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Learn how to make Crockpot Spiral Ham in the slow cooker for an easy and delicious meal idea. Whether you are serving ham for a big holiday dinner or Sunday lunch for your family, this recipe makes it so easy.
Being a mom of 8, I have become an expert of making delicious Crockpot Recipes. With this Slow Cooker Ham Recipes my holiday cooking just got easier. With only minutes of prep work, you will have the ham cooking in no time. The results are tender, the perfect amount of sweetness and your save oven space too!
If your family is anything like mine, we love to make easy meals for the holidays. Make sure to check out these other meat recipes you can cook in the slow cooker to save your holiday dinner. Slow Cooker Turkey Breast or Slow Cooker Bone-In Turkey Breast are just some of our favorites.
Ingredients
- Spiral Cut Ham – Feel free to use a bone-in ham
- Brown Sugar – We used light brown sugar or dark brown sugar
- Maple Syrup – Substitute with Honey
- Pineapple Juice – Use any citrus juice
For the full list of ingredients and recipe instructions, scroll to the recipe card.
How to Cook a Spiral Ham in the Crock Pot
Step 1 – Place the Crock Pot Spiral Sliced Ham flat side down like the picture above. If you prefer, you can spray the slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray.
Step 2 – Once your precooked ham is in the crockpot. Smother it with brown sugar and pour maple syrup and pineapple juice over it. It is that simple and easy.
Crockpot Spiral Ham
Equipment
Ingredients
- 7-8 lb Spiral Sliced Ham
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- ½ cup Maple Syrup or Honey
- 1 cup Pineapple Juice
Instructions
- Unwrap ham and place flat side down in a large slow cooker. Throw away glaze packet and any plastic pieces that cover the bone.
- Rub brown sugar over the sides.
- Pour on syrup and pineapple juice.
- Cook on low for 4 hours.
- Baste ham with the juices from the bottom of the slow cooker occasionally while it is cooking and right before you serve it.
Recipe Video
Recipe Notes
- Pineapple – If you love pineapple, toss in a few slices or chunks. Pineapple rings would also work placed on top of the ham. Plus, it would look pretty.
- Brown Sugar – The brown sugar can easily be substituted with maple syrup, honey, or raw sugar. It may change the consistency so make changes to what you prefer.
- Change Ham – Even though we love the flavor of the spiral ham, feel to cook the ham that you prefer. There are many options to choose from especially during the holidays.
- Cook on Low – Once you have placed your ham in the crock pot set it on low. It will need to cook for about 3-4 hours. Cook time could vary.
- Use Meat Thermometer – To ensure that you ham is heated thoroughly you can use a meat thermometer. It will need to read around 140 degrees.
- Remove From Slow Cooker – Once heated thoroughly, remove ham from crockpot and place on a platter.
- Heat Juices – I like to pour the juice that is in the bottom of my crockpot into a saucepan. Then bring the juices to a simmer for about 6-8 minutes.
- Pour Juices – Then pour the juices over the ham. Doing this just brings all the juices and ham together.
- Thicker Glaze – If you prefer a thicker glaze. You can mix about 1 tablespoon of cornstarch and 2-3 tablespoon of water together. Then pour into the ham juice.
Nutrition Facts
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Check out all our Best Side Dishes for Ham.
Storage and Reheating Tips
- Fridge – Store the leftover ham in the refrigerator for up to 4-5 days in an airtight container.
- Freezer – Freezing ham is a great way to save money and use the ham to make another meal. Check out Can You Freeze Ham? to learn how.
- Reheat – This is ham is easy to reheat by placing the oven. You want to place your oven on low heat of 275 degrees. Then cover the ham with foil. I usually use this method if I have a lot of ham leftovers. If it is a small serving, then I will just place in the microwave for a minute to heat with my other sides.
Best Leftover Recipes for Ham
There are so many different ways to use leftover ham. Ham is a great option to add to soups, casseroles and more. These are some of our favorite recipes.
- Ham and Bean Soup Crock Pot Recipe
- Crock pot ham and cabbage recipe
- Crockpot Ham and Potato Soup Recipe
- Ham Salad Recipe
- Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
- Instant Pot Ham and Potato Soup
- My kids love Ham & Cheese Omelets the next day.
- Make a Ham Sandwich.
Frequently Asked Questions
Orange juice works great and gives the fully cooked ham great flavor. We have used this before when I forgot to buy pineapple juice and it was good.
Spiral hams are generally precooked making this process even easier. Make sure to read the label to ensure that the ham you are choosing is precooked.
We like to use a spiral ham. They are amazing in the crockpot and taste delicious. In my opinion, the spiral ham is the perfect ham to cook in the crockpot.
We love leftover ham. So we try and plan for that when we purchase our ham. My general rule is about 1 pound ham per person. This ensures that I can plan on leftovers for the next day.
If you cannot put the lid down on your crockpot. Cover the ham with foil to keep the heat in. Then place the lid on the top to keep the foil down.
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If you make this Slow Cooker Spiral Ham Recipe, make sure to leave us a comment. We love hearing from you.
What would you recommend for a pineapple juice substitute for a family member with a tree fruit allergy?
Additionally – if intending to also use the glaze packet that comes with the ham, would I follow your recipe and then also put the glaze on before serving? Would it make sense to then pop it in the oven briefly so the glaze can caramelize? My ham is a brown sugar one
Alicia – I would use a white grape juice with a little vinegar instead of the pineapple juice if they are about to have that with their allergy. I generally don’t use the glaze packet that comes with the ham but I would put the ham back into the oven before serving so the glaze can caramelize properly. I hope you enjoy it!