Cheesy Mexican Tortilla Pinwheel Appetizers

These Cheesy Mexican Tortilla Pinwheel Appetizers blend taco flavors with rich cheese textures, offering delicious creamy, spicy and savoury snacks. These pinwheel-shaped appetizers are the perfect bite-sized finger food for parties, game day snacks, holiday gatherings, or potlucks!

For more pinwheels appetizers try my jalapeño popper pinwheels, dill and cheese cucumber pinwheels and turkey cranberry pinwheels.

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Mexican Pinwheels

There’s something irresistibly fun and appealing about pinwheel appetizers that makes them so popular.

These Mexican pinwheel appetizers have amazing flavor and a texture that is both soft and firm, holding everything together and making them easy to eat without falling apart.

They’re so easy to customize with spicy or mild flavors, and you can change up the filling by adding your favorite taco ingredients to delight a crowd at any party or gathering

Ingredients

• Flour Tortillas – large burrito-size flour tortillas
• Cream Cheese – softened
• Sour Cream
• Spicy Hot Salsa – or use a milder salsa if you do not like it too spicy
• Fajita Seasoning – or use a taco seasoning packet
• Green Chilies – can green chiles drained and diced
• Fiesta Cheese Blend – pre-shredded spicy cheese blend
• Black Olives – chopped

How To Make Mexican Pinwheels

Step One – In a medium bowl, mix together the cream cheese, sour cream, salsa, and fajita seasoning.

Stop Two – Divide the mixture between the 4 tortillas, and spread across them.

Step Three – Sprinkle the green chilies, cheese and black olives over the tortillas.

Step Four – Start from one end, and tightly roll the tortilla into itself, stopping when you reach the other end.

Step Five – Wrap the tortilla rolls in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 1 hour, or until ready to serve.

Step Six – Remove the tortillas from the plastic wrap, and cut 1 inches off each end (and eat or discard), then cut the remainder into 1 inch pieces.

Step Seven – Arrange flat on a platter to serve. Enjoy!

Storage Instructions

These spicy tortilla rollups are best enjoyed and served on the same day. Although you can eat them the following day, the flour tortilla will soak up some of the moisture. Store them in fridge for up to 6 hours and and enjoy them later that day!

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