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Summer is the perfect time for entertaining. And what better way to entertain than with food. I mean, everyone likes to eat and chatting around a good meal is just so much fun. It’s a great way to spend time with the ones you care about, while taking care of them. We out together a nice recipe for a hot summer day. This Grilled Honey BBQ Chicken Recipe is light and perfect for a hot summer day. We are also sharing how to make the perfect, refreshing Arnold Palmer.
Honey BBQ Chicken Breasts
Love to grill? Then we have a tasty and super easy recipe for you. Honey BBQ Chicken Breasts are a staple of summer. You can prep the mix for these fast and have them on the grill in minutes. Also, if there is rain in your forecast, you can cook them on an inside grill. They are tasty either way and we are all about easy in this house.
You will need…
6 pounds chicken breasts
2 pouches KC Masterpiece® BBQ Sauce Mix & Dry Rub
1/2 cup Honey {we like the kind that is raw and unfiltered, but any will probably work}
1 cup Coca-Cola®
Mix the honey and the KC Masterpiece® BBQ Sauce Mix & Dry Rub in a bowl. After you have the mixed well, then add in the Coca-Cola and stir well. Then, take a brush {if you have one} or a spoon and cover the tops of the chicken breasts in the mixture. You can also flip the pieces and add the mixture to the bottom if you like. Cook on the grill until well done {you might want to check your chicken package for suggestions on how to be sure that chicken is cooked thoroughly}.
On the back of the KC Masterpiece® BBQ Sauce Mix & Dry Rub box, you will find several recipes. Our recipe is actually a variation on one of theirs! This is perfect because you can take their recipes and use them or change them a little. The point is to create tasty meals, just the way you like them. This product can be used to make BBQ sauce, dry rub or marinade and can be used on chicken, pork, beef and vegetables. I think I might even try this mix on the pineapple next time and cook it on the grill. Yum.
We suggest serving your Honey BBQ Chicken Breasts with a light salad and pineapple chunks. We buy the Spring Mix salad greens and the gourmet medley variety tomatoes from Sam’s Club. It’s fun to have a multitude of colors on your salad and each color tastes a bit different from the others. I like to use Ranch dressing on my salad. I bought a huge 3 pack at Sam’s Club while I was picking up the other stuff for the BBQ.
You could also cut your Honey BBQ Chicken Breasts into chunks and add them to the salad. If you would prefer a chicken salad, might I suggest a vinaigrette dressing? I think the sweet and sour flavors will go nicely together.
The perfect drink to accompany this meal on a hot summer day is an Arnold Palmer. Not sure what an Arnold Palmer is? Read on, my friend.
Arnold Palmer Recipe
I am always shocked when I go to a restaurant and they are not sure what an Arnold Palmer is. Arnold Palmer is a southern tradition that is super easy to make.
To make an Arnold Palmer, you will need…
Simply Lemonade®
Gold Peak® Tea
We love Simply Lemonade® because it is all natural and has no added preservatives colors or artificial flavors. It’s also way easier than making your own! And just as tasty. For the Arnold Palmer, I like to get the unsweetened Gold Peak Tea as I like it to be a little more tart. You can definitely use the sweet, or another variety, {we also sometimes use lime} if you choose. It’s not an exact science but I like to mix one part lemonade to one part tea. Easy and so tasty.
All of the items that we used for our BBQ were purchased at Sam’s Club. It’s a great place to purchase a large quantity of items for an event where you might host a lot of people. You also save money purchasing in bulk, which is something that I am always looking for.
Be sure to check out these Coca-Cola & KC Masterpiece products at Sam’s Club!
Oh yumm!! This definitely looks delicious! I love BBQ chicken (especially grilled!) and sweetly tart drinks so this meal would be perfect for our family.
Fantastic combo! I am an Arnold Palmer fan from way back. Recently I started adding ice tea vodka to my lemonade for a little kick! Not every time, but on Fridays that is what I will usually have in my hand!
That sounds really good. I might have to try that myself soon.
This looks amazing! We love to cook on the grill. I’m going to have to give this a try 🙂
I can’t believe most young people have no clue what an Arnold Palmer is or who he is for that matter. Man this bring back memories.
It’s so easy to take for granted that everyone knows what you know. I am always shocked to learn someone has no idea about something I have known all my life, lol.
Weekend is nearing and a good recipe for a bbq would be nice to try and this one is up on my list. Kids will enjoy a weekend like this.
This looks like the perfect summertime dinner! Easy and delicious! We love Arnold Palmer’s and I like the idea of the honey BBQ sauce!
This looks absolutely delicious. Just the ticket for 4th of July!
I love to have Arnold Palmer’s to drink on a hot summer day! And, that honey BBQ chicken looks amazing. I might need to try it tomorrow as grilled chicken is on the menu.
I seriously loved this one, it looks out of this world. I need to try it because I love honey in food
Its so funny to me – its summer and everyone is talking about grilling. Summer is when I grill the least – it was 99 (f) out today. the thought of being outside … enough said. Granted when Winter days are 7o for me grilling is perfect. I love using honey in a BBQ sauce it always adds depth of flavor.
I think that a lot of times people want hot meals, but they don’t want to heat up their houses, too. 🙂
I love sweet and savory meals. This looks delicious and perfect on the grill.
This sounds absolutely amazing. We are using our grill more and more to keep from heating up the house. I am going to try this.
That is definitely a bonus to a grill. It is way too hot here to cook indoors right now.
The bbq chicken looks absolutely delicious 🙂 I have to try this recipe!
The timing on this blog is so funny for me! I have a customer (whom I have never met) who talked about inviting me to a BBQ over 2 years ago!! That would have been a great time to meet him and his new wife. Anyway, it never happened. Yesterday he ordered flowers for his wife and I mentioned that I’ve never been invited to that BBQ! His response was this: “I don’t know anyone who wants to stand out there in over 100 degrees over a 400 degree grill”! You see, we live in Phoenix and we’re sweltering! Even now, at 6:30 in the morning, it’s over 90 degrees outside! So, I’m going to save this recipe and send it to him in the fall!!
Oh no! That is way too hot! I hop that you eventually get that BBQ that you have been promised. 🙂
That’s one of my favorite BBQ sauces, and I didn’t know they made this dry rub box. I’m so going to make your chicken!
I love BBQ chicken and this looks delicious! I just tried this dry rub mix on pork ribs and it was fantastic.
Oh! We definitely need to try that now. It sounds really good.
Yes! This sounds utterly amazing – I can just imagine it has a nice smokey BBQ taste yum! x
Wow, I like to have this on my weekend. My son loves Chicken BBQ, I will try this.
Although I know what an Arnold Palmer is now, I admit that before I moved to the states I’d never heard of it. I’ve still yet to try it though, it seems an odd combination. Maybe this summer I’ll try it!
You should definitely try it. If you are from somewhere where the tea is served hot, it’s kind of like lemon flavored tea. 🙂
I think my family would really like this grilled honey bbq chicken recipe! And, it sounds like a plan to chop it up and use it in a salad with a vinaigrette dressing! Yum!
This looks so good! I am definitely going to try this!
All I can say is Hubba Hubba. My tummy is growling right now. this looks so amaing. I just want to reach into the photo and try some haha.
This sounds delicious! I love pineapple and love chicken. Just perfect.
What a better way enjoying the summer sunshine ? Grilled chicken and a cool drink in your hand! What a life to have! This looks amazing!
I’m always looking for new recipes for the grill, your Honey BBQ chicken recipe looks so easy, I can’t wait to try it!
This is definitely perfect for the summer especially during the 4th of July celebrations! I really love barbecues, it brings people together. The Arnold Palmer recipe is a keeper as well! Looks so refreshing!
There’s nothing like celebrating the summer with some good barbecue recipe! I love how easy the barbecue marinade is to make. It’s really convenient. That Arnold Palmer Recipe is a must try!
I like making BBQ. I will add this to my recipe book, looks yummy!
This is perfect for our weekend BBQ party. I hope that everybody will like it.
Oooh Arnold Palmers are my favorite and the chicken looks delicious, what a great meal!
That’s a great sounding chicken recipe. Perfect for summer family get-togethers.
Omg this chicken looks so yummy!!! Nothing better during the summer than grilling out. Yum!
I couldn’t stop staring at the grilled chicken. It really does look so appetizing. I wanna grab it off my screen.
honey bbq is my weakness. I KNOW I’d love this!! I’ll probably pin this for later so we can enjoy it this summer.
The chicken looks so tasty! I haven’t tried Arnold Palmer, yet. We are having a barbecue next weekend. I want to try your ideas.
Definitely try an Arnold Palmer when you can. It’s so easy to make and I love how the tea cuts the tartness of the lemonade while the lemonade cuts the sweetness of the tea.
I want some of that chicken!
And another reason that I have been thinking I want a grill…..just not sure as yet though.
If you aren’t sure that you want to commit to a grill, you could always get one of those small ones that goes on a table first to try it out.
I bet the Arnold Palmer’s makes a refreshing addition to the bbq chicken meal. The grilled bbq honey sauce looks so good!
This looks delicious. Im always on the look out for new grilled chicken recipes. Will definitely give this a go at my next cook out. Will probably use thigh or leg though – I prefer them to breast meat.
Yeah definitely switch it up to make it the way you like it. We make a similar recipe in the slow cooker but we use leg quarters for that. 🙂
YUM! I can definitely see my family making and enjoying something like this this summer!
Haha my hubby is telling me that he is falling in love with you because of this post! haha
You tell him that he might do better falling in love with my husband instead since he did the actual cooking. 😛
BBQ is one of my family’s favorite ways to grill chicken. They will love this recipe.
This looks like the perfect Sunday barbecue dinner! I want to make it soon!
BBQ chicken never failed me on having a sumptuous meal, I always eat more than usual lols. One of my all time favorites! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
what a spread! Everything looks delicious and so summery! Love Arnold Palmers!