These flavorful Buffalo Honey Wings are baked and then glazed with a honey buffalo sauce that takes these wings over the top. The honey slightly mellows the hot sauce and adds amazing flavor; you really can’t eat just one. These are delicious with your favorite blue cheese or ranch dip and are the perfect addicting appetizer for Game Day or your next gathering.
What we love about these Honey Buffalo Wings
The sauce! I love the addition of honey to the sauce in these wings. The Buffalo sauce is an equal combination of hot sauce and butter and the honey rounds out the flavor. It slightly mellows the hot sauce and gives a boost of flavor without tasting sweet. It is highly addicting with these wings and a dunk in your favorite ranch or blue cheese dressing.
I have cooked wings a lot of ways, and I really love the flavor and texture when you roast them in the oven. The preparation is less than 5 minutes for the wings, you just toss them in some seasoning with a little oil and throw them in the oven. After about an hour of baking time, you add the sauce and cook at a higher temperature for a few minutes more. The sauce perfectly glazes the chicken, and the flavor combination with the sauce and chicken is simply addicting.
These are a home run for any game day party or gathering and have proven to be a favorite at our house time and again. Try our other favorite wings recipes as well! We love our Cajun Chicken Wings with Remoulade Sauce and our Oven Barbecue Chicken Wings. Need an appetizer besides wings? Try our Shredded Beef Sliders, the crockpot does all the work for you!
What you need to make Baked Buffalo Chicken Wings
You will need the following ingredients:
- Oil
- Chicken party wings: flats and drummettes
- Salt
- Coarsely ground pepper
- Granulated garlic
- Paprika
- Hot Sauce
- Unsalted butter
- Honey
- Optional: parsley
Honey Buffalo Wings Recipe Substitutions
I know what it’s like when you don’t have everything on hand and the last thing you want to do is run to the store and pick something up. Here are a few ideas to substitute items on the ingredients list if needed:
- You can omit the garlic and paprika in the chicken seasoning and just use salt and pepper to season the chicken if desired.
- You can omit the honey and you will have a slightly hotter chicken wing flavor.
- You can substitute the hot sauce and butter for a prepared buffalo wing sauce from the store.
- If you want more heat, you can also reduce the amount of butter in the sauce. I usually use the same amount of hot sauce and melted butter, but for more heat, use less butter. For less heat, use more butter.
- Different varieties of chicken could be used, drumsticks, for example, and cooked for a longer time.
Step-by-step Instructions for Buffalo Wings with Honey
Step 1. In a small bowl, whisk together salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika. Add oil and mix together. Pour salt mixture over wings and using a spoon or tongs, toss to ensure the chicken is evenly coated.
Step 2. Line chicken evenly in single rows on the prepared baking sheet. Bake wings for 35 minutes.
Step 3. Carefully remove from the oven, using tongs turn the wings over, and bake for an additional 20 minutes.
Step 4. While the wings bake, whisk together the hot sauce, melted butter, and honey and set aside.
Step 5. Drizzle half of the hot sauce mixture over the chicken and toss to coat. Bake the chicken at 450 degrees Fahrenheit for 4-5 minutes. Remove the chicken from the oven and baste with the sauce, turn the chicken over and baste with the sauce again on the opposite side before returning to the oven. Bake an additional 4-5 minutes on the other side. Baste with the sauce an additional time over the top of the chicken.
Step 6. Remove to a platter or individual plates, garnish with chopped fresh parsley if desired, and serve with a side of ranch or blue cheese dressing.
Tips
- Instead of baking in an oven, you can cook wings in a well-coated slow cooker for 2-1/2 hours on high or 4-5 hours on low. If you cook them too long, they can fall apart. They can be checked with an oven thermometer and if they are at 165 degrees Fahrenheit they are done. Continue with step 4 of the recipe and finish with sauce in the oven.
- These USA sheet pans have been workhorses for me and work well roasting the chicken wings in this recipe.
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Frequently Asked Questions
| How to store Honey Buffalo Wings? |
| Chicken wings can last covered in the fridge 3-4 days after cooking. They taste best fresh the first day. Make sure cooked chicken does not stay at room temperature longer than 2 hours. Cooked chicken leftovers last up to 6 months in the freezer. |
| Can I make the wings and dressing in advance? |
| a. Homemade Buffalo sauce can last up to 2 weeks in the fridge. It can be made in advance to ease preparation when you cook the wings. The butter will harden, so you will need to warm the dressing and stir before using. b. You can prepare the wings through step 4 and refrigerate them, then bake them for the final minutes with the sauce the day you are serving them. |
| What should I serve with Buffalo Honey Wings? |
| Celery and carrot sticks are traditionally served with wings. Wings can be a meal or an appetizer served with other dishes. As an appetizer, wings are often served with pizza, sliders, nachos, fries, onion rings, tater tots, jalapeño poppers, vegetables with a dip, or other creamy dips. As a meal, they are great with any of the above-listed items as well as potato wedges, loaded potato skins, macaroni and cheese, Caesar salad or other side salad, garlic bread, fried rice, potato salad, or coleslaw. |
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minutesThese flavorful Buffalo Honey Wings are baked and then glazed with a honey buffalo sauce that takes these wings over the top. The honey slightly mellows the hot sauce and adds amazing flavor; you really can’t eat just one. These are delicious with your favorite blue cheese or ranch dip and are the perfect addicting appetizer for Game Day or your next gathering.
Ingredients
3 pounds chicken party wings, flats and drummettes (about 25 wings)
2 tablespoons neutral oil (vegetable, corn, canola, etc.)
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/2 cup hot sauce (I use Franks hot sauce)
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
2 tablespoons honey
Optional garnish: chopped fresh parsley
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
- Dry wings with a paper towel and place in a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika. Add oil and mix together. Pour salt mixture over wings and using a spoon or tongs, toss to ensure the chicken is evenly coated.
- Line chicken evenly in single rows on the prepared baking sheet. Bake wings for 35 minutes. Carefully remove from the oven, using tongs turn the wings over, and bake for an additional 20 minutes. If chicken doesn’t move easily, you can bake an additional few minutes on either side if necessary.
- While the wings bake, whisk together the hot sauce, melted butter, and honey and set aside.
- Remove the wings from the oven. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Carefully remove any excessive grease from the pan. Drizzle half of the hot sauce mixture over the chicken and toss to coat. You can also brush the sauce on both sides of the wings if desired or remove the chicken from the pan and toss the chicken in a bowl with the sauce before returning to the sheet pan.
- Bake the chicken at 450 degrees Fahrenheit for 4-5 minutes. Remove the chicken from the oven and baste with the sauce, turn the chicken over and baste with the sauce again on the opposite side before returning to the oven. Bake an additional 4-5 minutes on the other side. Baste with the sauce an additional time over the top of the chicken.
- Remove to a platter or individual plates, garnish with chopped fresh parsley if desired, and serve with a side of ranch or blue cheese dressing.
Notes
- I use Frank’s hot sauce in this recipe and like Marie’s refrigerated chunky blue cheese dressing as a dipping sauce with these wings. Ranch dressing is great as well.
- I have used both foil and parchment paper to line the pan. The parchment paper was a little more messy, but the chicken was less likely to stick to the pan with the parchment paper.
- The wings I buy are “party wings” from the grocery store, already prepared as drumettes and wingettes.
What an amzing appetizer to enjoy with friends!Thanks for the recipe!
Thank you so much! This is a favorite at our house and we hope you enjoy it!
You had me at honey buffalo! So yummy!
Thank you so much! We love how the touch of honey really adds great flavor and balance to the hot sauce. These are a huge family favorite! Thanks you for leaving a great review!
Great recipe – made them this week. The whole family loved them.
I am so glad to hear that you made the wings and enjoyed them! This is a huge family favorite of ours. Thanks so much for the great review!