025
I made this recipie but used ACV and added more honey. Turned out absolutely amazing.
I just made your version of the honey mustard for some homemade chicken fingers, and it is the flavor that I wanted from a honey mustard recipe. FANTASTIC!!! It is so good that I was actually eating it with a spoon.. thanks
Yay! Glad you love it 🙂
This is the absolute best honey mustard sauce I have ever made or tasted. So so delicious. Everyone that has tried it loves it. This is in my recipe book and my go to ALWAYS. Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe
Loved this recipe! One of the best I’ve made!
That’s wonderful, Sarah! Thanks for coming back.
Great consistency and very tasty. This recipe converted two non honey mustard fans!
What a wonderful taste. This will become my favourite sauce.
I made this sauce and served it with venison. Sausage, Brussels sprout and sweet potato sheet pan meal. It was the perfect dipping sauce for the sausage and divine on the sprouts! Everyone loved it
Absolutely delicious! I like the sour cream and mayo combo.
Really easy and delicious. The whole family loved it!
Made this sauce with oven baked pork chops. Super easy and delicious!
It looks good and is so tasty with snacks. Surely going to try this one.