Since we’ve been staying with my parents I am addicted to grilling! They have the grill conveniently hooked up to the house so no worries of ever ending up with an empty tank of propane. These Grilled Wings with Berry Balsamic BBQ Sauce sort of came about on accident. I’m pretty sure my mom didn’t realize that she had bought a few packages of wingettes and drumettes for our bbq night  rather then the full sized versions. When I opened them up I figured why not still go ahead and grill them up! I love the smokey flavor the grill gives the chicken and then its all coated in a sweet fruit based bbq sauce… so good! 

The wings took about 15-18 minutes to cook through on the grill and it works out perfectly because the sauce only needs to simmer for about 20 minutes so that means these come together nice and quick perfect for a weeknight meal or snack. I love making my own BBQ sauces, you can make so many different varieties by just changing up a few ingredients.

Heres where this sauce gets interesting, it starts with 2 cups of ripe berries {a mix of raspberries, strawberries and blackberries} and some balsamic vinegar. The fruit is obviously the sweet element and the vinegar the acidity. To balance it all out and what turns it into bbq sauce is some brown sugar, ketchup, garlic powder, salt, pepper and a little water. All mixed together in a pot and simmered until slightly reduced. At the very end I use an immersion blender to smooth it all out. Once the wings come off the grill they re tossed right in with the sauce.