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Chicken Bacon Ranch Pinwheels are an easy wrap your family or party guests will love! They are rolled up and loaded with hearty chicken, savory bacon, and cheese, all slathered in a delicious ranch-flavored cream cheese. You can enjoy them both hot and cold!
Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe
- After-School Snack: Your kids will love grabbing these little finger food sandwiches and devouring them after school. They might like million dollar dip or my crack chicken dip.
- Easy Recipe: Make these pinwheels with just six ingredients, and they’ll be ready in 20 minutes!
- Crowd Pleaser: I have yet to meet someone who doesn’t like the flavor combination of chicken bacon ranch. Making these perfect for any gathering!
Ingredients Needed for Chicken Bacon Ranch Pinwheels
This recipe uses just six simple ingredients you likely already have in your kitchen. When combined, they create an explosion of flavor in every bite. For exact measurements, be sure to scroll to the bottom of the post!
- Cooked Chicken: Chop cooked or grilled chicken for a tender, flavorful protein!
- Cream Cheese: Adds a mild and slightly sweet tangy flavor.
- Ranch Seasoning: Adds a tangy flavor packed with hints of salt, garlic, onion, chives, parsley, and dill. Use store-bought or my homemade recipe.
- Thick-Cut Bacon: Cooked bacon will add a salty taste and amazing crunch.
- Shredded Cheddar Jack Cheese: Shredded mixture of mild cheeses adds great flavor to the filling mixture.
- Tortillas: Large burrito sized work best.
Chicken Pinwheel Instructions
These pinwheels are so easy to put together. Your kids will love spreading the mixture and rolling up the tortillas. The little finger foods are so fun and your kids will love them!
- Mix: In a large bowl mix together the cream cheese and ranch seasoning until it is evenly incorporated.
- Combine: Add in the chicken, bacon, cheddar jack cheese, and salt and pepper to taste, then mix well.
- Spread and Roll: Spread a layer of the mixture over a tortilla, about ¼ to ½ inch thick, and roll the tortilla tightly into a cylinder.
- Refrigerate: Once all the filling has been used, place the cylinders in the fridge for 10 minutes. Remove from the fridge, turn the cylinders seam side down, and cut into about 1-inch thick rolls.
- Serve: Enjoy fresh!
Chicken Bacon Ranch Pinwheel Tips and Variations
These fun pinwheels are the perfect snack to make with your kids! They will love spreading the filling and rolling it up into the tortillas. Here are a few tips to make your life easier.
- For the Chicken: For convenience, buy pre-cooked chicken from the store. You can either use packaged, cooked chicken or opt for a rotisserie instead.You can also cook about two large chicken breasts at home any way you prefer.
- Dice: The bacon and the chicken should be about ¼ inch cubed.
- Optional: You don’t have to refrigerate the cylinders after rolling them up, but cooling them down makes them easier to cut.
- Other Ideas: You can easily put the filling into a sandwich or pita pocket. You can still add it to a tortilla but you don’t have to slice it for an even quicker lunch option. Also, adding this mixture over a salad would make an excellent light and healthy meal.
How to Store Pinwheels
Chicken bacon ranch pinwheels can be made ahead of time and they store really well.
- Refrigerate: Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- Freezer: Wrap tightly, then place in the freezer for up to 2 months. Let them in the fridge before consuming.
More Delicious Pinwheel Recipes
Why are pinwheels so fun to eat? I think it’s because they can be finger foods, and it makes you feel like a kid again! You get lots of the yummy filling and wonderful texture. Here are a few of my favorite pinwheel recipes I know you’ll love!
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Chicken Bacon Ranch Pinwheels
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked chicken diced
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon ranch seasoning
- 8 ounces thick-cut bacon cooked and diced
- 1 cup cheddar jack cheese shredded
- 2-3 large tortillas burrito size
Instructions
- In a large bowl mix together the cream cheese and ranch seasoning until it is evenly incorporated.
- Add in the chicken, bacon, cheddar jack cheese, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well.
- Spread a layer of the mixture over a tortilla, about ¼ to ½ inch thick, and roll the tortilla tightly into a cylinder.
- Once all the filling has been used, place the cylinders in the fridge for 10 minutes. Remove from the fridge, turn the cylinders seam side down, and cut into about 1-inch thick rolls.
- Enjoy fresh!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can canned chicken work as well
Hi Lisa, yes, canned chicken will work for this recipe! Whatever makes your life easier!
Would a cream cheese spread do as well as a block of cream cheese?
Hi Heather, thank you fort the question. Yes it will work as long as it is 8 ounces.
I used rotisserie chicken and bacon bits. It couldn’t get any easier.
Great idea! I love quick tips like this!
I put a whole green onion inside to give it a bit of extra color. I put it at the end and rolled it so it would be in the middle. I think next time I will try it with blue cheese instead of cheddar.
Enjoy your recipes always delicious, simple and easy to make. Additional information and notes do not appear in the print version. Any way to correct this since the additional information is beneficial.
These look great! I I need to make about 150 of these. I know your basic recipe calls for 3 chicken breast…..how many ounces are each of the 3 uncooked chicken breasts? Thanks so much.
I don’t remember specifically for this recipe but they usually average about 3 to 4 ounces each.
Your recipes are great even though I am foreign I liked it and I was able to make it myself thanks
These are so good! I made them today for my husbands lunch for tomorrow (always looking for new things to pack for him!) and of course we tried them after being in the fridge for a while. I love how easy they came together and he’s excited to have something different to eat now! So yummy. Thanks!
Can you use bacon bits!
Yes of course!
This recipe mentions that these pinwheels can be served hot or cold. What is the best method for heating them?
I would recommend warming up the pinwheels in the oven at 350*F for 12 to 15 minutes. This will bake it all. If you are just wanting the middle mixture you can either microwave it until it is warm or warm up the middle mixture on the stove top. Then fill the tortillas and serve immediately to keep them warm.
This recipe sounds delicious! Would I be able to use ranch dressing or omit if I don’t have any ranch seasoning?
Yes, that will work just have a different consistency.
Can I freeze these pinwheels ?
Yes, these do well frozen!
We are having a gender reveal party tomorrow for our daughter. I want to make these. Can I make them the day before and then still be good?
Oh SO Fun! What a great day! Yes, you can make ahead but you will want to seal them tight and keep them in the fridge until ready to serve. How that helps!! Best of luck and wishing your daughter a happy and healthy baby! XOXO
My husbands family is planning an open house 90th birthday for their mom. These look oh so easy. My question is how do I figure the ingredients for 125 guests?
That is so sweet!! Happy birthday to her! They are so simple and yummy!! The serving size is 32 for this recipe. I would make it 4 times. That would make roughly 128 pinwheels.