You'll love this Whataburger copycat honey butter chicken biscuit recipe! It's so easy and just perfect for weekend noshing or a grab and go breakfast.

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❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
🧾 Ingredients
🔪 Instructions
🥄 Equipment
🥫 Storage
📖 Variations
💭 Tips
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❤️ Why you'll love this recipe

It's an even better copycat of one of Texas's most iconic meals.
When you're looking for a grab and go breakfast there's nothing better than a warm biscuit sandwich.
Spicy hot honey butter is incredible with crispy, salty fried chicken.

Imagine it's cold, rainy, and icky outside and you are cuddled in your favorite sweats watching Netflix. All of a sudden... BOOM!!... you have a craving for a Whataburger honey butter chicken biscuit that can't be ignored.

No problem. With this recipe you can make them at home in minutes. If you love the ones at Whataburger you'll definitely want to try these.

🧾 Ingredients

These are so stupid east to make! You'll find the full recipe ingredients and instructions in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page.

If you can't find chipotle in adobo (usually in the hispanic section at the grocery store) then ground chipotle will be fine - use about ¼ teaspoon or to taste.
Grilled chicken tenders are great on these biscuits, too!

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🔪 Instructions

Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the green recipe card below.

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Microwave the honey and butter until the butter is melted.
Stir in the vanilla and mashed chipotle.
Pour into a jar and allow it to cool.
Spoon some of the cooled mixture on a biscuit, top with a cooked chicken tender, and add more if you like. Put the biscuit top on and enjoy.

🥄 Equipment

You'll need the following items to make this recipe successfully.

jars with lids

This is not a necessity but a vacuum sealer is a great tool that allows you to prep different foods and store safely in the refrigerator or freezer longer than normal.

🥫 Storage

You can make the biscuits and chicken sandwiches ahead of time and wrap in plastic wrap then refrigerate. Or you can freeze in a ziploc or airtight container - then add the honey butter just before serving.

The breakfast sandwiches will be fine in the refrigerator for up to 4 days or in the freezer for up to three months.

The honey butter should be refrigerated in a jar with a tight fitting lid - and it will be fine for several weeks.

To reheat just wrap in a paper towel and microwave until heated through. You can reheat these in the air fryer, too.

📖 Variations

Make these with grilled chicken breasts
Use chicken thighs instead of chicken breast
Try these with the Hawaiian slider buns
Use a cold smoker to smoke the honey butter
If you live in Texas you can get Whataburger's honey butter sauce at many grocery stores... but honestly this homemade recipe is easy and delicious.
Sometimes I like to make these with these air fryer boneless chicken thighs - so quick and easy.

💭 Tips

These honey butter chicken biscuits are so easy to make from scratch because you can make the sauce ahead of time and the rest is really just assembly.

Expert Tip: These can be pretty messy. Use extra long toothpicks to hold the biscuits together and have plenty of napkins ready.

I've used boneless honey bbq wings, regular breaded tenders, bbq tenders, and about every other flavor there is. Try different ones to see which you like best.
Use extra sauce! It's sooooo good.
Grilled chicken breast works well, too.
The number of servings you get will depend on how many pieces of chicken and biscuits you get from the package.
The spicy honey butter sauce can be made several days ahead of time and stored tightly covered in the refrigerator.
Sprinkle a little coarse ground pepper on the top for extra zing.
Reheat leftovers in the microwave for about 1 minute.
The actual calories will vary depending on the the ingredients you use.

Done is better than perfect

There are times I enjoy spending hours in the kitchen creating complex dishes. Those times are few and far between these days.

We're all busy. I don't want to traipse 30 minutes into Dallas to find an imported cheese for some crazy, fancy-pants appetizer recipe.

How about you?

There are lots of pretty good convenience foods out there. Learn to use them wisely to save yourself time and energy. Especially when it comes to parties and get togethers.

The main thing is that your guests enjoy themselves, you enjoy yourself, and everyone leaves happy.

Finished chicken biscuit on a plate with ingredients in the background.

Whether it's football season, a family get-together, or the holidays we go through a lot of snacks around here. Here are some of our favorites.

Baked Brie with Apples and Bacon comes together easily and has just a few ingredients, but will have your guests swooning. Gooey, rich Brie, tangy apples, salty bacon…
Chicken Crescents are all creamy, gooey, cheesy, spicy perfection with cream cheese, chiles, and chicken. It's like an enchilada in one bite.
Spiced Apple and Ham Sliders are one of those recipes that you just keep going back to. Salty ham is folded onto a fluffy Cheddar cheese biscuit then topped with sweet spiced apple slices. A quick chipotle aioli gives the sandwich a little extra heat.

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Egg bites are another grab and go breakfast that are easy to make ahead of time.
This Starbuck's copycat latte is the perfect way to get caffeinated in the morning.

📞 The last word

Whataburgers’ honey butter chicken biscuits are a favorite here and once you try this version they're bound to be a favorite with your family, too.

It's the perfect blend of honey, heat, and crispy chicken!

I love this as a quick lunch with a side of creamy potato salad, too.

If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need. Don't forget that you can click on "add to collection" to save it to your own, private recipe box!

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Close up of a biscuit with fried chicken on it and melted honey butter dripping from it.

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Honey Butter Chicken Biscuits

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You'll love this Whataburger copycat honey butter chicken biscuit recipe! It's so easy and just perfect for weekend noshing or a grab and go breakfast.

Course Appetizer,Snack

Cuisine American - Southern

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 15

Servings: sliders

Calories:166

Author:Marye Audet-White

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Ingredients

Chipotle Honey Butter

▢ ½ cup butter
▢ ⅓ cup honey
▢ ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
▢ ½ teaspoon chipotle in adobo, mashed

Chicken Biscuits

▢ 24 ounces breaded boneless chicken tenders, from frozen section - baked according to directions or use the Restless Chiptole Recipe
▢ 18 biscuits, Baked and split (homemade or frozen)

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Instructions

Chipotle Honey Butter

Add the butter and honey to a medium microwave safe bowl.
Microwave on high for 1 minute, or until the mixture is melted.
Whisk until well blended.
Whisk in the vanilla and the mashed chipotle in adobo.

Chicken

Cook according to manufacturer's instructions

Biscuits

Bake according to recipe or manufacturer's instructions

Assembly

Carefully cut the biscuits in half.
Spoon a little of the chipotle honey butter on the biscuit.
Place chicken tender on top.
Spoon a little extra honey butter over the chicken.
Add the top biscuit and push a long toothpick through to hold the chicken in place.
Repeat with the remaining chicken and biscuits.

Notes

These chicken biscuits are so easy to make because you can make the honey butter mixture ahead of time and the rest is just assembly, really.

I used boneless honey bbq chicken wings so that the flavor would really stand out but you can use whatever you like best - or make them homemade. Just make sure they're boneless
Grilled chicken breast works well, too.
The number of servings you get will depend on how many pieces of chicken and biscuits you get from the package.
The honey butter sauce can be made several days ahead of time and stored tightly covered in the refrigerator.
I used big toothpicks through them to help keep them together.
Sprinkle a little coarse ground pepper on the top for extra zing.
Reheat leftovers in the microwave for about 1 minute.
The actual calories will vary depending on the biscuits and the chicken you use.

Homemade chicken tenders

Homemade biscuits

You'll find more helpful tips and variations in the body of the post.

Nutrition Facts

Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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First published January 2, 2017. Last updated February 8, 2022 for readability and structure.