Mini Buffalo Chicken Dip Bread Bowls
These easy 6-ingredient Mini Buffalo Chicken Dip Bread Bowls are spicy, cheesy, crusty and fun to eat! When WW (formerly Weight Watchers) recently updated their program to the new myWW plans, I was tasked with going back through all my posted recipes to update the points. While it was a tedious task, I honestly came across recipes I’d almost forgotten about! I guess that’s what happens when you’d been blogging for 9 years now. Anyway, one of the recipes I had forgotten were these Mini Spinach Dip Bread Bowls, and as soon as I saw them I thought “aha! I need to do another twist on these, STAT!” I am a Buffalo girl, so being true to my roots I immediately knew that filling French bread cups with buffalo chicken dip was the best idea.
Now that I’ve made them I can confirm that these Mini Buffalo Chicken Dip Bread Bowls are everything I hoped they’d be. A crusty, fluffy French bread exterior, filled with spicy, creamy, cheesy Buffalo chicken dip! These mini bowls are perfect to eat as a meal or to serve as hearty finger food at a party, while watching the game, or chatting at book club. Not only are they tasty, but each one is just 122 calories or 4 WW Points! To view your current WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!
Looking for more tasty, lightened up ways to get your Buffalo chicken fix? Check out my One-Pot Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese, Buffalo Chicken Dip, Buffalo Chicken Egg Rolls, Buffalo Deviled Eggs, Buffalo Cauliflower Wings, Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Chickpea Bake, Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes, Buffalo Chicken Braid, Buffalo Chicken Tacos, Buffalo Chicken Soup, Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Potato Bake, Buffalo Chicken Taquitos, Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad, Buffalo Chicken Quinoa Bake, Buffalo Wing Hummus, and many more in the Buffalo Flavor category of my recipe index!
Mini Buffalo Chicken Dip Bread Bowls
Ingredients
- 3 oz 1/3 less fat cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 3 oz cooked shredded boneless skinless chicken breast
- 2 tablespoons light blue cheese dressing, I used Marzetti light chunky blue cheese dressing
- 3-4 tablespoons Frank’s Red Hot original cayenne pepper sauce, I use 4 tablespoons and it’s zippy
- 1 (11 oz) tube of Pillsbury Crusty French Bread dough
- 1 oz 50% reduced fat sharp cheddar cheese, I use Cabot
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Lightly mist a 12 cup standard-sized muffin tin with cooking spray.
- Combine the cream cheese, shredded chicken, blue cheese dressing and hot sauce in a mixing bowl and stir until well combined.
- Remove the roll of bread dough from the package and place it on a cutting board. Use a sharp knife to cut it into 10 equal-sized rounds (around an inch thick). Use your fingers to press each round into a 3” circle and then press the dough circle into the bottom of a muffin tin well and up the sides to form a bowl shape. Evenly distribute the dip from step two amongst the dough cups and sprinkle the shredded cheddar cheese over the tops. *There will be two empty muffin tin wells, as this recipe makes 10*
- Place into the oven and bake for 15-18 minutes until the edges of the bread cups start to turn golden. Allow to cook for a few minutes before removing from the tin.
Notes
3 per (1 piece) serving (PP calculated using a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the nutrition info below)
Since I don’t like blue cheese is there anything I could use instead?
Some people prefer ranch dressing, which I’m sure would work
I do not like blue cheese either but haven’t been disappointed yet subbing in light ranch for any of Emily’s recipes.
I wonder if this would work well with wonton wrappers? What do you think?
Buffalo chicken is my fave- definitely going to be trying this recipe!! Looks incredible!
These look tasty! I’ve made the dip before, subbing neufchatel cheese for the cream cheese (first time on accident, as the packages look alike!) and greek yogurt with ranch powder for the ranch dressing (instead of blue cheese). These subs made the dip much creamier overall, so I’m excited to try them in this format. Thanks for your recipes!
Just made these tonight along with your Broccoli Salad. Best! Dinner!! Ever!!!
These were awesome but could you use the wontons instead of the dough. The dough didn’t turn out so well for me.
I’m so excited I found this! I started WW three days ago, and while I was chomping away on my celery today, I was wishing for a chicken wing dip. I’m also a Buffalonian so these wings flavored items are a must have! Nothing I was finding online was peaking my interest until this! I’m so excited to make this next week 🙂
Love this recipe and make it at least weekly! Always have the ingredients on hand so it makes an easy meal or snack! Thank you!
Where do you find the Pillsbury French bread dough? I only ever see the biscuits. I’m in NJ if that helps 🙂
Thanks for all the amazing and delicious recipes!
I mostly shop at Wegmans and they have it there!
We don’t have the French bread in canada. Would the pizza dough or biscuits work?
I cannot stop making these! I LOVE buffalo wings and this gives me that flavor, plus the bread that I crave. I am pretty sure I will never not have these in my fridge at all times for a quick snack!
This has become one of my favorites for a quick, flavorful meal/snack! Have made it for years and love it always! Always get asked for recipe if serving to new people. Thank you!