This tender Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork is cooked in the crock pot all day and tossed with a sweet and spicy barbecue sauce. It’s a recipe that combines 3 favorites of mine: pulled pork, Dr. Pepper, and my crock pot.

Make that 4. There’s enough for leftovers. 

Y’all, I’ve been 3 weeks without my beloved Diet Dr. Pepper. It’s something that I’ve consumed daily for the past 20 years. I hate to think about how much of it I have drank over the years. It could probably fill up a large swimming pool. The first day without it, I felt like my head was going to split open. Now the physical desire is good, but I’m truly recognizing what an emotional crutch it was for me.

Anxiety rising" Nerves fringed" Just a little of that sweet bubbly liquid going down my throat does wonders.
But since me and my friend Diet DP can no longer be together, I thought I would make a Dr. Pepper BBQ Sauce, you know, for old times sake.

Originally posted February 12, 2015.

I’ve made once before and used it on Hot Dogs and Oven Barbecued Chicken. But his time I used a different recipe, from Saveur: The New Classics Cookbook: More than 1,000 of the world’s best recipes for today’s kitchen, and combined it with pulled pork made in the crock pot. The pork is also cooked in Dr. Pepper for double the fun.

Dr. Pepper is an excellent addition to recipes and gives plenty of sweet flavor along with that ind...