Chicken Lollipops Recipe

Looking to try something a little different with chicken drumsticks. Not only do they look amazing but the bone gives a nice clean handle to hold onto your food with. Seasoned with a sweet chicken rub and bathed in bbq sauce, these drumsticks are sure to be a hit at your next get together.

Recipe Information

Prep Time: 45 Minutes
Cook Time: 2 Hours 30 Minutes
Rest Time:
Total Time: 3 Hours 15 Minutes
Servings: 4 (2 drumsticks per person)
Category: Main Course

Ingredients

8 Chicken Drumsticks
2 Tbsp Chicken Rub ( I prefer Chick Magnet but feel free to substitute with your own favorite rub)
1/2 Cup Butter
1 Bottle BBQ Sauce

Instructions

Cut around bone at end of drumsticks
Remove skin and cartilagde from end of drumstick
Remove small bone that runs along the drumstick bone and trim all the tendons that are exposed
Push meat down to bottom of bone until it forms a round shape
Remove skin (Optional Step)
Add rub to all of yrou drumsticks on all sides
Wrap end of each drumstick in tinfoil so the bones don’t look blackened when finished
Place drumsticks into an aluminum pan with melted butter in bottom of pan
Preheat smoker / grill to 300 degrees (If smoking try to use fruit wood / hickory)
Place on smoker / grill over indirect hear to cook
Cook until internal temperature of chicken reached 165 to 170 degrees (1 1/2 to 2 hours)
Remove chicken and dunk each drumstick in bbq sauce then place on a wire rack
Remove tin foil from end of drunsticks
Put drumsticks back on smoker / grill for 1/2 hour to allow bbq sauce to set and chicken to come up to 175 degrees internal temperature then remove from heat
Serve and enjoy!