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Virginia Chunk Sweet Pickles

Virginia Chunk Sweet Pickles are crisp, sweet, tangy, and perfectly delicious. A real childhood favorite of mine, and you'll love them too!

Prep Time
7 d
Cook Time
mins
Total Time
7 d 20 mins
Servings: 75
Calories: 141 kcal
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 75 pickling cucumbers 4-5" long or 2 gallons smaller sized
  • 2 cups salt
  • 3 tablespoons alum powder
  • 6 cups vinegar
  • 5 cups sugar
  • 1/3 cup pickling spice
  • 1 tablespoons celery seed
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup sugar for a different day

Instructions

    Cup of Yum
  1. Make brine with 2 cups salt and one gallon of water. Boil mixture and pour over cucumbers while still boiling hot. Weigh down cucumbers to keep them under the brine (don't let them float to the top). Let stand for one week. In hot weather, skim daily.
  2. Drain and cut cucumbers into chunks.
  3. For the next 3 mornings make a boiling hot solution of one gallon water and one tablespoon alum powder and pour over the pickles. Make this fresh hot bath each day for three mornings (draining each day and giving a new solution each day).
  4. On the fourth morning, drain and discard alum water.
  5. Heat 6 cups vinegar, 5 cups sugar, 1/3 cup pickling spice, and 1 tablespoon celery seed to boiling and pour over the pickles-- allow to sit overnight.
  6. On the fifth morning, drain this liquid off, reserving it, and add to it 2 cups more sugar, heat again to boiling point and pour over the pickles.
  7. On the sixth morning, drain liquid, reserving it again, add one more cup of sugar, and heat to boiling.
  8. At this time, pack pickles into sterilized canning jars and fill within 1/2-inch of top of jar with the boiling liquid, seal at once.
  9. If you are wanting to can and store for long-term, process in a hot water bath for 10 minutes.

Nutrition Information

Calories 141kcal (7%) Carbohydrates 33g (11%) Protein 2g (4%) Fat 1g (2%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Sodium 2454mg (102%) Potassium 482mg (14%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 29g (58%) Vitamin A 222IU (4%) Vitamin C 10mg (11%) Calcium 81mg (8%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 75Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 141

% Daily Value*

Calories 141kcal 7%
Carbohydrates 33g 11%
Protein 2g 4%
Fat 1g 2%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Sodium 2454mg 102%
Potassium 482mg 10%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 29g 58%
Vitamin A 222IU 4%
Vitamin C 10mg 11%
Calcium 81mg 8%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.