Bacon Wrapped Chicken Lollipops
Bacon Wrapped Chicken Lollipops
Ingredients
- 8 chicken drumsticks
- 1/4 cup barbecue seasoning, your favorite, as needed for heavy seasoning
- 8 strips bacon
- 1 cup barbecue sauce, your favorite, for dipping
- 1 roll aluminum foil, as needed
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C). Prepare a muffin pan by lightly greasing it or lining with foil if desired. Also, prepare a foil-lined sheet pan for later use.
⏱️ 5 min•🌡️ 400
- 2
Prepare each chicken drumstick: Run a knife around the bone just under the joint (the knuckle end). Pull the meat down the bone to expose the joint. To remove the small joint, grip the exposed joint with a paper towel, pull back, and twist until the joint comes off, leaving a clean bone handle and a ball of meat at the bottom. Then, use your fingers to pull the skin up and over the joint to remove it completely.
⏱️ 15 min
- 3
Heavily season the chicken meat ball part of each drumstick with your favorite barbecue seasoning, ensuring it is fully coated.
⏱️ 3 min
- 4
Wrap each seasoned chicken drumstick (the meat ball part) with a strip of bacon, spiraling it downwards to cover the meat completely.
⏱️ 7 min
- 5
Place the bacon-wrapped chicken lollipops into the cups of the muffin pan, with the exposed bone handles sticking upwards. Wrap the tops of the exposed bones with small pieces of aluminum foil to prevent them from burning during baking.
⏱️ 5 min
- 6
Bake in the preheated oven at 400°F for 30 minutes.
⏱️ 30 min•🌡️ 400
- 7
After 30 minutes, carefully remove the chicken lollipops from the oven. Remove the foil from the bone handles. Dip each lollipop into your favorite barbecue sauce, ensuring it is fully coated. Place the sauced lollipops onto the prepared foil-lined sheet pan.
⏱️ 5 min
- 8
Return the sheet pan with the sauced lollipops to the oven, reducing the temperature to 350°F. Bake for 15 more minutes, or until the barbecue sauce has tightened and caramelized.
⏱️ 15 min•🌡️ 350
- 9
Remove from the oven and serve immediately. Enjoy your juicy, sweet, and sticky Bacon Wrapped Chicken Lollipops!
Kitchen Tools
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Bacon Wrapped Chicken Lollipops
- 8 chicken drumsticks
- 1/4 cup barbecue seasoning, your favorite, as needed for heavy seasoning
- 8 strips bacon
- 1 cup barbecue sauce, your favorite, for dipping
- 1 roll aluminum foil, as needed
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C). Prepare a muffin pan by lightly greasing it or lining with foil if desired. Also, prepare a foil-lined sheet pan for later use.
⏱️ 5 min•🌡️ 400 - 2
Prepare each chicken drumstick: Run a knife around the bone just under the joint (the knuckle end). Pull the meat down the bone to expose the joint. To remove the small joint, grip the exposed joint with a paper towel, pull back, and twist until the joint comes off, leaving a clean bone handle and a ball of meat at the bottom. Then, use your fingers to pull the skin up and over the joint to remove it completely.
⏱️ 15 min - 3
Heavily season the chicken meat ball part of each drumstick with your favorite barbecue seasoning, ensuring it is fully coated.
⏱️ 3 min - 4
Wrap each seasoned chicken drumstick (the meat ball part) with a strip of bacon, spiraling it downwards to cover the meat completely.
⏱️ 7 min - 5
Place the bacon-wrapped chicken lollipops into the cups of the muffin pan, with the exposed bone handles sticking upwards. Wrap the tops of the exposed bones with small pieces of aluminum foil to prevent them from burning during baking.
⏱️ 5 min - 6
Bake in the preheated oven at 400°F for 30 minutes.
⏱️ 30 min•🌡️ 400 - 7
After 30 minutes, carefully remove the chicken lollipops from the oven. Remove the foil from the bone handles. Dip each lollipop into your favorite barbecue sauce, ensuring it is fully coated. Place the sauced lollipops onto the prepared foil-lined sheet pan.
⏱️ 5 min - 8
Return the sheet pan with the sauced lollipops to the oven, reducing the temperature to 350°F. Bake for 15 more minutes, or until the barbecue sauce has tightened and caramelized.
⏱️ 15 min•🌡️ 350 - 9
Remove from the oven and serve immediately. Enjoy your juicy, sweet, and sticky Bacon Wrapped Chicken Lollipops!