Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip Mini Stuffed Peppers

Name: Easy Buffalo Chicken Dip Mini Stuffed Peppers
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 18 to 20 mini peppers (cut in half, seeds and ribs removed); 8 ounces cream cheese (softened (a 250 gram package)); 1/3 cup buffalo sauce (plus more to taste for optional garnish); 1/4 cup ranch dressing; 1/2 lime (juiced); 1/2 teaspoon dried dill (dill weed); 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 3/4 cup cooked chicken (shredded (use white or dark meat or a combo of both)); 1/4 cup chopped green onion (plus more to taste for optional garnish); 1.5 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese (divided (6 ounces))

Published: January 23, 2019 Updated: May 26, 2020 / By: Dawn | Girl Heart Food 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 deliciously fun appetizer!

Close-up of a mini stuffed pepper garnished with green onion and hot sauce.

You know that super popular buffalo chicken dip that everyone loves?

Well, I used a slight variation of my buffalo chicken dip recipe to make mini stuffed peppers!

The prep for these stuffed peppers is easy and the recipe yields quite a bit, so they are perfect for game day eats when you have lots of friends over.

Ingredients for a mini stuffed peppers recipe.

What Are Mini Peppers?

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 jalapeno peppers, for example, and definitely not spicy.

Though, if you are so inclined to used jalapeno peppers here instead (because you love spicy stuff) go right for it!

How To Make Mini Stuffed Peppers

Full details are in the recipe card below, but here are the basics:

Choose peppers that are roughly the same size, cut in half and remove the seeds and ribs.
In a food processor, combine cream cheese, buffalo sauce, ranch dressing, lime juice, dill and black pepper, then process until combined and creamy.
Add shredded cooked chicken, some 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. Then place the stuffed mini peppers in a baking dish (so they kinda rest against each other) and bake.
Carefully remove peppers from the oven and top with more cheese.
Place the peppers back into the oven again so the cheese gets nice and melty. Once done, and removed from the oven, allow to cool slightly. You can then garnish with more buffalo sauce and green onion (if you like).

Collage of steps to make buffalo chicken dip mini stuffed peppers.

Tips for Making This Recipe

Ensure the chicken is shredded or cut up small enough so that you don’t have huge chunks.
The buffalo sauce you use will affect how spicy these mini stuffed peppers are.
Make sure the cream cheese is softened so it will be easy to blend. Just grabbed it out of the fridge and don’t want to wait forever for it to soften? Place the cream cheese in a microwave-safe dish in the microwave and heat at 10 to 15 second intervals until softened or cut into cubes and let rest on your countertop for a little while.
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!
As mentioned, this recipe yields quite a bit. You could easily half the recipe if you want.

Dip-stuffed peppers alongside some green onion.

Recipe Variations

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 vegetarian, simply omit the chicken or try my vegetarian buffalo dip with tempeh.
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 ¼ (or however much you enjoy).

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If you try this mini stuffed peppers recipe, be sure to leave a comment below!