var animals = [ { type: 'dog', name: 'Spike'}, { type: 'cat', name: 'Tom'}, { type: 'mouse', name: 'Jerry'} ]; var myPets = _.reduce(animals, function (str, animal) { var li = '<li>I have a ' + animal.type + ' called ' + animal.name + '</li>\n'; return str + li; }, ''); $('<ul>').html(myPets).appendTo('body');