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Instant Pot Grinch Truffles

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“Maybe Christmas (he thought) doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.” — The Grinch. Honestly, friends, I know things have been difficult for all of us lately. I know that we all feel like perhaps our hearts have grown larger and also more exhausted. And I think that’s exactly why I’m being extra celebratory this year. We could all use an extra dose or two of cheer. And what better way to bring smiles to those you love with Instant Pot Grinch Truffles!

Instant Pot Grinch Truffles

Confession: I used to be a grinch!

In my thirty-plus years of life I have always loved Thanksgiving the most of all holidays. But having kids has changed me in a major way. I’m no longer a Christmas Grinch! In fact, I absolutely adore this time of year. Bring on all of the holiday cheer, the magic of Santa, and the adorable Christmas movies — just like The Grinch!

Instant Pot Grinch Truffles

What You’ll Need To Make Instant Pot Grinch Truffles

These are super easy to make — promise! All you’ll need is the following:

  • 1 box of Devil’s Food Cake
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup of vegetable oil
  • 1 cup of water
  • 4 tablespoon of cream cheese frosting 
  • 6 squares of white baking chocolate
  • Green food coloring
  • 35 Red heart sprinkles
  • my favorite appliance — the Instant Pot!
  • a round springform pan and tin foil
Instant Pot Grinch Truffles

That’s it!

Instant Pot Grinch Truffles Recipe

Yield: about 35

Instant Pot Grinch Truffles

Instant Pot Grinch Truffles

“Maybe Christmas (he thought) doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.” -- The Grinch.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Additional Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 box Devil’s Food Cake
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup of water
  • 4 tablespoon of cream cheese frosting 
  • 6 squares of white baking chocolate
  • Green food coloring
  • 35 Red heart sprinkles

Instructions

Make the box of cake per the instructions on the back of the boxed mix.

Lightly grease a springform cake pan with cooking spray. Pour in your cake mix.

Cover with aluminum foil.

Place 1 1/2 cups of water inside the Instant Pot. Place the trivet inside the inner pot. Then place your cake pan inside your inner pot on the trivet. 

Set your Instant Pot to high pressure for 50 minutes. Once the time is up, press cancel, and do a manual release. 

Remove the cake pan and transfer to a cooling rack. Allow to completely cool.

Once your cake has completely cooled, place the contents in a large bowl and crumble.

Add in your frosting to the cake.

Mix well. 

Using a cookie scoop, or a small spoon, grab a small amount of the cake mix. Roll the cake mix between the palm of your hands to form a ball. Place on a cookie sheet with parchment paper, and place in the freezer for 15 minutes.

In a medium sized bowl, melt your baking chocolate in the microwave for 30 second intervals until completely melted.

Add in your green food coloring to melted chocolate until desired color. 

Remove your cake balls from the freezer. Dip each ball in your green chocolate. Coat completely, and transfer to a parchment paper to allow the chocolate to harden. Immediately place one heart sprinkle on the top of each truffle before the chocolate hardens.

Instant Pot Grinch Truffles

Once the chocolate has hardened - Enjoy!

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Hot Cocoa Bombs Recipe

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Before I became a mom, Thanksgiving was my favorite holiday of the year. But there’s something extra magical that comes from being a mom during Christmastime. It’s now my absolute favorite holiday season. Between wrapping gifts, decorating the tree, and watching Christmas movies with hot cocoa, it’s simply magical. And despite 2020’s challenges, this year did bring us something fabulous — hot cocoa bombs. And that’s why I am sharing this super easy and yummy hot cocoa bombs recipe!

Because, why not?

For a lot of people, this year has been THE worst. Don’t get me wrong, this has not been ‘the worst’ for me. Extremely challenging and totally not at all what I expected. But also I’m leaning into the things that I can. And if that means making my kids super happy by making hot cocoa bombs, well, so be it!

Hot Cocoa Bombs Recipe

Also? They’re like super freaking easy to make. So why the heck not?!

What you’ll need to make hot cocoa bombs

You don’t need much to make some bomb hot cocoa bombs (see what I did there? 😛 ). Besides semi-sweet chocolate chips, vegetable oil, hot cocoa powder, and marshmallows, you’ll need a mold like this one. Oh! And be sure you have milk on hand!

Oh, and enough freezer space to fit the molds while they cool!

Hot Cocoa Bombs Recipe

How to make Hot Cocoa Bombs of your own

Yield: 6 cocoa bombs

Hot Cocoa Bombs

Hot Cocoa Bombs
Prep Time 5 minutes
Additional Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • ½ bag (6 oz) semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 Tablespoon of vegetable oil
  • 6 Tablespoons of hot chocolate powder (more or less depending on your preference)
  • approximately 24 mini marshmallows (more or less depending on your preference)

Instructions

  1. Melt your chocolate chips and oil in a medium sized bowl in the microwave for 30 second intervals until completely melted. 
  2. Add your chocolate to the hot cocoa bomb mold. Make sure every part of the circle is covered in chocolate. Also try to make the chocolate coating thick as it could break the thinner the layer of chocolate is.
     
  3. Freeze your mold and chocolate. 
  4. Once the chocolate has hardened, remove from the mold.
  5. Fill one half of the mold with your marshmallows and hot chocolate powder. 
  6. Warm a small plate in the microwave for 30 seconds. Take the other half of the bomb and twist your hand from left to right. The chocolate will start to melt on the edges. 
  7. Place the two rounds together. The round that was melted on the edge will act as a sealant and melt the chocolate together to form a round ball (bomb) shape. 
  8. Place in your favorite mug, pour hot milk over it, watch the magic happen, and enjoy!
    Hot Cocoa Bombs Recipe
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I’m absolutely OBSESSED with these! And so are my kids. To be honest, I’m not even that big of a fan of hot cocoa. But something about these hot cocoa bombs is just magical.

Hot Cocoa Bombs Recipe

I hope that you’ll find that these bring some joy to your life this year!

Hot Cocoa Bombs Recipe

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Easy Skillet Turkey Pot Pie Recipe

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Thanksgiving week is finally here. And, if you’re anything like me, you might already be thinking “What am I going to do with all of these recipes?!” I’ve already given you one option here, but how about something easy that the whole family will enjoy? My Skillet Turkey Pot Pie recipe is out of this world delicious and easy. Basically, the best of both worlds!

What you’ll need for this recipe

This recipe is much easier than you might think. I know how much work can go into a pot pie. They can be majorly labor intensive — especially if you’re making crust from scratch. But bonus points for this recipe! Instead of using crust, it uses biscuits (also? biscuits are way better than crust, in my humble opinion).

I use our cast iron skillet like this one, but you can use any skillet for this recipe. As far as ingredients, here is what you’ll need for Skillet Turkey Pot Pie:

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 1 large yukon gold potato, cubed
  • 2 cups frozen peas and carrots
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • ¼ teaspoon dried thyme leaves 
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • 3 cups leftover turkey breast, cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 4 tablespoon butter, divided
  • 4 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 12 raw biscuits, frozen, canned, or homemade

How to make Skillet Turkey Pot Pie

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  2. In a large (12 inch) skillet over medium heat, add the olive oil and onion.  Cook for about 3 minutes, stirring often, or until softened.
  3. To the onion, stir in the potato, peas, and carrots, seasonings, turkey, and 4 tablespoons of butter.  Allow the butter to melt.
  4. Sprinkle the flour over the contents of the skillet and stir to combine.  Cook about 2 minutes before slowly adding the chicken broth, stirring and scraping the bottom.  Reduce the heat to low and allow to bubble for one minute as it thickens.  Remove from heat.  .
  5. Cover the skillet with the biscuits.
  6. Place the skillet in the oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the biscuits are golden brown.
  7. Allow the turkey pot pie to rest for 5 minutes prior to serving.

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Skillet Turkey Pot Pie

Skillet Turkey Pot Pie with Biscuit
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 1 large yukon gold potato, cubed
  • 2 cups frozen peas and carrots
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • ¼ teaspoon dried thyme leaves 
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • 3 cups leftover turkey breast, cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 4 tablespoon butter, divided
  • 4 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 12 raw biscuits, frozen, canned, or homemade

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

In a large (12 inch) skillet over medium heat, add the olive oil and onion.  Cook for about 3 minutes, stirring often, or until softened.

To the onion, stir in the potato, peas, and carrots, seasonings, turkey, and 4 tablespoons of butter.  Allow the butter to melt.

Sprinkle the flour over the contents of the skillet and stir to combine.  Cook about 2 minutes before slowly adding the chicken broth, stirring and scraping the bottom.  Reduce the heat to low and allow to bubble for one minute as it thickens.  Remove from heat.

Cover the skillet with the biscuits.

Place the skillet in the oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the biscuits are golden brown.

Skillet Turkey Pot Pie with Biscuit

Allow the turkey pot pie to rest for 5 minutes prior to serving.

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Leftover Stuffing “Pancake” Bites Recipe

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The holiday season is nearly upon us. And celebrating with close family and friends in our circle has never been more important. One of the ways that my family and I like to celebrate is with food. There’s something extremely satisfying about making and sharing a meal together. Even better? Sharing all of the leftovers and thinking up fun and creative meals together. My favorite creation is my recipe for Leftover Stuffing “Pancake” Bites!

Making life easier

I try to make things as easy as possible when prepping for the holidays. I do all my holiday shopping at Walmart to stock up on all of our favorites. It’s easy to feed the whole family on a budget! We stock up on Stove Top® Stuffing, Heinz® Gravy, Oscar Mayer® Bacon, and even our Thanksgiving turkey.

LEFTOVER STUFFING “PANCAKE” BITES RECIPE

In addition to one-stop shopping, buying extra is key to a low-stress holiday season. You can avoid having to run out for any last-minute items by buying extras just in case you burn the rolls in the oven (I may be speaking from experience, friends!). Added bonus? If you make too much, you’ll have enough for those leftover recipes!

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What you’ll need for Leftover Stuffing “Pancake” Bites!

The recipe itself is super easy, which you’ll totally appreciate after making a big holiday dinner. The ingredients consist mostly of leftovers. The other items will be ingredients you have on hand anyways (such as eggs). Here’s what you’ll need:

  • 2 cups leftover prepared STOVE TOP Turkey Stuffing Mix
  • 1 cup leftover mashed potatoes
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 6 slices OSCAR MAYER Naturally Hardwood Smoked Bacon
  • 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • ¼ cup of leftover cranberry sauce
  • 1 tablespoon orange zest or orange juice
  • ½ cup leftover turkey breast, shredded 
  • 1 jar (12 ounces) HEINZ Homestyle Roasted Turkey Gravy, for dipping
  • sprig of parsley as garnish (optional)

Making your Leftover Stuffing “Pancake” Bites!

Every single time I make these “pancake” bites the house smells absolutely incredible! Luckily, they don’t take long to make, so you won’t have to wait long to indulge.

Here are the instructions:

  1. Add stuffing mix, mashed potatoes and eggs to a large bowl. Stir ingredients together with a large spoon until well mixed. 
  2. Cook bacon according to the package directions (or air fry at 400°F for 10 minutes) and then set aside.
  3. Warm 1 tablespoon of oil in a large skillet or flattop over medium heat. 
  4. Using an ice cream scoop or ¼-cup measuring cup, scoop stuffing mixture and drop onto the skillet. Fry for 3 minutes per side or until lightly browned. Continue the process of adding oil and scoping stuffing mixture until all the pancake bites are cooked. 
  5. Heat leftover cranberry sauce in a small saucepan. Add orange zest (or juice) and simmer until heated through.
  6. Assemble pancake bites. Add half a slice cooked bacon to the top of one pancake bite, and top with some shredded turkey (either reheated or cold). Place a scoop of cranberry mixture on top. 
  7. Serve with gravy and enjoy!

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Yield: 12

Leftover Stuffing “Pancake” Bites

Leftover Stuffing “Pancake” Bites
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups leftover prepared STOVE TOP Turkey Stuffing Mix
  • 1 cup leftover mashed potatoes
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 6 slices OSCAR MAYER Naturally Hardwood Smoked Bacon
  • 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • ¼ cup of leftover cranberry sauce
  • 1 tablespoon orange zest or orange juice
  • ½ cup leftover turkey breast, shredded 
  • 1 jar (12 ounces) HEINZ Homestyle Roasted Turkey Gravy, for dipping
  • sprig of parsley as garnish (optional)

Instructions


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  1. Add stuffing mix, mashed potatoes and eggs to a large bowl. Stir ingredients together with a large spoon until well mixed.
    stuffing and potatoes and egg
    stuffing and potatoes and egg
    stuffing and potatoes and egg
  2. Cook bacon according to the package directions (or air fry at 400°F for 10 minutes) and then set aside.
    Oscar Mayer Naturally Hardwood Smoked Bacon
  3. Warm 1 tablespoon of oil in a large skillet or flattop over medium heat.
  4. Using an ice cream scoop or ¼-cup measuring cup, scoop stuffing mixture and drop onto the skillet. Fry for 3 minutes per side or until lightly browned. Continue the process of adding oil and scoping stuffing mixture until all the pancake bites are cooked.
    pan
  5. Heat leftover cranberry sauce in a small saucepan. Add orange zest (or juice) and simmer until heated through.
    Cranberries and oJ
    Cranberries and oJ
  6. Assemble pancake bites. Add half a slice cooked bacon to the top of one pancake bite, and top with some shredded turkey (either reheated or cold). Place a scoop of cranberry mixture on top.
    Kraft Heinz Before stacking
  7. Serve with gravy and enjoy!
    Leftover Stuffing "Pancake" Bites

Notes

Yields 12, serves 4.

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Instant Pot Copycat Starbucks Cake Pops Recipe

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Hiiiiii… my name is Rachel and I am kinda, sorta, obsessed with cake pops. It’s true. Once, my ‘true love’ was cupcakes. But nowadays it’s those perfect little bite-sized perfections of dessert — cake pops. And, of course, I love my local pop-maker, I sometimes just like to spoil my kids with this homemade Instant Pot Copycat Starbucks Cake Pops Recipe.

Instant Pot Copycat Starbucks Cake Pops Recipe

Why the instant pot for cake pops?

If you’ve experimented with the Instant Pot you’ll know — pressure cooking any food — entree or dessert — makes it super moist and extra delicious. Pressure cooking holds the moisture of food and creates an extra boost of flavor. I could seriously use my Instant Pot for everything.

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Also, cake pops are expensive. Like, they can be really expensive — especially with three kids who want (at least) one! But making them in the Instant Pot? So incredibly inexpensive. I mean, I more than get my use out of my Instant Pot, especially with all of the dinners I make in it. But the other items, I mostly have on hand (minus the sticks

What you’ll need for this recipe:

For the cake:

1 cup butter, room temperature
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
3 cups flour
1 cup milk

For the chocolate coating:

cake pop process

6 blocks of Almond Bark (12 oz)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 container cream cheese frosting
1 drop pink gel food coloring
70 Treat sticks
1 package white round sprinkles

How to make Instant Pot Copycat Starbucks Cake Pops

How to make the cake

  1. In a large bowl, beat together your sugar and butter. Mix until incorporated.
  2. Next add in your oil, eggs, vanilla, baking powder, and salt. Mix until incorporated.
  3. While alternating, in your flour and milk a little bit each time. Mix until incorporated.
  4. Prepare your instant pot spring form cake pan by placing Parchment paper on the flat plate. Put the springform pan on top of it and close shop. Remove any remaining parchment that is sticking out using scissors or ripping it off. Spray with cooking spray, or grease with butter.
  5. Fill your pan 3/4 of the way with the batter.
  6. Fill your instant pot with 2 cups of water. Placed the trivet inside and place your cake on top of the trivet.
  7. Close the lid on your instant pot and make sure that the ceiling valve is closed and facing away from you. Set your instant pot to 45 minutes. 
  8. Once your instant pot has finished cooking, do a manual released by pulling the ceiling valve towards you to remove any pressure.
  9. With a towel or hot pads, pull the trivet out of the instant pot using the two handles. Transfer to cooling sheet and allow the cake to completely cool.

How to make the chocolate coating

  1. While your cake is cooling, add in a small bowl together your Almond bark and 1 tablespoon of oil. Microwave for 30 second intervals, stirring each time. Make sure that your chocolate is completely melted.
  2. Add one small drop of pink food coloring to your chocolate mixture. Stir well.
  3. Add your cake to a large bowl as well as your frosting. Mix well.
  4. Using a cookie scoop, or eyeballing the size ball that you want, using the palm of your hand, form a round ball. Line each one of your cake balls on a cookie sheet.
  5. Once this is done, transfer your cake balls to the freezer for about 15 minutes too hard and slightly and cool.
  6. After the 15 minutes, remove the cake balls. Taking a treat steak, dip it slightly in your chocolate. This will help it stay in the cake pot.
  7. Dip your cake pop in the chocolate and cover it completely. Give it a few seconds to drip off any excess chocolate into the bowl.
  8. I used a cake pop decorating stand, but you can use even a block of Styrofoam to place the stick in to stand on its own while the chocolate dries and solidifies. Immediately add your sprinkles before the chocolate dries.
  9. Continue and repeat until you have made all your cake pops! Enjoy!

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Instant Pot Copycat Starbucks Cake Pops Recipe

Instant Pot Copycat Starbucks Cake Pops Recipe

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 cup butter, room temperature
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 cup milk

Chocolate Coating

  • 6 blocks of Almond Bark (12 oz)
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1/2 container cream cheese frosting
  • 1 drop pink gel food coloring
  • 70 Treat sticks
  • 1 package white round sprinkles

Instructions

In a large bowl, beat together your sugar and butter. Mix until incorporated.

Next add in your oil, eggs, vanilla, baking powder, and salt. Mix until incorporated.

While alternating, in your flour and milk a little bit each time. Mix until incorporated.

Prepare your instant pot spring form cake pan by placing Parchment paper on the flat plate. Put the springform pan on top of it and close shop. Remove any remaining parchment that is sticking out using scissors or ripping it off. Spray with cooking spray, or grease with butter.

Fill your pan 3/4 of the way with the batter.

Fill your instant pot with 2 cups of water. Placed the trivet inside and place your cake on top of the trivet.

Close the lid on your instant pot and make sure that the ceiling valve is closed and facing away from you. Set your instant pot to 45 minutes. 

Once your instant pot has finished cooking, do a manual released by pulling the ceiling valve towards you to remove any pressure.

With a towel or hot pads, pull the trivet out of the instant pot using the two handles. Transfer to cooling sheet and allow the cake to completely cool.

While your cake is cooling, add in a small bowl together your Almond bark and 1 tablespoon of oil. Microwave for 30 second intervals, stirring each time. Make sure that your chocolate is completely melted.

cake pop process

Add one small drop of pink food coloring to your chocolate mixture. Stir well.

Add your cake to a large bowl as well as your frosting. Mix well.

Using a cookie scoop, or eyeballing the size ball that you want, using the palm of your hand, form a round ball. Line each one of your cake balls on a cookie sheet.

Once done, transfer your cake balls to the freezer for about 15 minutes too hard and slightly and cool.

After the 15 minutes, remove your cake balls. Taking a treat steak, dip it slightly in your chocolate. This will help it stay in the cake pot.

Dip your cake pop in the chocolate and cover it completely. Give it a few seconds to drip off any excess chocolate into the bowl.

Copycat Starbucks Cake Pops Recipe

I used a cake pop decorating stand, but you can use even a block of Styrofoam to place the stick in to stand on its own while the chocolate dries and solidifies. Immediately add your sprinkles before the chocolate dries.

Instant Pot Copycat Starbucks Cake Pops Recipe

Continue and repeat until you have made all your cake pops! Enjoy!

Instant Pot Copycat Starbucks Cake Pops Recipe

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Instant Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Chicken Recipe

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Y’all know how much I adore my Instant Pot. I mean, these meals are so. darn. easy! If it weren’t for my Instant Pot, I swear I wouldn’t want to cook at all. And this Instant Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Chicken is such a delicious — and easy! — meal to add to your weeknight dinner menu.

Instant Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Chicken Recipe

Why Dr. Pepper?

Dr. Pepper has such an interesting flavor. And, if you’ve tried beer can chicken before, you know that the flavors when adding these kinds of liquids can be amazing! My family is absolutely obsessed with this Dr. Pepper Pulled Chicken. We make little slider sandwiches with the chicken. But it can be added to a salad, too!

Instant Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Chicken Recipe

What You’ll Need

You really do not need much to make this recipe. Besides the Instant Pot, you’ll need the following:

  • 4 pounds skinless chicken thighs
  • 1 (18 ounce) bottle of sweet barbecue sauce
  • 1 cup of Dr. Pepper

That’s it!

How to make Instant Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Chicken

  1. Pour ¼ cup of Dr. Pepper into the pot of the electric pressure cooker. Place the chicken thighs over the Dr. Pepper.
  2. Stir together the remaining Dr. Pepper and barbecue sauce. Pour over the chicken thighs.
  3. Cover the electric pressure cooker and set the valve to sealing. Program for manual or “pressure cook” for 20 minutes.
  4. When the cooking cycle is complete, allow the electric pressure cooker to naturally release the pressure for 10 minutes before a quick release of the remaining pressure. 
  5. Carefully remove the chicken from the pot and using two forks, shred the chicken, removing any bones.
  6. Add about 1 cup of the sauce from the pot to the chicken, coating the chicken but not making it soupy.
  7. Serve with baked potatoes, buns, sliders, on a salad, or as it is!

It’s easy peasy, right?!

Instant Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Chicken Recipe

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Instant Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Chicken

Instant Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Chicken Recipe
Prep Time 1 minute
Cook Time 20 minutes
Additional Time 10 minutes
Total Time 31 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 family pack (about 4 pounds) skinless chicken thighs
  • 1 (18 ounce) bottle sweet barbecue sauce
  • 1 cup Dr. Pepper, divided

Instructions

  1. Pour ¼ cup of Dr. Pepper into the pot of the electric pressure cooker. Place the chicken thighs over the Dr. Pepper.
  2. Stir together the remaining Dr. Pepper and barbecue sauce. Pour over the chicken thighs.


  3. Cover the electric pressure cooker and set the valve to sealing. Program for manual or “pressure cook” for 20 minutes.
  4. When the cooking cycle is complete, allow the electric pressure cooker to naturally release the pressure for 10 minutes before a quick release of the remaining pressure. 
  5. Carefully remove the chicken from the pot and using two forks, shred the chicken, removing any bones.
  6. Add about 1 cup of the sauce from the pot to the chicken, coating the chicken but not making it soupy.
  7. Serve with baked potatoes, buns, sliders, or as it is.
    Instant Pot Dr. Pepper Pulled Chicken Recipe
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