Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

4.7 / 5 (11 reviews)

All the flavor of Buffalo wings, but in the form of meatballs—equally delicious as a crowd-pleasing appetizer or as a hearty dinner over rice.

By: Onceuponachef (via Onceuponachef)
Original Publish: Oct 15, 2023
Last Updated: Mar 2, 2026
Prep: 30 mins
Cook: 25 mins
Yields: 28, 28 bite-size appetizer meatballs or 20 dinner-size meatballs

Nutrition Facts

840 kcalCalories
34 gProtein
11 gCarbs
74 gFat
Finished Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

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Chef's Notes

For a milder sauce, feel free to reduce the amount of hot sauce. However, refrain from increasing it, as it might cause the sauce to curdle or become overly thick (hot sauce is acidic, and acid will thicken dairy—that's how yogurt and cheese are made). If you'd like more heat, pass the hot sauce at the table.

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Carol ★ 5.0/5

Not too many ingredients, simple to put together, but so good! We LOVED the creamy sauce!

JD ★ 5.0/5

Excellent. Had to use ground turkey as my store doesn’t carry ground chicken. Served over rice. Thank you.

Derek King ★ 5.0/5

These were delicious.

One note. Recipe says, “However, refrain from increasing it [hot sauce], as it might cause the sauce to curdle or become overly thick.”

I always like my buffalo hotter than Frank’s, so a trick I learned is to add a few shakes or more of Tabasco sauce to kick it up a notch.

I’ve tried so many of your recipes, many of which have become part of my regular rotation. Making your stew tonight.

Keep them coming!

Julie ★ 5.0/5

Made these for NYE and they were a big hit. My husband liked them better than any of the other apps we had, and we had an all star app line up, so that’s saying something!
I served with cut up celery on the side with dressing to dip them in. These will definitely stay in our appetizer lineup from now on!
I’ll probably double this next time though since everyone loved it and they were quickly gone.

And yes, this makes a decent amount of delicious sauce. I don’t see that as a negative like some other commenters did. It’s just more deliciousness to dip celery into.

OUAC recipes never disappoint in this house. You really can’t go wrong.

Sharon ★ 5.0/5

Absolutely phenomenal! Delicious! Can’t wait to make these again! Your recipes truly are perfection!

Kate ★ 5.0/5

This was delicious! Putting it in the rotation. For those who are thinking this is supposed to be the same as a wing sauce, it's not! It's a wonderful hybrid between a Buffalo sauce and a cream sauce. Use wing sauce for wings, use this for Buffalo chicken meatballs!

Emily ★ 5.0/5

Thank you so much for this recipe! It was wonderful as is, and my hard to please family loved it!

Kristen Buchanan ★ 3.0/5

I absolutely love every recipe you post! But as a Buffalonian, these were not up to par. I’m sorry. I think if the sauce wasn’t so thick and creamy ( from the heavy cream) it would have made a big difference. Since wing sauce is butter and franks hot sauce, keeping it simple would be the answer. Unfortunately, I put your sauce on all the meatballs ( I made a double batch too 🙄), so wasn’t able to try.
So, if you are craving Buffalo Chicken Wings make the traditional sauce and toss meatballs ( which were pretty good) in that sauce..

Cindy Arsenault ★ 5.0/5

Made these Christmas Eve and had to make them dairy free but everyone loved them including me! Ty for the great recipe!

Ellen S ★ 4.0/5

Made these for Christmas Eve snacking. Very good overall, but the sauce was way too creamy for me (and I LOVE cream sauces) and for this to resemble Buffalo chicken bites. I would make the meatballs again, maybe with a tad more Frank's and would toss them in Frank's Buffalo sauce to serve.

Ellen ★ 5.0/5

Made these as written along with a set of beef cocktail meatballs from another recipe source. These were way better! The meat was moist and tender (even with reheating) and they tasted yummy. I did add a little bit of leftover cherry-BBQ sauce to the recipe sauce, just to give it a bit more depth of flavor. Definitely would make again.

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