These oven baked chicken lollipops are a super fun and impressive way to serve chicken drumsticks.

Oven Baked Chicken Lollipops

From the recipe collection of Tara Ippolito

How fun are these oven baked chicken drumsticks?

I just love the way they look and was always super impressed whenever I’d see others making them. I thought they had to be somewhat difficult to do.

That is, until I tried them myself. I had no idea how easy they were!

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a labor of love for sure. But once you get the hang of how to do it, it’s easy breezy.

Totally worth the effort to serve something that looks a little special for dinner if you ask me.

This recipe is great because it can be served for anything from casual meal at home to a fancy dinner party.

After all, everyone loves a good piece of chicken and that’s exactly what this is.

Don’t let its amazing looks distract you for the fact that it actually tastes amazing too.

Between the seasoning and incredibly delicious glaze, this recipe is recipe is a total home run.

I hope you give this one a try. If you do, I know that you’ll love it just as much as my family and I do.

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Oven Baked Chicken Lollipops Variations

I like this recipe as it is but here are some ways to switch it up if you’d like to.

• Chicken- If you’d rather not use drumsticks, chicken thighs would work here too. Also, if lollipoping the chicken seems like too much of a hassle, you can keep the drumsticks how they are and just cook them laying down on a baking sheet.
• Seasoning- Use the seasoning as a guide and add or subtract whatever you want! Especially if you like a little heat, feel free to bump up the sriracha in the glaze recipe or add in some chili powder to the chicken seasoning.
• Glaze- Any glaze would work for this recipe, too, so choose your favorite. Honey and soy sauce, hot honey, sweet chili sauce or whatever you’d like!

Other Easy Chicken Recipes

If you like easy to make chicken recipes like this one, here are some others that I know you’ll love, too.

• Baked Buttered Chicken Drumsticks
• Ginny’s Chicken
• Lemon Pepper Chicken Thighs
• Baked BBQ Chicken Drumsticks

Oven Baked Chicken Lollipops Ingredients

• Chicken Drumsticks
• Paprika
• Garlic powder
• Onion powder
• Chicken bullion
• Salt and pepper
• Olive oil
• BBQ sauce
• Sriracha
• Maple syrup

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375°

First, using a sharp knife, cut around the “handle”’of the drumstick through the skin and tenderloin.

Now push the meat down towards the bottom of the drumstick to create a lollipop shape. You can use the knife or your hands. Just be careful not to hit into any shape bones if using your hands.

Then, grip the skin that’s left on the tip of the bone with paper towel and pull it off the top.

Next, take the drumsticks and carefully trim the bone at the bottom so that it’s flat and the drumstick can stand up on its own.

Once the drumsticks are all trimmed (this will be a labor of love but it will be worth it!) place them in a large bowl.

Now, add the olive oil, paprika, chicken bullion, garlic powder, salt and pepper.

Then, massage the oil and seasoning into the meat until it’s nice and evenly coated.

Next, place the chicken lollipops into the center of each muffin tin hole or place them (standing upright) onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

Now, bake them for 40 minutes.

In the meantime, mix together the BBQ sauce, sriracha and maple syrup.

Then, once the chicken is done, glaze each drumstick in the sauce by either brushing it on the meat or dunking it in.

Now place them either back into the muffin tin holes or onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

Finally, pop them in the oven for another 10 minutes. Serve warm and enjoy!