Hot Honey Buffalo Chicken Wings
on May 21, 2025
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There is nothing quite like biting into a crispy, saucy wing, and these Hot Honey Buffalo Chicken Wings hit every flavor just right. The wings are tossed in a hot honey and pickle buffalo sauce, and tossed with fresh dill, making these wings a special sweet, spicy, and tangy recipe that tastes like a spicy pickle!
If you’re looking for more chicken wing recipes, you’ll also love our Baked Buffalo Wings and Lemon Pepper Wings!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
We love all sorts of wing recipes, but this recipe is special because it’s:
- Has a mix of sweet, salty, savory, and spicy
- Instead of just a hot honey buffalo sauce, this sauce is amped up with dill pickle juice and tossed with fresh dill, making the wings taste like a spicy pickle.
- Versatile cooking options: You can bake in the oven, air fry, grill, or deep fry!
- Great for any occasion, whether for game day, dinner with a salad or grain, parties, or summer grilling.
- Less than 10 ingredients
Recipe Ingredients
Below are the ingredients you need to make this recipe, including all our tips and substitutions.
Chicken wings: A mix of drums and flats is being used for this recipe, however, you can use the whole wings, or just all drums, or all flats.
Oil and seasonings: Simple is the name of the game here; extra-virgin olive oil, kosher salt, and black pepper are all you need at the base of the wings.
Buffalo hot honey sauce: A simple buffalo sauce is made by warming hot sauce, butter, honey, minced fresh garlic, dill pickle liquid, salt, and pepper.
To toss: The buffalo sauce is tossed with the wings and finished with fresh dill.
The full list of ingredients with exact quantities can be found on the recipe card below.
Tips and Substitutions
- Pat your wings dry before cooking, this will help them crisp up nicely!
- Toss your wings in the sauce while they are hot so they stick
- If you don’t have dill pickle juice, you can substitute it with some vinegar
- For a dairy-free option, remove the butter or use a vegan butter
- Additions: Feel free to add any of your favorite seasonings to the sauce, such as cayenne pepper or smoked paprika.
- For a vegetarian twist, try this with cauliflower florets!
- For storing: Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- For reheating: Reheat in the air fryer or oven until warmed and crisp.
How to Make Hot Honey Buffalo Chicken Wings
Step 1: Preheat your grill, oven, pan, or air fryer. Pat your wings dry and toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
Step 2: Bake, air fry, deep fry, or grill until golden and crispy.
Step 3: In a saucepan, melt the butter, honey, hot sauce, garlic, dill pickle liquid, salt, and pepper. Simmer until thickened slightly.
Step 4: Toss the sauce with the wings until coated. Toss with the dill and serve.
The full detailed instructions can be found on the recipe card below.
Serving Recommendations
Looking for some pairing ideas for these wings? Here are a few ideas to choose from.
- A side of Spicy Jalapeño Dill Ranch Dressing or Crème Fraîche Ranch for dipping.
- Little Gem Salad with Yogurt Ranch for a salad to pair with these wings.
- For game day, you can pair with Buffalo Chicken Egg Rolls, Poblano Beef and Bean Chili, and Bar-Style Pizza.
- Serving alongside some carrots and celery with ranch are always a perfect pairing!
Hot Honey Buffalo Wings FAQs
You can use less hot sauce and add more honey. Even more butter will be helpful in mellowing out the butter.
Yes! You can cook the wings ahead, put them in the fridge or freezer, then reheat in the oven or air fryer. Toss the sauce before serving so the wings don’t get soggy or dry out ahead of time.
Hot honey wings are made with hot sauce and honey as the main ingredients. To finish out the sauce, you can melt in butter, and for these wings, we are amping it up with dill pickle juice.
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The Best Hot Honey Buffalo Chicken Wings
Ingredients
- 1.5 to 2 pounds chicken wings, drumettes, and flats
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup hot sauce, we like Frank’s Red Hot cayenne pepper sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons dill pickle brine
- 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill
Instructions
- Pat your chicken wings dry with paper towels. In a large bowl, toss your wings with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Set aside at room temperature.
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, add in your hot sauce, honey, garlic, pickle brine, salt, and pepper. Toss to combine and warm, then melt in your butter. Allow the flavors to melt together and thicken slightly, 1 to 2 minutes. Turn off the heat, and leave it on the warm stovetop.
- To grill your wings: Preheat your grill to medium-high heat for two-zone cooking. Place the wings skin side down on indirect heat and cook for 20 minutes. Flip over and transfer to the hot side of the grill, another 7 to 10 minutes until cooked and crispy.
- To bake your wings: Preheat your oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Transfer the sheet pan to the oven and bake for 40 minutes, flipping halfway until fully cooked and crispy. You can also bring this to a broil towards the last few minutes for extra crisp and char.
- To Air fry your wings: Preheat your air fryer to 400°F. Arrange wings in a single layer in your air fryer basket and cook for 20 to 25 minutes, flipping halfway.
- A minute or two before your wings are ready, warm up your sauce on low heat. While the wings are still hot, transfer to a large mixing bowl and then toss your warm with the wings. Sprinkle in your chopped dill and give it one more big toss. Transfer to a serving platter with celery, carrots, and Spicy Jalapeño Dill Ranch.
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Notes
- Pat your wings dry before cooking, this will help them crisp up nicely!
- If you don’t have dill pickle juice, you can substitute it with some vinegar
- For a dairy-free option, remove the butter or use a vegan butter
- For storing: Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- For reheating: Reheat in the air fryer or oven until warmed and crisp.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
One of my new favorites right now. These special pickle wings with buffalo sauce, tossed with fresh dill! I hope you enjoy this recipe!!!