Southern Coca-cola Ham Recipe (2024)

Sweet and tangy, this southern coca-cola ham recipe is an easy fix for a great meal.

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Sweet and savory, once of my favorite combinations. This southern coca-cola ham recipe is very easy to make and tastes out of this world. The perfect recipe for a holiday ham.

We always like to have a baked ham, for Thanksgiving and Christmas, as well as at Easter too.

The kids love that I put soda into the glaze for this recipe. It fascinates them, as well as encourages them to eat more of it - as they love soda (unfortunately).

This easy coca cola ham recipe is truly the best ham recipe for a special occasion.

❤️ Why you'll love it

• It's an inexpensive recipe.
• Saying you made the glaze yourself always feels better than saying you used the store-bought package that came with the ham.
• If you like the sweet and salty thing, you'll love this recipe.
• This is an amazing holiday ham. The best part? It's an easy recipe too.

🧅 Ingredients

• Spiral-Cut Ham, Bone-In
• Can of Coca-Cola
• Brown Sugar
• Orange Juice
• Spicy Brown Mustard
• Whole Cloves

See recipe card at the bottom of this post for quantities.

🥣 Instructions

This is an overview of the recipe steps. For more detailed instructions visit the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

• Step 1: Place ham in the oven on the middle oven rack, covered with tin foil, for 1 hr 30 minutes.
• Step 2: In the meantime, add the remaining ingredients to a small saucepan and cook until reduced by half. Allow to cool slightly (it will thicken up).
• Step 3: Remove the ham and uncover. Brush glaze liberally all over the ham and place back into the oven, uncovered.
• Step 4: Bake another 30 minutes, brushing more glaze every 10 minutes.

• Step 5: Remove from the oven and serve with delicious sides.

Hint: Sit the ham on a rack inside the baking pan so it doesn't sit in the fluids that will naturally leak out of the bottom of the ham while it is cooking and pool in the bottom of the roasting pan.
To make a more thick glaze cook for longer or add a little cornstarch.

🔄 Substitutions and Variations

• Dijon Mustard - instead of spicy brown mustard.
• Dr. Pepper - instead of Coca-Cola, or even root beer.
• Diet co*ke - to reduce the sugar.
• Apple Cider Vinegar - instead of the Orange Juice. Just not as much.
• Pineapple Rings - to decorate the top of the ham add pineapple slices (or orange slices).
• Maraschino Cherries - if you're decorating the ham with the pineapple (above variation) you could add a cherry in the pineapple ring hole.
• Cloves - Make small slits in the outside of the ham and place a few cloves around the outside.

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🔌 Equipment

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I only used my baking pan and rack to bake the ham, then used a small saucepan to make the coca-cola glaze.

I have some affiliate links in the recipe card below.

📘 Related Recipes

• Pork Cracklins
• Cajun Cornbread
• Cajun Turkey Breast
• Christmas Roast Chicken

🧊 Storage

Once the southern baked ham has cooled completely, store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

This recipe will freeze well. Store in a freezer safe container and freeze for up to 3 months.

💡 Tips

Expert Tip: Save the bone and any leftover ham to use in any beans you might be making - check out my slow cooker Cajun red beans and rice. If you're not planning on making any beans any time soon, store the bone and leftover meat in a ziplock bag in the freezer. Pull it out when you're ready.

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Southern Coca-Cola Ham Recipe

Sweet and tangy, this southern coca-cola ham recipe is an easy fix for a great meal.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time2 hours hrs

Total Time2 hours hrs 10 minutes mins

Servings: 10 People

Cuisine: American, Southern

Author: Melanie Cagle

Equipment

• 1 Small Saucepan

• 1 Baking Dish

• 1 Basting Brush

Ingredients

• 10 lb Spiral Cut Ham Bone-In
• 8 oz Coca-Cola
• 0.5 Cup Orange Juice
• 2 Cups Light Brown Sugar
• 0.25 Cup Spicy Brown Mustard or dijon mustard
• 4 ea Cloves

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 325°F.

• Place spiral ham into a baking pan, with a rack underneath and cover with aluminum foil.

• Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes.

• When there is 30 minutes left, start making the coca-cola glaze. Add the orange juice, brown sugar, mustard and cloves to a small saucepan, over medium heat.

• Using a whisk, keep stirring while the glaze comes to a boil. Keep the glaze cooking for about 20 minutes, without boiling over, but bubbling.

• Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly, it will thicken.

• Remove the ham from the oven and brush this glaze all over, and inbetween the slices where you can.

• Add back to the oven and keep brushing with glaze every 10 minutes for 30 minutes.

• Remove the ham and serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 100g | Calories: 862kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 86g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Cholesterol: 331mg | Sodium: 5322mg | Potassium: 1372mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 46g | Vitamin A: 30IU | Vitamin C: 112mg | Calcium: 72mg | Iron: 4mg

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