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.
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.
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.
Here’s the full recipe — enjoy!
Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels Recipe
Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pinwheels Recipe
- 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)
- 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.
–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
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.
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I pinned this recipe! These look amazing and would be perfect for a party! I look forward to making these, and trying this recipe out! Thank you for sharing!
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
I’ve been making these for several years. People absolutely love them. Very easy to prepare!
I love buffalo chicken – this would be a great party dish! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner Link up!
Brandie, I’ve been a huge fan of tortilla pinwheels for many years, and this one sounds sooooo good! Can’t wait to try these out!
these are just perfect for game day!!
Hi Brandie, I made your Pinwheels and we both (my partner and I) really love them!
Fab idea! – Thanks for sharing!
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Yay!! I love hearing that! Thanks so much, Justyna!
What a great idea. Love this.
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I can never turn down buffalo chicken anything! These looks like a great party recipe! I’m going to be featuring it at #FoodieFriDIY this week…thanks for sharing it with us! Sending lots of foodie love your way!
Looking forward to making these! Added to my round up today for Dream Create Inspire. Thanks for linking up!
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
What a perfect football party food appetizer to make! I love that these are a little less messy than the regular dip. And WAY cuter 🙂
yum yum yum!! can’t wait to try all your pinwheel recipes. plus they look so cute 🙂
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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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!
So glad you liked them, Ellie! The addition of celery sounds perfect. 🙂
Love these pinwheels! I hope you can stop by and check out my Tuesday Treasures where I have featured you from the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop!
Thanks for linking up at Craft Frenzy Friday! These look delicious!
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Hi, Brandie! This will be one of my features at Treasure Box Tuesday tonight! LOVE IT! Thank you for linking up with us! 🙂
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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
I love buffalo chicken! I never thought of doing them as pinwheels. That sounds delicious! Thanks for linking up to sundaysmallvictorieslinkup!
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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Have you ever made these with canned chicken? Trying to cut down on my prep time!
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.
I need something for a pit luck at work this week. Thanks for the awesome recipe!
What a great collection of pin wheels!! Great for game day!! I would love for you to stop by again and share your stuff at my Link Party…it’s still open!! http://www.cookinandcraftin.com/my-2-favorite-things-on-thursday-link-party-4/
I love buffalo chicken. I have tried rolling them in tortillas before they do break sometimes. yuck
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What a FANTASTIC recipe! They look so easy, too! Pinned and stumbled.
Found you on Showcase Your Talent. Thanks for sharing!
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?
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!
Can you warm these in oven for a little to make the dip warm?
Hi Jackie,
I haven’t tried that. This recipe is adapted from my buffalo chicken dip recipe, which is served hot, so I would imagine it would do ok being warmed up in the oven.
Thanks! Good idea about the trial.
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!
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.
Could these be made the night before? Would It be OK to refrigerate over night? Thanks.
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).
I can’t see the full recipe. I think the link may be broken 🙁
Hi Kristen,
It’s working now…thank you for the heads up and I’m sorry for the inconvenience!
I love pinwheels and these Buffalo Chicken ones look fabulous!
Saw you featured on Buns in my Oven. This is perfect party food! Pinning and making it! Thanks for sharing.
So much easier to eat than dip! These are lovely!
Great food idea!
My husband loves buffalo chicken dip, so I know he’s going to love these. Thank you for sharing.
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
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
These are a great party idea
I love buffalo chicken! yum yum do these look good! I am hosting a giveaway on my page this week (posted Monday) and I would love if you would stop by and check it out!
-Jennie
http://thediaryofarealhousewife.blogspot.com/
These look delicious! What a yummy idea and I love your pictures! My boys will love these, pinned!
Haven’t tried these yet but was wondering if there’s a dipping sauce that goes with the pinwheels?
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.
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??
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.
Can you make these ahead of time? Refrigerate over night and slice in the morning?
Hi Jessie! Yes, you can make them the night before and refrigerate (covered, of course). Thanks for visiting!
I love the idea of “portion-controlling” the dip. Tortilla wraps are the perfect solution!!
Cute! I think The Hubs would love these
Great recipe! I’m sorry I missed the contest, but these look like perfect #Superbowl recipes 🙂
Cheers
Matt
http://agoodtimewithwine.com
Thanks Matthew! I always have new giveaways popping up, so keep watch! 🙂
I love anything with cheese!
Anything buffalo!!
I love this recipe idea. My family loves buffalo chicken anything
I love chicken wings!
I love Buffalo Chicken Dip and or Homemade queso/tomato dip with tortilla chips and veggies.
Mozzarella cheese sticks
I like Buffalo Chicken Dip and Tostitos!
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Buffalo chicken anything!!
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chips and dip!
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I love stuffed roasted mushrooms (stuffed w/ a potato mixture) that I make & of course, pigs in a blanket are always a favorite.
I love pigs in a blanket or stuffed roasted mushrooms (stuffed w/ a potato mixture) that I make.
I love pigs in a blanket!
How doesn’t love a little bread 😉
I like soft pretzels and cheese dip.
Love tortilla pinwheels and buffulo stuffed ones are a great thought! YUM!