Slow Cooker Cherry Cola Ribs

These slow cooker cherry cola ribs are incredibly tender and feature a sweet, savory, fruity BBQ sauce made with cherry cola and cherry juice.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 6

Total Time 6 10

Servings Servings

Calories 807kcal

Place the ribs into the slow cooker.
Sprinkle the garlic salt, black pepper, onion powder and smoked paprika over the ribs.
In a bowl combine 1 cup of bbq sauce, the cherry cola, the brown sugar and the cherry juice.
Pour half of the mixture over the ribs, reserve the other half for later.
Cook the ribs on low for 6 hours or high for 4 hours until the ribs are tender.
In a skillet or saucepan add the remaining cherry cola mixture and the remaining 1 cup of bbq sauce.
Whisk over medium high heat until the sauce comes up to a bubble and cooks down until nice and glazy, about 10 minutes.
Remove the ribs and place on a foil lined baking sheet.
Once the sauce is glazy and thick brush the sauce onto the ribs.
Place the ribs under the broiler until lightly caramelized.
Serve!

Store leftovers in an airtight container in refrigerator for up to 3 days.
You can use any cut of ribs you like. This will also work with boneless ribs, just adjust your cook time accordingly.
You can a bit of red pepper flake for kick.
I like to use maraschino juice because of it’s high sugar content but you can use any cherry juice you like.