Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip Mini Stuffed Peppers

Name: Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip Mini Stuffed Peppers
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 36 pieces
Ingredients: 18-20 mini peppers (-cut in half, seeds & ribs removed); 250 gram package light cream cheese (-softened ); 1/3 cup hot sauce (-your favourite, plus more for garnish); 1/4 cup light ranch dressing (-your favourite); 1/2 lime (-juiced); 1/2 tsp dried dill; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 3/4 cup cooked chicken (-shredded); 1/4 cup chopped green onion (-plus more for garnish); 6 ounces shredded monterey jack cheese (-divided (about 1.5 cups). I used 'habanero' variety)

January 23, 2019 Updated: April 19, 2019 By Dawn Coombs 38 Comments

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These Buffalo Chicken Dip Mini Stuffed Peppers combine all the flavours of your favourite buffalo chicken dip with sweet peppers for one belly satisfying, taste bud lovin’, two bite appetizer!

Mini Stuffed Peppers – Easy Game Day Recipe for a Crowd

You know that super popular buffalo chicken dip that everyone loves? Well, I used that to stuff (a slight variation of a recipe of mine) to make mini stuffed peppers! The prep time for these takes minutes and they’re totally not fussy at all, which is always a good thing (if you ask me). The recipe yields quite a bit, so they are perfect for game day eats when you have lots of friends over.

What are Mini Peppers? Can I Use Another Pepper?

Mini sweet peppers are basically a smaller, slightly sweeter variation of their large sweet bell pepper counterpart. These are not ‘hot’ peppers. Though they may look kinda like hot peppers, they aren’t. They’re typically a tad larger than jalapeño peppers, for example, and definitely not spicy. Though, if you are so inclined to used jalapeño peppers here instead (because you love spicy stuff) go right for it!

How to Make Mini Stuffed Peppers

Choose peppers that are roughly the same size, cut in half and remove seeds and ribs.
In a food processor add cream cheese, hot sauce, ranch dressing, lime juice, dill and pepper. Blend until creamy.
Add shredded chicken, cheese and chopped green onion to the processor.
Stir everything together with a spatula.
Fill mini peppers with dip. You don’t have to be too neat or anything. Place in a baking dish so they kinda rest against each other and bake.
Carefully remove peppers from oven, top with more cheese and broil.
Garnish with more hot sauce and green onion. Let cool a bit before enjoying.

Tips for Making this Easy Stuffed Pepper Recipe with Buffalo Chicken Dip

Depending on the size of your peppers, the quantity you yield may vary slightly. I used about 18 peppers for this recipe, yielding 36 pieces.
Run out of peppers and still have leftover dip? Use it for chips!
The hot sauce you use will affect how spicy these mini stuffed peppers are.
Make sure the cream cheese is softened so it will be nice-n-blendable. Just took it out of the fridge and don’t want to wait forever for it to soften? Pop it in the microwave in a microwave safe dish and heat at 10-15 second intervals until softened OR cut into cubes and let rest on your counter top for a little while.
These stuffed peppers can be made in advance a day in advance. Simply fill peppers with dip, refrigerate and bake when ready.
Speaking of chicken, ensure that it shredded or cut up small enough so that you don’t have huge chunks.
As mentioned, this recipe yields quite a bit. You could easily half the recipe if you want.

Variations for these Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Mini Peppers

Don’t have green onion? Chopped chives would work great here too.
I used chicken here because of ‘buffalo chicken dip’, but if you want to keep these straight up vegetarian, simply omit the chicken. Tanya from Extra for Avocado has a delicious vegetarian version of buffalo dip
Want buffalo chicken dip with blue cheese? Go for it! Though I didn’t use it here, it does make a tasty addition. Just stir in about 1/4 (or to your taste).

Other Easy Game Day Appetizers you May Enjoy

Hope you love these buffalo chicken mini stuffed peppers as much as I do!

Until next time, take care and chit chat again soon 🙂

~Dawn

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A close up of a mini stuffed pepper garnished with green onion and hot sauce.

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