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Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels Recipe

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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.

This Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels recipe is a must for game day! An easy party food with all the flavors of buffalo chicken wings...without the mess. These are gone fast every time I make them!

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.

Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels Recipe

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.

Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels Recipe

The Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels recipe filling is spread on large, soft flour tortillas and then rolled up.

Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels Recipe

The rolled tortillas are covered and refrigerated to firm them up a bit.

Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels Recipe

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.

Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels Recipe

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.

Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels Recipe

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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Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels Recipe

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

  1. In a bowl, beat cream cheese on low and add in sauce, blue cheese, colby-jack cheese, and green onions. Beat until blended.
  2. Stir shredded chicken into mixture by hand.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Recipe 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.

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Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels Recipe

Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels Recipe

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4.8 from 17 reviews
  • Author: Brandie Valenzuela
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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

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  • 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

  1. In a bowl, beat cream cheese on low and add in sauce, blue cheese, colby-jack cheese, and green onions. Beat until blended.
  2. Stir shredded chicken into mixture by hand.
  3. 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.
  4. 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

Keywords: 7 ingredients, chicken breast, tortillas, blue cheese, colby jack cheese, cream cheese, hot sauce, party food game day recipe,

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  1. Isley Cotton says

    Absolutely love the recipe! Made it for a girl’s night out event and it was a hit!! ?

    ★★★★★

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  2. Gevogelte says

    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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  3. Miz Helen says

    Your awesome post is featured on the Top Ten for Full Plate Thursday this week. Thanks so much for sharing it with us and hope you have a very special week!
    Miz Helen

    ★★★★★

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  5. Vanessa says

    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.

    Reply

  7. Lauren says

    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.

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  8. J says

    I made these last month and I was already asked to make these again for an upcoming party. Easy! A Real hit !

    ★★★★★

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  10. Jann Olson says

    I love anything buffalo chicken! I’m sure they would be the hit of the party. Thanks for sharing with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

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  17. Nancy says

    5 stars
    Buffalo Chicken Tortilla is too much cool and yummy. I made this last night.But your recipe is so easy to make better than me. I will try it again by following your rules.

    ★★★★★

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  18. Charlotte says

    Hiya! I am thinking about making these for a family holiday party. Do you think that these would work fine on a Chipotle restaurant type of burrito wrap?? I love the way this recipe sounds…

    Reply

  19. Carole from Carole's Chatter says

    Hi Brandie, love this. Would you like to share this with the other participants in Food on Friday over at Carole’s Chatter? I have a weekly link up party – each week there is a different ingredient or theme. The current theme is Mexican Food. You can see upcoming themes in one of the pages at the top of my home page. If you would like to join in the fun please schedule a reminder for each week. The collection starts at 7am Friday New Zealand time – which is about noon on Thursday your time, I hope – I do find time zones quite confusing. Hope to see you soon. Cheers, Carole

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    • Kimberly says

      4 stars
      I used this receipe as my base for a baby shower but knew the buffalo & blue cheese wouldn’t work with the crowd …. I substituted italian dressing for sauce and added crumbled bacon instead of blue cheese. Kept rest of receipe and it was a hit ! light and flavorful for an afternoon luncheon. (Great left-overs for kids next day too). thanks for idea ! ~Kimberly

      ★★★★

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  29. Frugal Hausfrau says

    I love just about anything “buffalo” and these sound really good! Thanks for linking up to us on Throwback Thursday and we’ll be pinning to our board! Be sure to visit us there and I can’t wait to see what you’ll be bringing next week.

    Mollie

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  32. Lisa says

    5 stars
    These were really good. I didn’t have enough hot sauce and I felt like these were still pretty hot. Will make again with a tad less hot sauce.

    ★★★★★

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  33. Ellie says

    Made these for a party last night. I also added finely chopped celery for a bit of flavor and crunch! Delicious! I also made a ranch/blue cheese dip for people to put a dollop on their roll-ups. Such a hit!

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  37. Diane Roark says

    Thank you for stopping by and linking up to Pretty Pintastic Party. Your Buffalo Chicken Pinwheels looks really delicious.
    Thanks for sharing!
    Blessings,
    Diane Roark

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  38. Tanya says

    I love buffalo chicken! I never thought of doing them as pinwheels. That sounds delicious! Thanks for linking up to sundaysmallvictorieslinkup!

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  39. maria magdalena says

    5 stars
    Thank you for linking your recipe to Creative K Kid’s Tasty Tuesdays’ party. I have pinned your post to the Tasty Tuesdays Pinterest board. This is absolutely delicious!

    ★★★★★

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    • brandie says

      Hi Maddie,
      I’ve never made it with canned chicken, but I’m sure you could. Just make sure that if it’s packed in water that you drain it very well.

      Reply

      • Julie says

        I made them with canned chicken and you can’t tell the difference! Use two tuna canned sized cans for the recipe.

        ★★★★★

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  45. Kasey says

    Hello, We are planning on making these to serve at my wedding reception (groom loves buffalo chicken and loves pinwheels and this looked like great party food). I was wondering, have you ever made these well in advance and frozen them? I would like to be able to store them in the freezer and was wondering how well that would work out?

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    • brandie says

      Hi Kasey,
      I actually haven’t done that yet, I’m sorry I’m not more help. I can imagine that they could do ok, but just not sure. I would recommend doing a trial run with them. Congratulations on your upcoming nuptials!

      Reply

  47. Laura says

    These look delicious and perfect for a party I’m planning in May. For some reason, the link to the actual recipe is not showing up/working for me. Is there anyway someone can send me the link or a copy of the recipe? I would really like to try these! Thanks!

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    • brandie says

      Thanks Laura! And thank you for the heads up about the recipe not working. It’s working now…let me know if you have any other troubles.

      Reply

    • brandie says

      Hi Susan! Yes, these can be made overnight, however, I would recommend refrigerating them overnight while they are still rolled up (before cutting) and then cutting a bit before serving. If you do decide to cut them and then refrigerate for several hours, I would recommend laying them down in a single layer (not standing on edge like I’ve shown in my photo).

      Reply

  54. Miz Helen says

    I just love the filling for your Buffalo Chicken Totrialla Pinwhells. Thank you so much for sharing this awesome post with Full Plate Thursday and have a great weekend!
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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  55. Erlene says

    I love buffalo chicken and we just had buffalo chicken casserole tonight. Pinning this to my lunch board. Would love for you to linkup tomorrow to the Let’s Get Real Blog Hop at 5PM EST. mypinterventures.com

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    • brandie says

      Hi Terry! I don’t serve them with a dipping sauce, but I think they would pair well with some ranch or blue cheese dressing, or even some additional buffalo wing sauce.

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      • denise says

        These look great! But I was wondering if you could leave out the blue cheese?? I make a dip similar but use ranch dressing. I would love to try the wraps but not a blue cheese fan. Any suggestions??

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        • brandie says

          Hi Denise! I think you could totally leave out the blue cheese crumbles. I would personally just leave them out and not add anything else in — but you might be able to add a bit of ranch dressing, if you really want that flavor in it. The key is to not add much because you don’t want the mixture to be thinned out too much. Another idea would be to add part of a packet of ranch dressing mix instead to the cream cheese. That would give the flavor without thinning out the cream cheese.

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  74. Stephanie Gossett says

    We love Chili and Football shaped brownies! Thank you so much for this chance!

    beachmommy915 at gmail dot com

    Reply

  77. Danielle says

    I love stuffed roasted mushrooms (stuffed w/ a potato mixture) that I make & of course, pigs in a blanket are always a favorite.

    Reply

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