Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Sweet Peppers
These Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Peppers are packed with creamy ranch, tangy buffalo sauce and loads of cheese! A perfect easy party appetizer!
If that title doesn’t thrill you, I just don’t know what will. Shredded chicken mixed with creamy ranch-flavored cream cheese, sharp cheddar cheese, and zesty buffalo sauce stuffed into sliced mini sweet peppers.
Hello, dinnertime!
I shared these Pesto Chicken Stuffed Sweet Peppers and showed you just how easy it is to make a meal out of these little sweet peppers. I am totally in love with these things! They are making weeknight meals so easy!
The prep for these Buffalo Sweet Peppers is very similar to the prep for the pesto version. You simply mix the shredded chicken with cream cheese, ranch, buffalo sauce, stuff it in the peppers and top with cheese.
Try them! I bet you won’t be able to eat just one!
What’s Needed for Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Peppers?
To make this quick stuffed peppers recipe, all you’ll need is:
- Mini sweet peppers
- Cooked and shredded chicken
- Reduced fat cream cheese
- Ranch dressing mix
- Frank’s Original Buffalo Sauce
- Shredded cheddar cheese
- Green onions
Can I Use Regular Bell Peppers?
Yes! To make this recipe a meal, you can use full-size bell peppers instead of mini sweet peppers. Note that the bake time will be longer.
How to Make Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Peppers
This buffalo chicken stuffed peppers recipe is a breeze to make, promise! Here are the basic steps:
- Place sliced sweet peppers in a single layer on a cookie sheet.
- In a medium size mixing bowl, combine the chicken, cream cheese, ranch dressing, and buffalo sauce.
- Place a spoonful of the buffalo chicken mixture in each pepper.
- Top with shredded cheese.
- Bake for 15 minutes until cheese is bubbly. Garnish with green onions before serving.
Can You Freeze Stuffed Peppers?
Yes! Because the filling for these stuffed sweet peppers uses already cooked ingredients, the peppers are safe to freeze.
I recommend freezing them before you top them with cheese and bake them. Then, all you have to do is take them out of the freezer, sprinkle with cheese, and bake from frozen.
What to Serve with Stuffed Peppers
To make these quick stuffed peppers a meal, serve them with one of the following sides:
- Green Beans Almondine
- Air Fryer Green Bean Fries
- Asparagus, Avocado & Tomato Salad
- Chipotle Fingerling Potatoes
- Sweet Potato Wedges
Tips for Making Stuffed Sweet Peppers
- This is a really easy recipe to adjust based on you personal preferences. I recommend using my measurement for buffalo sauce as a guideline, since everyone has different tastes. As written, this is just enough for a nice bit of spice, but it won’t set your mouth on fire.
- To save yourself some time, buy pre-shredded rotisserie chicken at the grocery store.
- Note that this recipe calls for a packet of ranch dressing seasoning mix, NOT the pre-made ranch dressing that comes in a bottle.
Get the Recipe: Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Peppers
Ingredients
- 1 pound mini sweet peppers, tops removed and sliced
- 3 cups cooked shredded chicken
- 4 ounces reduced fat cream cheese
- 1 package ranch dressing mix
- 1/4 cup of Frank's Original Buffalo Sauce
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- Green onions, for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a large cookie sheet with cooking spray.
- Place sliced sweet peppers in a single layer on the cookie sheet.
- In a medium size mixing bowl, combine the chicken, cream cheese, ranch dressing seasoning, and buffalo sauce.
- Place a spoonful of the buffalo chicken mixture in each pepper. Top with shredded cheese.
- Bake for 15 minutes until cheese is bubbly.
- Garnish with additional buffalo sauce and green onions, if desired.
These look delicious – and what a great appetizer for a party. Pinned!
Yes! These are crowd pleasing for sure!
Oh my gosh I want to eat that entire pan! These are stunning and delicious!
Thank you Chris! It is hard to stop at just one!
These are too too cute, Annie! I love stuffed peppers in any form and this fun twist looks delicious!
Aren’t things more fun when they are mini?!
I love stuffed peppers, stuffing them with some buffalo chicken sounds delicious! So creative and gorgeous, pinning these!
Thank you Danielle!! 🙂
What a fun recipe! Stuffed peppers are great, and I love that you gave these a creative twist with chicken.
Thanks Gayle! You can’t go wrong when chicken+buffalo sauce+cheese are involved!
Oh my!! I can assure you I won’t be able to stop at one..they look so delicious.. love everything about this.. yummmm! !
Thanks Arpita! 🙂
So unique! I need to get to stuffing some peppers ASAP.
Thanks Erin!
I am loving these little spicy peppers! I’ve got to try these, great recipe, seems like they would make a great appetizer!
Oh absolutely! They would make great little appetizers! And they make so many!
What a great idea for a stuffing! And I LOVE the mini sweet peppers, had some in my kitchen all summer long for cooking and snacking! I’ll have to try stuffing them!
I totally agree Nora! They have become one of our favorites for sure. They are just so handy because they are nearly bite sized and they have hardly and seeds in them. Such a good summer staple!
These look so delicious and pop-able, Annie! I think I’d probably go through about a dozen myself. 🙂
I probably did go through a dozen! 😉
How funny, I was just at the store the other day and these mini peppers seem to be on sale all summer and I was thinking that I needed to buy some more! I’m not sure what I like more, your pesto and chicken stuffed peppers or these ones! I love buffalo chicken flavor, so I think I gotta try these right now 🙂
We love it too! We are kind of addicted actually! I could eat buffalo chicken flavored anything!
OOOoh I loveeeee the look and sound of these! Believe me the title itself made me salivate! <3 I love stuffed peppers and I am certainly going to amp up the heat since I love a spice kick to my food! This shredded chicken and cheddar combination is making me droooool!
I am glad Samina! We can’t get enough of them!
Ranch flavored cream cheese…I think we just became best friends, lol! Love everything about this. I bet I could devour these in no time!
These look fantastic! I’m always looking for ideas on how to use rotisserie chicken.
Could I make them and freeze them before cooking and take out and bake as needed? I have a lot of peppers and no events coming up.
Hi Julie! I haven’t actually tried that, but I did some googling and it appears that should work just fine! I think if you assembled them on a cookie sheet, and stuck the whole cookie sheet in the freezer and let them set, then move them to a storage container it would work perfectly! You would just need to adjust the cooking time.
I have a mild obsession with app-style stuffed sweet peppers and I seriously can hardly stand how amazing these little cuties look! They look so kickin’ and flavorful with all that buffalo goodness!
Appetizers that count as dinner are the best kind! I can’t handle a lot of spicy food but I know my husband would LOVE these!
These look amazing & how fun for summer get together!!
You always have the best buffalo chicken recipes, Annie! I love these mini peppers!
Oooh I adore how quick, cute and little these are!! They sound SO flavorful too. Swoon! I want to grab a couple of these to snack on right now 😉 Also…the red board is definitely next on the list!
These peppers are too cute and look delicious! I need to make these for our memorial day block party! I love the buffalo chicken too!