Slow Cooker Honey Bbq Chicken Drumsticks

Skinless Honey BBQ Chicken Drumsticks on white plate.

WW Recipe of the Day - Slow Cooker Honey BBQ Drumsticks
(163 calories | 9 9 9 myWW *SmartPoints value per serving)

Barbecued chicken on the grill is tricky, often resulting in under-cooking, burning, or both.

Why not keep things simple and use your slow cooker instead?

You can still have tasty barbecued chicken without the grill. How great is that?

Skinless honey bbq chicken drumsticks on a white plate.

WW Friendly Slow Cooker Honey BBQ Chicken Drumsticks

These slow cooker honey bbq drumsticks are guaranteed to become a family favorite. It's a quick, easy, healthy, tasty chicken recipe you'll turn to again and again.

If you prefer, you can always use skinless chicken thighs instead.

Here's a video showing you how to easily remove the skin from your drumsticks in seconds with paper towels.

Gina from SkinnyTaste demonstrates how to remove skin from chicken drumsticks:

The secret key for this recipe is to use your favorite bottled barbecue sauce (affiliate link), spicy, tangy or sweet, to create the flavor you like best.

My favorite bottled BBQ sauces are Sweet Baby Ray's Sweet N' Spicy BBQ Sauce and Stubb's Spicy BBQ Sauce which is tangy and much less sweet.

Skinny on Slow Cooker Honey BBQ Drumsticks

You'll want to skin your drumsticks to keep them Weight Watchers friendly.

According to my calculations each drumstick has 163 calories and:

9 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
9 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
9 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
4 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

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Slow Cooker Honey BBQ Drumsticks Recipe

Slow cooker honey bbq drumsticks make an easy, healthy and delicious dinner your family will love. The results will vary depending on the kind of bbq sauce you use.

Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 4 hrs

Total Time 4 hrs 20 mins

Servings (adjustable): 8

Calories: 163

▢ 3 pounds chicken drumsticks, skin removed**
▢ 1-½ cups barbecue sauce
▢ ¼ cup honey
▢ 2 teaspoons yellow mustard (optional)
▢ 1-½ teaspoons Worcestershire sauce (optional)

Ideal Slow Cooker Size: 4- to 5-½-Quart.
Coat the slow cooker insert with nonstick spray.
Place the drumsticks in the slow cooker, distributing them as evenly as you can.
In a bowl stir together the barbecue sauce, honey and mustard and Worcestershire if using, until well blended. Pour over the chicken.
Cover and cook on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours, or on LOW for 6 to 8 hours, or until the chicken is thoroughly cooked and tender.

**To skin the chicken drumsticks, pick up a paper towel and grasp the small end of the leg with it. With a second paper towel in your other hand, peel the skin off from the large end down to the small end, yank off skin and discard.

Serving size: 1 drumstick

9 *SmartPoints (Green plan)

9 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)

9 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)

4 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

Nutrition Facts

Slow Cooker Honey BBQ Drumsticks Recipe

Amount Per Serving (1 drumstick)

Calories 163 Calories from Fat 72

% Daily Value*

Fat 8g 12%

Carbohydrates 12g 4%

Fiber 0g 0%

Protein 10g 20%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Honey BBQ Chicken, Slow Cooker Drumsticks

Source: Better Homes & Gardens

*PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.

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Martha McKinnon Martha is the founder and main content writer for Simple-Nourished-Living.

A longtime lifetime WW at goal, she is committed to balancing her love of food and desire to stay slim while savoring life and helping others do the same.

She is the author of the Smart Start 28-Day Weight Loss Challenge.

A huge fan of the slow cooker and confessed cookbook addict, when she's not experimenting in the kitchen, you're likely to find Martha on her yoga mat.

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