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    Crock Pot Coca-Cola Baby Back Ribs

    Published: Sep 27, 2016 · Modified: Jun 14, 2023 by Alison · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    When making ribs, I have to get the seal of approval from my husband as it is his favorite dish. There are 2 ways you can make Crock Pot Coca-Cola Baby Back Ribs and both versions are a hit in our household.

    I mean you really can’t go wrong either way as the crock pot does all or most of the work for you. It just depends on how you like your ribs either caramelized or not and how much time you have to prepare them.  And either way has the meat fallen off the bone and melt in your mouth. Yum! Yum!

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    Coca-Cola Baby Back Ribs Ingredients

    1 Rack of Pork Baby Back Ribs
    12 oz. Coca-Cola
    ¼ cup Brown Sugar
    1 18 oz. Bottle of Barbecue Sauce
    Salt and Pepper to Taste

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    How to Make Coca-Cola Baby Back Ribs

    Spray the inside of the crock pot with non-stick spray or use a liner.

    In a bowl add brown sugar, salt and pepper and mix together. Season ribs on both sides with mixture.

    Wrap ribs around the inside of the crock pot.

    Mix BBQ sauce and Coke together in a bowl. Pour BBQ sauce and Coke mixture over ribs and cook on low for 8-10 hours.

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    How to Caramelize Ribs

    If you like your ribs to be caramelized follow these easy instructions.

    Spray the inside of the crock pot with non-stick spray or use a liner.

    Season the ribs to taste with salt and pepper. Wrap ribs around the inside of the crock pot. Pour Coke over ribs and cook on low for 8-10 hours.

    Carefully transfer the ribs to an oven safe pan lined with aluminum foil.

    Brush BBQ sauce over the ribs using a basting brush and put under broiler until they become caramelized. (Be sure to keep checking it as it doesn’t take long to do)

    Remove and Enjoy some fall off the bone delicious ribs!

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    Crock Pot Coca-Cola Baby Back Ribs

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    Ingredients
      

    • 1 Rack of Pork Baby Back Ribs
    • 12 oz. Coca-Cola
    • ¼ cup Brown Sugar
    • 1 18 oz. Bottle of Barbecue Sauce
    • Salt and Pepper to Taste

    Instructions
     

    How to Make Coca-Cola Baby Back Ribs

    • Spray the inside of the crock pot with non-stick spray or use a liner.
    • In a bowl add brown sugar, salt and pepper and mix together. Season ribs on both sides with mixture.
    • Wrap ribs around the inside of the crock pot.
    • Mix BBQ sauce and Coke together in a bowl. Pour BBQ sauce and Coke mixture over ribs and cook on low for 8-10 hours.

    How to Caramelize Ribs

    • If you like your ribs to be caramelized follow these easy instructions.
    • Spray the inside of the crock pot with non-stick spray or use a liner.
    • Season the ribs to taste with salt and pepper. Wrap ribs around the inside of the crock pot. Pour Coke over ribs and cook on low for 8-10 hours.
    • Carefully transfer the ribs to an oven safe pan lined with aluminum foil.
    • Brush BBQ sauce over the ribs using a basting brush and put under broiler until they become caramelized. (Be sure to keep checking it as it doesn't take long to do)
    • Remove and Enjoy some fall off the bone delicious ribs!

    Nutrition Disclosure

    Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.

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    Comments

    1. Deborah

      September 29, 2016 at 2:20 pm

      Wish you would make your recipes printer friendly or a way to print recipes.

      Reply
      • Alison

        September 29, 2016 at 9:18 pm

        Good News, Deborah! We are now print friendly. Just click on the “print friendly” green icon at the end of the recipes. You can choose how you want to print it out such as deleting any text or pictures you want and don’t want. Thanks so much for bringing this to our attention and apologize for the inconvenience it caused.

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        • Sherry Dee Ball

          October 13, 2020 at 11:26 am

          Don’t see it!

          Reply
          • Alison

            October 14, 2020 at 9:41 pm

            Sorry about that. I just saw the print function was off on this recipe. I just updated it so you can now print it. Thanks for letting me know.

            Reply
          • Glenda

            January 21, 2024 at 6:47 pm

            I do not see nutritional facts anywhere?????

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            • Michael Exley Exley

              January 23, 2024 at 10:27 am

              “Nutritional facts”? Baby back ribs cooked in brown sugar, BBQ sauce and a liter of Coke. There is no nutrional value, just goodness for the belly.

      • Terry

        October 12, 2016 at 10:19 am

        Made these yesterday they were delicious ty for sharing….

        Reply
      • Jennifer Foster

        August 26, 2017 at 3:43 pm

        The green Print Friendly icon isn’t working

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      • Diane Conway

        September 05, 2019 at 2:27 pm

        Directions don’t mention the brown sugar.

        Reply
        • Glenda

          January 21, 2024 at 6:51 pm

          At beginning it says mix brown sugar, salt and pepper. Season ribs with mixture.

          Reply
    2. Kim

      October 02, 2016 at 4:23 pm

      What kind of barbecue sauce?

      Reply
      • William Soul Jr

        June 10, 2017 at 8:31 am

        Jack Daniels #7

        Reply
    3. Kim

      October 02, 2016 at 4:41 pm

      What flavor BBQ sauce I meant

      Reply
      • Sandee

        March 25, 2017 at 7:24 am

        My personal favorite for sweet ribs is Sweet Baby Ray’s. If you like more of a bite to it, Jack Daniel’s BBQ Sauce (spicy). They’re both excellent! ?

        Reply
    4. Tanya

      October 05, 2016 at 2:52 am

      Do they go in oven for 8-10 or on hob? And when do you use the sugar?

      Reply
    5. Rebekah

      October 21, 2016 at 11:07 am

      Hey Alison! Trying to figure out when to use the brown sugar?? Don’t see that step in either sets of directions. Thanks!

      Reply
    6. Sue Stoffers

      October 27, 2016 at 12:03 am

      Personally I would mix the brown sugar with the other sauce ingredients. But really it shouldn’t matter whether you do it that way or just put the brown sugar on the meat. After cooking 8-10 hours it should all come together anyway.

      Reply
    7. Patricia

      February 02, 2017 at 11:46 am

      I made these over the weekend, and they were good, but it didn’t take ANYWHERE near the 8-10 hours in the crockpot on low. (I made two batches, each in it’s own crockpot). Both crocks had them cooked and ready in 4.5 hours! I’m so glad I checked mid-stream, or those poor ribs would have been dry as dust.

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      • Trisha

        February 26, 2017 at 10:32 pm

        Patricia,
        The reason your ribs were done in half the time is because you used actual Baby Back Ribs and a 12 oz. Coca-Cola. In the pix posted for each step, one can clearly see that a 2 ltr. Bottle Coca-Cola was used for Original Pork Back Ribs, NOT Baby Back and why the cook time was twice as long. Regular Pork Back Ribs take twice as long to cook because the meat is thicker, less tender and the actual bones are harder than Baby Back Ribs. The brown sugar should have been mixed with the bbq sauce before adding the Coca-Cola.
        The Sodium Bicarbonate & The Effervescence of the Carbon Dioxide in the Coca-Cola is what tenderizes the meat and pulls the natural juices from the bone marrow i to the meat.
        The Caramel in the Coca-Cola and the Brown Sugar in the sauce mixture is what brings out the caramelization when broiling
        Trisha

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        • Greig McKellar

          October 21, 2020 at 7:10 pm

          Pix? You mean the one at the beginning with reg pork back ribs in a baby back ribs recipe with the 4-6 cups jar of brown sugar and big bottle of Coke? So for a baby back ribs recipe the reg pork ribs take the full time as per the recipe and instead of the 12oz can use a full 2 ltr. A 2-3 lb rack is big enough for this recipe I take it to use or bigger? Then for that size rack to be done on low use 12 oz or 2 ltr Coke and check after 4-4 1/2 hrs?
          As we’re not drinking it, should Coke-Pepsi-or cola make a difference here? Pepsi is sweeter right off the get-go so with all that brown sugar will this really make a difference?

          Reply
    8. Joanne

      March 02, 2017 at 9:40 am

      Where does the 1/4c of brown sugar come in?

      Reply
      • Alison

        March 23, 2017 at 1:56 pm

        I am not sure what you mean. If you are talking on where to get it, you can find brown sugar at the grocery store in the baking aisle and measure 1/4 cup. Hope that helps!

        Reply
      • Sandee

        March 25, 2017 at 7:26 am

        Mix it on the BBQ sauce?

        Reply
      • Denise

        May 21, 2017 at 6:41 pm

        Where does it say 2 liter bottle of coke in the recipe?

        Reply
      • Dave

        June 21, 2017 at 8:17 pm

        This is a seriously messed up recipe. One that should be removed fixed and listed again.
        Try this one, I am going to try it tomorrow.
        http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/patrick-and-gina-neely/sweet-cola-ribs-recipe-1953650

        Reply
    9. Gina

      March 25, 2017 at 5:06 pm

      I know where to find brown sugar in the grocery store. I also see it in your picture and see it listed in the ingredients. I CANNOT find it in either of your listed instructions. I am assuming this is what others are referring to also.

      Reply
    10. Joya

      March 27, 2017 at 7:32 am

      I’m confused! The recipe is called baby back ribs, it calls for baby back ribs, but Trisha wrote its Original Pork back ribs…which is it?

      Reply
      • Mary Dodge

        May 21, 2017 at 8:18 pm

        I agree with you. This is the most screwed up recipe I have ever read. The directions are not complete, i.e. brown sugar, and then the cooking time doesn’t match ingedients list. Yes, I could figure this out because I have cooked for over 58 yrs. but a lot of people don’t have that experience.

        Reply
    11. Susan Neff

      May 23, 2017 at 12:48 pm

      Simple mix everything together then pour over! Pretty Simple. Just made it…….

      Reply
    12. Pam Brown

      August 14, 2017 at 12:11 pm

      Do you put the Brown sugar in the crock pot

      Reply
      • jerry jeffrey

        October 08, 2022 at 1:26 pm

        No , just sprinkle over the top of the crock pot while cooking

        Reply
    13. Jennifer Foster

      August 26, 2017 at 3:44 pm

      The printer icon doesn’t work

      Reply
      • Alison

        October 21, 2017 at 2:13 pm

        Jennifer try it again. It seems to be working now. Sorry about that.

        Reply
    14. Sandy

      March 23, 2020 at 5:13 pm

      I will try this tomorrow with bone in pork chops… I will let y’all know the verdict…

      Reply
      • Sandy

        March 23, 2020 at 5:19 pm

        Alison, I am by no means trying to alter your recipe… it is just the only thing close I have is chops… it just sounded so good…

        Reply
    15. Michele

      December 14, 2020 at 6:39 pm

      It clearly states where the brown sugar comes in….just read it carefully i guess….cause its there….this is a delicious recipe….it just takes someone that passed 2nd grade to follow the instructions right..

      Reply
    16. Wanda

      August 22, 2021 at 4:31 pm

      Well I understood the recipe and if anyone knows how to cook, you will know where the brown sugar goes and know how long to cook either kind of ribs, ribs are done when they fall off the bone and lift tenderly with a fork, which this recipe is amazing. Thank you for sharing

      Reply
    17. Bob

      July 24, 2022 at 4:52 pm

      I. Used the brown sugar with a little salt and pepper as a rub. Then let them sit for about an hour in the fridge. Then I baked them in the oven at 300 degrees for about 1 1/2 hrs covered. Then I uncovered them and slathered them with the bbq sauce, which I mixed with Dr. Pepper instead of Coca Cola, I didn’t have the coke on hand. Then I baked them for another 45 min. I removed them and slathered them again with bbq sauce. Then set to broil, and broiled them for 5 min. Came out great!

      Reply
      • Alison

        July 27, 2022 at 9:47 pm

        That sounds delicious!

        Reply
    18. Kathy

      January 08, 2024 at 11:31 am

      I haven’t tried yet. Wondered if you could use country style ribs for this recipe

      Reply
      • Alison

        January 09, 2024 at 6:34 pm

        Yes, you can!

        Reply
    19. Debbie Boyles

      January 23, 2024 at 10:55 am

      If carmelizing is brown sugar eliminated

      Reply
      • Alison

        February 02, 2024 at 9:04 pm

        You can leave on or off.

        Reply
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