Love buffalo wings? If you do, you’ll love these! This Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels recipe makes a delicious party food with all the flavors of buffalo wings + blue cheese, but without the mess.
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Buffalo Chicken Wings have been a sports party favorite for a long time and, eventually, someone came up with the genius idea of making a Buffalo Chicken Dip. The cool thing about the dip is that you get all the same flavors of Buffalo Wings, but you get to dip — or scoop — with crackers, chips, and celery sticks.
I’ve taken it all one step further: I took my usual Buffalo Chicken Dip recipe and rolled it up into bite-size tortilla pinwheels!
One of the great things about these Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels is that there is more portion control than with the dip. I don’t know about you, but dips are one of those things that I have a hard time watching how much I eat. With these, you can decide to eat just a few and you’ll likely be eating much less than you would if you were scooping away at the buffet table.
The buffalo chicken mixture is much like the Buffalo Chicken Dip I make — with a few small changes. The biggest change is that I leave out blue cheese dressing. But, have no fear blue cheese lovers — there’s still crumbles added because I couldn’t do away with it all. Everything is mixed up in one bowl, which is always nice when it comes time to wash the dishes.Ingredients to make
Ingredients to make Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels:
- Cream Cheese (8oz)
- Hot Wing Sauce or Cayenne Pepper Sauce (1/2 cup)
- Blue Cheese (Crumbled – 1/4 cup)
- Colby Jack Cheese (Shredded – 4oz)
- Green Onions (Finely Chopped – 1/4 cup)
- Chicken Breast (Shredded – 1 pound)
- Large Flour Tortillas
Cooking Equipment needed for Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels:
The Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels recipe filling is spread on large, soft flour tortillas and then rolled up.
The rolled tortillas are covered and refrigerated to firm them up a bit.
After refrigerating, the rolled tortillas are cut in half and then each half is cut into slices. My tortillas were about 10 1/2″ in diameter, so I ended up with about 30 pinwheels (6 pinwheels per 5 tortillas). You can use other size tortillas, so the amount you end up with may be more or less depending on the size.
I like to serve tortilla pinwheels with them on their side, with a toothpick stuck in the top of them. No matter how you display them, I’m sure that you’ll find that they are gone in no time.
The full recipe is listed below. If you like this recipe, we’d love for you to share it on Facebook or pin it on Pinterest. And if you love Buffalo Chicken flavors, be sure to check out our Buffalo Chicken Panini Sandwich recipe .
Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels Recipe
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Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- 1/2 cup hot wing sauce or cayenne pepper sauce
- 1/4 cup blue cheese (crumbled)
- 1 cup colby-jack cheese ( 4 ounces , shredded)
- 1/4 cup green onions (finely chopped)
- 1 pound chicken breast (cooked and shredded)
- 5 large flour tortillas (approximately 10 1/2″ diameter)
Instructions
- In a bowl, beat cream cheese on low and add in sauce, blue cheese, colby-jack cheese, and green onions. Beat until blended.
- Stir shredded chicken into mixture by hand.
- Spread approximately 3/4 cup of mixture on top of one of the tortillas. Roll up tortilla tightly, but without shifting the mixture too much. Repeat with remaining tortillas. Place rolled tortillas on a place and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 2-4 hours.
- Remove from refrigerator and unwrap. Slice each rolled tortillas in half and then each half into 3 slices, discarding ends. Place pinwheel slices on serving plate or tray.
Notes
–Smaller or larger tortillas may be used, however you will need to adjust the amount of buffalo chicken mixture you add to each tortilla.
–If time is an issue, you can skip the refrigeration before slicing or refrigerate for less time. However, for best results, refrigeration is recommended.
Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels Recipe
Description
Love buffalo wings? If you do, you’ll love these! This Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels recipe makes a delicious party food with all the flavors of buffalo wings + blue cheese, but without the mess.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- 1/2 cup hot wing sauce or cayenne pepper sauce
- 1/4 cup blue cheese (crumbled)
- 1 cup colby-jack cheese ( 4 ounces , shredded)
- 1/4 cup green onions (finely chopped)
- 1 pound chicken breast (cooked and shredded)
- 5 large flour tortillas (approximately 10 1/2″ diameter)
Instructions
- In a bowl, beat cream cheese on low and add in sauce, blue cheese, colby-jack cheese, and green onions. Beat until blended.
- Stir shredded chicken into mixture by hand.
- Spread approximately 3/4 cup of mixture on top of one of the tortillas. Roll up tortilla tightly, but without shifting the mixture too much. Repeat with remaining tortillas. Place rolled tortillas on a place and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 2-4 hours.
- Remove from refrigerator and unwrap. Slice each rolled tortillas in half and then each half into 3 slices, discarding ends. Place pinwheel slices on serving plate or tray.
Notes
–Smaller or larger tortillas may be used, however you will need to adjust the amount of buffalo chicken mixture you add to each tortilla.
–If time is an issue, you can skip the refrigeration before slicing or refrigerate for less time. However, for best results, refrigeration is recommended.
- Category: Appetizer
- Cuisine: American
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Question: Are these to be served cold? That doesn’t sound very good……
Do you have to put blue cheese in them? They sound great but not really a fan of blue cheese? lol
Absolutely love the recipe! Made it for a girl’s night out event and it was a hit!! ?
Just what i was looking for! thanks for the share, im sure i will make a good dish from this information!
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Those look great and will be perfect for my Super Bowl party. I will be featuring this tonight at my Winter Blues Wednesday party that opens at 8pm EST. Please stop by for an I’ve Been Featured button. Thanks. http://diybydesign.blogspot.com
This recipe looks amazing. Thank you for sharing at Dishing it and Digging it link party last weekend. You are one of this Sunday’s feature. Thank you.
Brandie, this looks like something I need to make really soon! Perfect thing to take to some upcoming bring-a-dish events. #WhatsForDinner
Hi! Do you think I’d be able to make these the night before for a work Christmas lunch? I don’t love the idea of waking up at 4:30am tomorrow to roll these up.