What are Sweet Pickles?
Sweet pickles are pickled cucumbers made with salt, sugar, vinegar, and an assortment of pickling spices. Technically, any type of vegetable could be pickled with this spice mixture, but the convention of referring to pickled cucumbers as “pickles” will lead most consumers to associate cucumbers with sweet pickles. Sweet pickles are readily available in grocery stores in whole, sliced, diced, and spear forms, and they are also relatively easy to make at home, providing that you have canning experience.
