Can prepare this so many ways, and customize it to your heat tolerance. Think of it as round chicken wings.

Ingredients:

• Meatballs:
• 2 lbs ground chicken (or turkey)
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup Panko crumbs
• 1 Tbsp garlic powder
• 2 tsp onion powder
• 2 tsp paprika (hot Hungarian paprika is my favorite)
• 1 tsp ground pepper
• 2 tsp cayenne pepper – optional, if you like things really spicy)
• Sauce:
• 1 cup Franks red hot (I buy it by the gallon these days)
• 2/3 cup brown sugar OR
• 1/2 cup brown sugar plus 2 Tbsp molasses – for a little more complex sweetness
• 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar (adds a nice bite, and another slight sweetness)
• 1 Tbsp red pepper flakes – optional, and you can add more if you want
• Other heat boosting sauce additions (Dave’s Insanity, cayenne pepper, diced habaneros, for instance) – optional

Directions:

• Mix meatball ingredients lightly, until just combined. Overworking them results in a dry, hard texture
• Heat some oil in a large frying pan
• Make meatballs, about 1″ in diameter, and put in pan to brown (I make them with my left hand, and turn them with a spoon with my right as they cook). You’ll likely need to do several pan-fulls. (Note: You’re not cooking them through, just browning the outside, so turn them pretty quickly as they brown)
• Optionally, you can cook them longer in the pan, and shorter in the crock pot.
• Also, if you have trouble getting round meatballs, prep them, put them on a sheet pan, and pop them in the freezer for 30 minutes before frying them.
• Combine sauce ingredients and stir until brown sugar is mixed in
• Three options for finishing cooking…
• Pan: 
• Cook them through in the pan when browning
• Crockpot:
• Add browned meatballs to crockpot
• Cover with sauce
• Set on low for 5 hours, or high for 3 hours if lightly cooked
• Set on low for 3 hours, or high for 1 hour if cooked through
• Turn once in the middle of the cooking time to coat all the balls
• Turn again at the end of the cooking time
• Serve in the crockpot as a party appetizer, or dish out into bowl(s)
• Stovetop:
• Add meatballs to a large pot
• Cover with sauce
• Heat on medium for 30 minutes, stirring gently a few times
• Heat for 15 minutes on medium or low if cooked through
• Serve ’em up!