Maple Barbeque Chicken Bites

For the chicken bites:

Preheat oven to 375°F.

Finely chop the cooked bacon and chicken. Place them in a medium size bowl. Add shredded cheese, mayonnaise, maple syrup and barbecue sauce. Mix by hand until well blended.

Open the cans of crescent roll dough and separate the triangles of dough. On a round pizza stone or pizza pan, arrange crescent triangles in a circle with wide ends overlapping in the center and points toward the outside. With a small roller, or by hand, gently flatten out the wide ends and seal the overlapping pieces together. See related blog link for step-by-step photos.

Spoon the chicken mixture onto the widest end of each of the triangles and spread evenly with a spatula. Bring points of the triangles up over the filling and tuck the ends under the wide ends of the dough at the center of the ring. Filling will not be all covered.

Place pan in oven and bake for 15 minutes or until crescents are golden brown. Remove from oven and let it cool a few minutes before cutting into appetizer sized pieces. Serve warm.

For the dipping sauce:
Whisk together the barbecue sauce and maple syrup until well blended.

Serve room temperature or slightly warm with the dipping sauce on the side.

Recipe adapted from Lemon Herb Chicken Ring, from The Pampered Chef Season’s Best Recipes 2002.