Wonton Cups: How to Make Them and What to Fillings to Use in Them (2024)

Learn the best, easiest way to make crispy wonton cups. I’ll also share my favorite ways to fill them to make delicious wonton appetizers and desserts everyone loves.

Bite sized appetizers are the way to go, whether you’re hosting a fancy co*cktail party or a more laid back get-together to watch the game. Wonton cups are one of my favorite things to serve because there are so many different ways you can fill them.

Sweet, savory, cold, piping hot, cheesy or saucy — there’s a wonton appetizer for every palate.

Once you master the basics of how to make wonton cups, you’ll unlock the door to a variety of different delicious appetizers and desserts, like these

• Chicken Salad Wonton Cups
• Buffalo Chicken Wonton Cups
• Pepper Jelly Cream Cheese Wontons,
• Avocado and Chorizo Stuffed Wontons
• Apple Pie and Cream Cheese Wontons

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Looking for even more ideas for how to use wonton wrappers? Here are 100+ wonton recipes, plus my family’s favorite pork fried wonton recipe. (There’s also an air fryer version.)

Why Wonton Cups Make the Best Appetizers

• They’re quick easy to make in large quantities
• They can be made ahead of time and filled just before serving
• They can be stuffed with a variety of different fillings
• Bite-sized appetizers eliminate the need for serving plates and utensils

What to Put in Wonton Cups

Anything goes, really! You’ll find that you can use crispy wonton shells to hold all kinds of sweet and savory fillings, including dips, salads, meats, chicken and cheesy appetizers.

• Chicken Wonton Cups – Place a lettuce leaf, a scoop of homemade chicken salad and a tomato slice in each cup.
• Taco Wonton Cups – Fill with seasoned ground beef, salsa, shredded lettuce, cheese and sour cream.
• Fill with homemade chili, shredded cheese and sour cream.
• Scoop some cookie butter dip into cinnamon-sugar wonton cups and add a strawberry for dipping.
• Mix together cream cheese, carrots and homemade pepper jelly to make cream cheese wontons.
• Shrimp Wonton Cups – Serve boiled shrimp with co*cktail sauce in a wonton cup or make a shrimp ceviche salad filling.
• Stuff baked cups with squash and corn salsa.
• Sausage Cups – Brown ground sausage in a skillet, then add to wonton cups topped with shredded cheese and green onions.
• Cheeseburger Wonton Cups – Layer ground beef, melted cheese, lettuce, tomato and a pickle slice in a crispy cup.
• Buffalo Chicken Wonton Cups – Make this slow cooker buffalo chicken dip and spoon it into wonton cups instead of serving with chips or crackers.
• Whip together cream cheese and preserves or pie filling to make mini wonton desserts.
• Thai Chicken Wonton Cups – Stuff the appetizer shells with tasty Asian chicken salad.
• Fill with homemade pimento cheese and garnish with red pepper slices. Try a scoop of my southern style pimento cheese or this three-cheese pimento cheese spread.
• Make spicy jalapeno popper wontons by combining cream cheese and diced jalapenos. Serve them cold or warm them in the oven until the filling is creamy.

How to Make Wonton Cups

You’ll need the following ingredients and supplies:

• Wonton wrappers – Find these in the produce section of the grocery store, near the tofu and egg roll wrappers.
• Muffin pan – You can use a regular sized muffin pan or a mini muffin pan.
• Wooden tart tamper – This handy baking tool is optional, but it works really well to form the appetizer cups.
• Cooking spray or oil – I usually don’t use cooking spray or oil when making these, but you may find it helpful, especially if you’re not using a nonstick muffin pan.

Forming the Cups

Use your fingers, a shot glass. the back of a spoon or a niftywooden tart tamper, to press the wonton wrapper gently into the muffin pan. Don’t press too hard.

Tip: If you’re making a large batch, you may find it helpful to wrap the stack of wonton wrappers in a damp paper towel so they remain pliable and don’t dry out.

Baking the Appetizer Cups

Bake at 350-degrees for 10 to 12 minutes until the wontons are light golden brown and crispy.

If you’re making a recipe like pepperoni pizza dip cups or lasagna cups with a lot of filling, you may want to layer two wonton wrappers in each muffin pan. You may have to cook them for a few minutes longer.

Allow crispy wonton shells to cool for a few minutes before removing from the muffin pan.

Once cooled, add filling and serve, or store empty cups in an air tight container in the pantry for up to 3 days.

How to Avoid Overcooking or Burning Wontons

My trick for not overcooking or burning wonton cups is to bake them at a lower temperature. I bake mine in a 350-degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes, until they are light golden brown.

I recommend keeping. a close eye on the wontons while they’re in the oven to ensure you don’t burn them.

It’s not necessary to spray the muffin pan or wontons with cooking spray before baking them. But if you do so, they’ll brown more quickly and develop some crispy bubbles. If you use cooking spray or oil, decrease baking time to 8 to 10 minutes.

Par Baking Wonton Cups

If your cups need to go back into the oven after they’re filled, reduce the initial cooking time to 5 to 7 minutes.

Remove the par baked wonton cups from the oven when they’re crispy, but not browned. Then, fill and return to the oven and continue baking until the filling is cooked and the wonton cups are golden and crispy.

This method is similar to par baking (or blind baking) a pie crust.or pizza crust.

By par baking the wonton cups before filling them, you’ll ensure that they are crispy and not soggy.

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More Wonton Recipes

Wonton cups aren’t the only things you can make with wonton wrappers. Try these other appetizers or desserts:

• Air Fryer Wontons
• Apple Butter Cream Cheese Wontons
• Jam-Filled Wonton Envelopes

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