Sweet Dill Pickles
 

I like sweet dill pickles, and this is how I make them.
Buy a 32 fl oz jar of whole dill pickles. Drain and rinse the jar and the pickles well. Slice them in small chunks or wedges and put back into the jar.

Now make the syrup...in a saucepan combine:
3/4 cup white vinegar
1 3/8 cups sugar (3/8 cup is 6 TBs)
1/2 tsp salt
3 tsp pickling spices (I found some made by McCormicks in the spice section this last time)
Boil 2 minutes. Let cool a little.

Pour the syrup thru a strainer into the jar of pickles. Let cool completely and then cover with the lid and put in the refrigerator. It is better to let them chill a few days before eating so they can crisp up and absorb the sugar/vinegar.

Thank you, I love these and lost the recipie.

Thanks from me too. I haven't liked the sweet pickles that are sold in the stores lately. I had a recipe from years ago that included raw onions and Tabasco. It was very similar to this one, but I can't find it. They were too spicy for most of my family. I'm going to try this one, but maybe with just a little bit more sugar.

I do basically the same thing but with a gallon jar of Kosher dills from Sam's. Just use more sugar and vinegar. If I go to the trouble of making them I want them to last for a while so I use the gallon size.

sounds good thanks

If you have a Kroger, they make a Kroger brand pickle called Candied Dill Sticks... They may have the same taste and save you the trouble.

GrammieJan, do you have a favorite brand of pickles that seems to work best for this recipe?

Thank you for the recipe. My mother used to make these and bread and butter pickles, but the recipe disappeared when she passed away.

I make these but slice them lengthwise-think Vlasic stackers- to use on sandwiches.
DIL and i eat them like candy LOL

So you use pickles to make pickles? Just to change the flavor?