Dill Pickle Roll-Ups
The Midwest party classic of deli ham spread with cream cheese, rolled around a crunchy dill pickle and sliced into pinwheels. No cooking required.
Nutrition per serving
5 pinwheels- Net carbs
- 1.9g
- Calories
- 100kcal
- Protein
- 5.7g
- Fat
- 7.4g
- Total carbs
- 2.6 g
- Fiber
- 0.7 g
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central values for each ingredient (optional ingredients excluded). Brands vary — check your labels if you track closely.
Ingredients
Turkey, bacon & ranch: Deli turkey with a ranch-seasoned cream cheese and crumbled bacon. It’s a little lighter than ham, with lots of flavor.
- Beat the chives and garlic powder into the cream cheese, spread it on the turkey and sprinkle with the bacon before adding the pickle and rolling.
Roast beef & horseradish: Rare roast beef with a sharp horseradish cream cheese is the steakhouse pairing, rolled into a bite.
- Beat the horseradish into the cream cheese (taste and add more if you like it fiery), then spread, roll and chill as written.
- Nice to have (optional)
- Also add
- Nice to have (optional)
- Also add
- Nice to have (optional)
Estimated cost $5.29 for 8 servings ($0.66 each) · how we estimate
Instructions
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Pat the ham slices and pickles very dry with paper towels. Any moisture keeps the cream cheese from sticking and the rolls will slide apart.
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Spread about 1 tablespoon of cream cheese in a thin, even layer over each slice of ham, right to the edges. Sprinkle with dill, if using.
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Lay a pickle along one short edge (trim it to the width of the ham) and roll up tightly.
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Chill the rolls seam side down for at least 30 minutes so they firm up, then slice each into 5 rounds about ½ inch (1 cm) thick. Spear with toothpicks to serve.
Tips for success
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Choose dill pickles over bread-and-butter or sweet pickles, which are packed in sugar syrup. - Whipped cream cheese spreads easily, or beat a block with a teaspoon of pickle brine to loosen it.
- Square, sandwich-style ham slices roll more neatly than round ones.
Storage & meal prep
- Keeps 2 days in the fridge
- Doesn’t freeze well
Reheat: Serve cold
Prep tip: Keep the rolls whole and tightly wrapped, and slice only what you need — cut pinwheels dry out and lose their shape.
Refrigerate unsliced rolls, tightly wrapped, up to 2 days. Slice just before serving for the neatest pinwheels.
Variations
2 variations, each with its own ingredients and macrosTurkey, bacon & ranch
ProteinDeli turkey with a ranch-seasoned cream cheese and crumbled bacon. It’s a little lighter than ham, with lots of flavor.
- thin-sliced deli ham → thin-sliced deli turkey
- + 3 slices cooked bacon
- + 2 tbsp chives
- + ¼ tsp garlic powder
2 g net · 102 kcal · 6.5 g protein · 7.4 g fat · ≈$1.02 per serving (+0.1 g net carbs vs the original)
Roast beef & horseradish
ProteinRare roast beef with a sharp horseradish cream cheese is the steakhouse pairing, rolled into a bite.
- thin-sliced deli ham → thin-sliced deli roast beef
- + 1 tbsp prepared horseradish
1.6 g net · 87 kcal · 6.3 g protein · 6 g fat · ≈$1.13 per serving (−0.3 g net carbs vs the original)
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