• 8 chicken tenders
• 3 ounces of cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons of green hot sauce
• 16 slices of bacon
• cocktail toothpicks

Start by flattening your chicken tenders with a meat tenderizer. Don’t pound too hard.

They need to be able to be moved and don’t want to be too thin.

Once the chicken is flattened, cut each piece in half. Lay out your bacon and top each piece of bacon with a chicken piece.

Add bits of the cream cheese on top of the chicken and then drizzle with the green hot sauce.  

Roll up the chicken/bacon pieces and secure with a toothpick and place them in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.  The bacon chicken bites are ready to cook!

These spicy bacon wrapped chicken appetizers are creamy and spicy and the perfect bite.  They are great for any party, from the Super Bowl playoffs to Cinco de Mayo celebrations.

Pair the Cinco de May finger foods with a Michelada cocktail (Mexican bloody Mary) for a great spicy party combo!  Olé

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The cocktail is spicy and has quite a kick to it. It is perfect when served with the bacon chicken appetizers.

These spicy appetizers have been featured in a Cinco de Mayo Progressive dinner party with my blogging friends. See the other recipes here.

If you enjoyed these chicken bacon wrapped bites, check out my honey chicken wings. They have a spicy red pepper seasoning that gives them a bit of a kick.

For another cream cheese appetizer, be sure to check out my phyllo cup recipe. It’s made with crab and cream cheese and is super easy to prepare.

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Admin note: this recipe for bacon wrapped chicken bites first appeared on the blog in January of 2016. I have updated the post to add all new photos, a printable recipe card, and a video for you to enjoy.

Yield: 16 appetizers

Spicy Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites Recipe

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This delicious bacon wrapped chicken bites recipe will get the party going in style. They are also a fun choice to add to antipasti.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 8 chicken tenders
• 3 ounces of cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoon of green hot sauce
• 16 slices bacon
• Toothpicks

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 400 º F.
2. Flatten each of the chicken tenders with a meat tenderizer and then cut them in half.
3. Lay out your bacon pieces on a silicone baking mat or cutting board.
4. Top each piece of bacon with the chicken tender pieces.
5. Place small bits of cream cheese on each tender and drizzle each appetizer with the green hot sauce.
6. Roll up each bacon/chicken piece and secure them with a toothpick.
7. Place in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, flipping halfway through.

Notes

Note: You can also cook these on an outdoor grill: Grill for 8 to 10 minutes, turning once.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

16

Serving Size:

1 appetizer
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 128Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 382mgCarbohydrates: 4gFiber: 0gSugar: 0gProtein: 8g

Nutritional information is approximate due to natural variation in ingredients and the cook-at-home nature of our meals.