These sweet and spicy hot honey chicken meatballs are irresistible! They’re juicy, tender, and coated in an unbelievably good spicy honey butter!

These spicy chicken meatballs are high on my favorites list. The hot honey butter glaze is out of this world, and the meatballs are juicy and extra delicious thanks to a handful of spices.

These are inspired by our popular meatball recipe, so you know they will be juicy and super tender, just like the original.

Key Ingredients

• Hot Honey Glaze: It’s easy and made with butter, honey, your favorite hot sauce, and a pinch of salt. I love vinegary styles of hot sauce, like Tabasco or Crystal’s hot sauce.
• Ground Chicken: If you can find it, grab a package of ground chicken with some fat (look for 7% to 10% fat). The extra fat keeps our meatballs juicy and tender.
• Breadcrumbs: I add breadcrumbs for texture. I also love substituting them for crushed saltine crackers like we do for this meatloaf.
• Milk: Adds moisture and tenderizes the ground chicken, making our meatballs juicy and tender once cooked.
• Egg: Adds more moisture and helps the mixture firm up once cooked.
• Parmesan: My secret ingredient for the best meatballs! Parmigiano-Reggiano adds flavor and salt to our mixture. I’m pretty generous with it.
• Spices, salt, and pepper: I love turning these into spiced chicken meatballs with garlic powder, onion powder, sweet paprika, smoked paprika, oregano, pepper, and salt. The combination is amazing!

Find the full recipe with measurements below.

How to Make Hot Honey Chicken Meatballs

Tip 1: Mix everything but the ground meat first. Start by stirring the breadcrumbs and milk together in a mixing bowl, and let the mixture thicken for a few minutes. Then, stir in the other ingredients. Mixing these ingredients before adding the ground meat guarantees the seasonings are evenly distributed. Doing this also prevents over-mixing the chicken, which can make our meatballs mushy.

Tip 2: Cook them on the stovetop. I prefer to cook these meatballs in a skillet on the stove. I love how this method adds a caramelized exterior. You can bake them if you’d like. Use my baking tips in this meatball recipe for guidance.

Tip 3: Make the hot honey butter. Heat butter, honey, a pinch of salt, and hot sauce together. As they heat, the butter melts into the honey and hot sauce, making a lovely sauce. As you toss it with the chicken meatballs, it turns into a sweet and spicy glaze.

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Hot Honey Chicken Meatballs

• PREP
  10 mins
  
• COOK
  20 mins
  
• TOTAL
  30 mins
  

These ground chicken meatballs are juicy, tender, and coated in spicy honey butter. It’s impossible to eat just one. The hot sauce you use is up to you! We love original Tabasco and Crystal hot sauces, but I’d imagine almost anything will work. We recommend one tablespoon of hot sauce, but you can adjust this based on how spicy you’d like them.

If you need to substitute for honey, try maple, golden, or brown sugar.

Makes 18 meatballs

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You Will Need

Spiced Chicken Meatballs

1 pound (450g) ground chicken, see notes if you have 1 ¼ pound package

1/2 cup (35g) panko breadcrumbs or homemade breadcrumbs

1/3 cup milk, dairy or non-dairy

1 large egg

1/4 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, finely grated, 1/2 ounce

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon onion powder

1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika

1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika

1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt

2 tablespoons high-heat cooking oil like grape seed or avocado oil

Hot Honey Sauce

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

1 tablespoon honey

1 tablespoon hot sauce, or more to taste, we like Crystal or Tabasco

Pinch of salt

Directions

1Stir breadcrumbs and milk in a large bowl, then let it sit for 5 minutes. Add the egg, cheese, garlic powder, onion powder, sweet paprika, smoked paprika, oregano, pepper, and salt. Stir until well blended.

2Add the ground chicken, and use a fork or your fingers to gently mix everything until combined. Try not to overmix for the most tender meatballs.

3Wet your hands and form the mixture into 1 ½-inch balls (about 1 ½ tablespoons each). A medium cookie scoop helps portion out the meatballs. The mixture is on the softer side, so don’t worry if you have difficulty making perfect balls. Since we want tender and juicy meatballs, we add more bread crumbs and milk, making the mixture less firm. Even though this causes less-than-perfect round meatballs, the texture of the interior is better.

4Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in the bottom of a wide Dutch oven or nonstick pan over medium heat.

5Place the meatballs in the hot oil and cook until they are cooked through, the outsides are browned, and they register 165°F in the middle on an instant-read thermometer, about 15 minutes. Depending on the shape or size of the pot, this might need to be done in two batches.

6Make the hot honey butter. Combine the hot sauce, butter, salt, and honey in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Swirl the pan until the butter melts into the hot sauce and honey.

7Pour the sauce over the cooked meatballs, and then serve.

Adam and Joanne’s Tips

• Ground chicken: You can buy ground chicken in 1 pound or 1 ¼ pound packages. Use either in this recipe without any changes. You will have a few extra meatballs if you have 1 ¼ pounds of chicken.
• Baked meatballs: Heat the oven to 425°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper, foil, or a silicone mat. Place formed meatballs onto the baking sheet, leaving a little space between each meatball. Lightly spray the top of the meatballs with cooking spray or brush with oil. Bake until golden brown, and they register 165°F in the middle on an instant-read thermometer, about 20 minutes.
• Storing: Cooked meatballs will last 3 days in the fridge in an airtight container. You can freeze them for up to three months. Store them in an airtight, freezer-friendly container.
• Make ahead tips: Raw meatballs can be refrigerated overnight and baked the next day. You should get 18 to 20 meatballs. You can also freeze the raw meatballs and store up to three months. To freeze them, form the meatballs and place them onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Place the baking sheet into the freezer until the meatballs are firm. Transfer frozen meatballs to an airtight, freezer-friendly container and freeze for three months.
• The nutrition facts provided below are estimates.

Nutrition Per Serving
Serving Size
3 meatballs (3 of 18 total)
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Calories
246 calories
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Total Fat
15.4g
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Saturated Fat
4.6g
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Cholesterol
104.7mg
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Sodium
612mg
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Carbohydrate
10.8g
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Dietary Fiber
0.7g
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Total Sugars
3.5g
/
Protein
16.9g

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Joanne Gallagher

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This hot honey prosciutto pizza is the lazy dinner or lunch you’ll make on repeat. Salty prosciutto, melty cheese, and a generous drizzle of hot honey on a crispy flatbread or pita — ready in 15 minutes, no pizza dough required.

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At A Glance

• Ready In: 15 minutes
• Serves: 1
• Diet: Nut-free
• Nutrition Highlights: ~30 grams protein, ~620 calories per serve, high protein – to be updated
• Main Ingredients: Lebanese flatbread or pita, pizza sauce, pizza cheese, prosciutto, hot honey
• Flavor Profile: Salty, cheesy, subtly spicy, sticky-sweet — the whole package
• Meal-Prep Friendly: Best eaten fresh; the flatbread softens if stored
• Best Served With: Fresh rocket with balsamic or a simple green salad

This started as my answer to hot honey pepperoni pizza — I love that combination, but I had prosciutto in the fridge and a flatbread that needed using. Ten minutes later I had something I honestly liked even better.

The prosciutto goes on after baking, which means it stays silky and slightly warm from the residual heat, rather than crisping up the way pepperoni does. That contrast — tender, salty prosciutto against bubbling, golden cheese — is the whole point. And then the hot honey ties it all together: sweet, sticky, with just enough heat to wake everything up.

It’s become my go-to lazy lunch and one of those weeknight dinners that feels more special than a 15-minute meal has any right to. If you haven’t tried hot honey on pizza yet, this is your sign.

You might also like these recipes: hot honey chicken wings, hot honey chicken tenders, mini pizza ham pineapple, tortilla wrap recipes, or these easy weeknight dinners.

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How To Make Hot Honey Prosciutto Pizza

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Recipe Tips

• Don’t skip the post-bake prosciutto step. Baking prosciutto makes it dry and a little tough. Layering it on after the pizza comes out of the oven keeps it silky and tender — a much better result.
• Use a hot oven. 210°C / 415°F gives you a good golden base and properly melted cheese in about 10 minutes. Any lower and the cheese won’t colour nicely.
• Adjust the hot honey to taste. 2 teaspoons is a good starting point if you’re new to it; go to 3 if you like a real hit of sweet heat. I usually go generous.
• No hot honey? Drizzle with regular honey and scatter a small pinch of dried chili flakes or a drizzle of your favorite chili oil over the top. It’s not quite the same, but it gets you there.
• Want it crispier? Place the flatbread directly on the oven rack (rather than a tray) for the last few minutes. The underside crisps up beautifully.
• Variations: Try swapping prosciutto for speck or coppa. Add a handful of fresh rocket on top with the prosciutto for extra flavor and freshness. A few shavings of parmesan also work beautifully.
• Storage: This is really best eaten fresh. The flatbread base softens if stored, and prosciutto doesn’t love being reheated. Make it, eat it.

Serving Suggestions

This pizza is a complete meal on its own, but if you want to round it out, a handful of fresh rocket dressed with a little balsamic glaze is the natural pairing — the peppery bitterness cuts through the richness of the cheese and honey perfectly. A simple green salad works just as well. I sometimes do a quick rocket or arugula salad with Parmesan on the side, which takes about 3 minutes to throw together. Serve with a glass of something cold — this pizza is casual, fun food, and the occasion should match.

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