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Home » Appetizers and Snacks » Gluten-Free Baked Corn Dog Bites

February 26, 2021

Gluten-Free Baked Corn Dog Bites

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My husband’s favorite appetizer is pigs in a blanket. Making a gluten-free version of this snack is not an easy task. So these baked mini corn dog bites are the compromise. They are gluten-free, the favorite at my backyard barbecues, baseball and football parties and really any party where my husband makes the menu.

Be sure to check out my full list of gluten-free appetizer recipes including my game time friendly gluten-free extra-crispy oven baked chicken wings and gluten-free meatballs in barbecue sauce.

close up of gluten free corn dog bites on wood board with metal cup of ketchup

Are Corn Dogs Gluten-Free?

Most hot dogs are gluten-free, so the gluten is in the corn part. This is usually a thick cornbread batter that uses flour made from wheat in the recipe. So unless actually stated as specifically gluten-free, the corn dogs you find at the ball park or fair are not gluten-free. BUT these mini corn dogs are! No they’re not, fried but they check all the other boxes and they are incredibly easy to make.

Cornbread

You can use any cornbread batter for these bites, but my gluten-free cornbread recipe or my gluten-free dairy-free cornbread recipe is the perfect texture and has the right amount of sweet to go with the hot dogs. The bites will not get as golden without dairy.

To make this recipe extra easy, you can use a ready-made cornbread mix. These little bites bake in a mini-muffin tin, so no messy frying is necessary.

Corn Dog Condiments

You can go with the standard ketchup and mustard or mix it up to make it a little more interesting.

  • Spicy Ketchup – Combine 1/2 c ketchup with 1 Tbsp hot sauce. The favorite in my house is Frank’s Red Hot sauce.
  • Sweet Mustard – Combine 1/2 c spicy brown mustard or yellow mustard with 1 Tbsp honey, maple syrup or agave.
  • Barbecue Sauce – Use your favorite barbecue sauce for a perfect sweet and salty dip.
close up of mini muffin tin with gluten free baked corn dog bites. 2 small white bowls with mustard in front and stack of plates in back

Corn Dog Bites – Variations

  • These bites can also be made with fully cooked sausage. I love them with spicy Italian sausage instead of hot dogs – the spicy-salty-sweet combination is so perfect with mustard.
  • Fill these bites with chorizo and serve topped with pico de gallo.
  • Use cooked breakfast sausage in place of the hot dogs and use these as a breakfast or brunch dish.

Gluten-Free Flour Blends

tipped over metal measuring cup with gluten free flour, wood spoon and measuring spoons. Glass bowl with flour and metal measuring cup. Strainer, butter dish and milk bottle in background

I have used several different gluten-free flour blends with this recipe and they all worked well. My custom blend of sorghum, millet and brown rice flours with some starches is my favorite. The combination of flours gives a wonderful taste and texture. See the notes in the recipe for a super simple DIY gluten-free flour blend or my post on gluten-free flours and flour blends.

If you prefer a store bought blend, I recommend King Arthur Gluten-Free All purpose Flour or their Measure for Measure Flour.

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Gluten-Free Corn Dog Bites

Gluten-Free Corn Dog Bites

Yield: 24 bites
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 27 minutes

These gluten-free corn dog bites are a perfect game time snack or barbecue appetizer.

Ingredients

  • ½ c cup gluten-free flour blend*
  • ⅓ c corn meal
  • 3 Tbsps sugar
  • 1¼ tsp baking powder
  • pinch of baking soda
  • ½ tsp xanthan gum (omit if your flour contains it)
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 large egg
  • ⅓ c sour cream
  • ¼ c milk or milk substitute
  • 2 Tbsp melted butter (oil or butter substitute is fine)
  • 2-3 hot dogs

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 350°F.
  2. Melt the butter and set it aside to cool slightly.
  3. Cut the hot dogs into 1/2" pieces
  4. Combine the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
  5. Beat the eggs, sour cream and milk in a small bowl. Add to the dry ingredients. Stir 10 strokes. Add the butter and stir until smooth.
  6. Generously grease a mini muffin tin.
  7. Spoon enough batter in each well to fill 1/2 way.
  8. Press a piece of hot dog into each well.
  9. Bake on the center rack for 12 minutes. Turn on the broiler (leave the pan on the center rack) and cook another minute or 2 to let the tops brown a little.

Notes

*Be sure to use a gluten-free flour blend not a "baking blend." My preference for a store-bought blend is King Arthur Flour's Gluten-Free All Purpose Flour.

If you use a flour blend that contains xanthan gum, omit the xanthan gum called for in the recipe

To mix up your own gluten-free flour blend, combine:

2 cups brown rice flour
2/3 c potato starch
1/3 c tapioca starch.

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© Janet Harlow
Cuisine: Southern American / Category: Appetizers and Snacks
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Comments

  1. Alene says

    September 25, 2020 at 5:01 am

    Do these have to be baked right before you serve them?

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    • chefjanetk@gmail.com says

      September 25, 2020 at 3:04 pm

      Hi Alene, These certainly are better straight out of the oven, but they can be eaten cold. They will keep for 3-4 days.

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      • Alene says

        September 26, 2020 at 8:07 am

        I made them last night and they were good. Are you aware that you didn’t include when to add the sour cream to the batter? I added it before the butter. I had a small group over that we trust to quarantine, and they loved them! We eat outside. I did, by mistake, mix up the entire dry part of the cornbread recipe, so I put that aside to make this weekend. I used your gluten free flour mix with the starches added, and it worked well in the corn dogs. So there will be cornbread in our future. Yay! Thank you!

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        • chefjanetk@gmail.com says

          September 26, 2020 at 3:32 pm

          Yay! I am so glad you enjoyed them!

          Reply

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