This cream cheese pinwheel recipe makes the perfect low-carb snack, appetizer, and party food. My favorite pinwheel sandwich includes ham, bacon, cream cheese, ranch seasoning, and a few black olives. However, you can roll these up a million different ways!
Pair this with my Keto deviled eggs for the perfect snack platter for any event or family gathering. I have no doubt there will be none left at the end of the party!
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🔪 How to make
This recipe only takes 15 minutes and makes the perfect keto snack.
Ingredients
- ham or salami lunch-meat
- bacon
- cream cheese
- homemade ranch seasoning
- black olives
Instructions
- Place the salami or ham down on a cutting board in overlapping rows 4x2.
- Spread cream cheese over the salami. If your cream cheese is too hard to spread with a knife, you can try placing it between two sheets of wax paper and rolling it flat with a rolling pin and then placing it onto the salami or ham.
- Sprinkle the ranch seasoning on the cream cheese and then add the black olives. (alternatively, you can blend seasonings into cream cheese before spreading).
- Lay the strips of bacon across the cream cheese in the short direction.
- Carefully roll the pinwheels - long side to long side, rolling as tightly as possible.
- Hold the roll securely and cut into 1-2" pieces.
- Serve as an appetizer or wrap each piece individually with plastic wrap for single-servings.
Use a sharp knife and you can serve all at once as an appetizer or wrap individually to enjoy as a snack. Store in fridge until ready to serve.
This makes a quick and easy appetizer or party recipe regardless of whether or not your guests follow a low carb or keto diet.
📖 Recipe
Keto Cream Cheese Pinwheels
Ingredients
- 8 slices of ham or salami lunchmeat - thick sliced (or double up thinly sliced lunchmeat)
- 5-8 slices bacon - cooked
- 4 oz cream cheese - softened
- 1-½ teaspoons homemade ranch seasoning
- ¼ cup black olives - chopped
Instructions
- Place the salami or ham down on a cutting board in overlapping rows 4x2.
- Spread cream cheese over the salami. If your cream cheese is too hard to spread with a knife, you can try placing it between two sheets of wax paper and rolling it flat with a rolling pin and then placing it onto the salami or ham.
- Sprinkle the ranch seasoning on the cream cheese and then add the black olives. (alternatively, you can blend seasonings into cream cheese before spreading).
- Lay the strips of bacon across the cream cheese in the short direction.
- Carefully roll the pinwheels - long side to long side, rolling as tightly as possible.
- Hold the roll securely and cut into 1-2" pieces.
- Serve as an appetizer or wrap each piece individually with plastic wrap for single-servings.
Notes
Deb
This sounds tasty and simple. Just what Im looking for in a Thanksgiving appetizer. I think I'll finish them with a stuffed green olive on the end of the toothpick.
Ty for sharing
730 Sage Street
Yes these are easy and work great as a tasty appetizer. Love the addition of green olives. Have a great thanksgiving!
Deb
I made mine with ham and i crumbled up the bacon and then added colby jack shredded cheese then i put another layer of ham on top then rolled up easier. Not sure about the nutrition facts but it was very yummy!! Thanks for sharing!!
Celina John
I tried this and the taste was awesome, I really like it.
Yaya
I made 2 of these for a potluck. They are hard to roll and my ham lunchmeat kept splitting, so I just covered with more ham where it split and used waxed paper to roll up. Put in the fridge for an hour, then sliced. Made homemade ranch which is absolutely delicious! I will never buy the packets again!!
Kwhitby
Planning to try these... I make some individual wraps that are similar, using Kraft chives and onion cream cheese. That would make these even simpler when we’re in a hurry or just being lazy!.
Kimberly
Is one slice one serving?
Kim
The nutrition is calculated based on 10 servings per recipe. So if you cut it into 10, they yes, 1 slice = one serving. Hope that helps
Pam
OK I'm not really stupid but have a stupid question how many can I eat for one serving?
Kim
There is no such thing as a stupid question! It really depends upon how big you cut the pieces. The nutrition information is based on cutting it into 9 pieces. If you cut it into more, then that will change it but it's at least a good place to start.
Sarah
Definitely had a blonde moment and put the whole ranch seasoning in my cream cheese!!! So our pinwheels were VERY rich! Haha, but we loved them anyway.
Kim
Oh no LOL! Well I'm glad you liked them anyway.
Kim
Can you tell me what the carb count/quantity?
Jamie
Hi! May I ask.......why the need to make your own ranch seasoning? Can I simply use Hidden Valley?
Kim
You can. I don't because they tend to put preservatives in those kinds of things so I like to make it myself. But you definitely can use a pre-packaged ranch seasoning.
Emily
Just an FYI... in one list of ingredients it says "4 cup of black olives" not 1/4 (that would be a heck of a lot). ? Looks good though. Just looking into keto and came across this.
Kim
Hey thanks, I fixed it!
Natalie Mitchell
I don't understand why the ingredients calls for more then the ingredients during the perparation. For example 1-8oz cream cheese and you onlu use 1/2. Then it calls for 3 Tbsp of ranch seasoning and you use 1-1/2 tsp, 1/2 cup of olives and you use 1/4 cup. I also found it hard to roll, am I doing something wrong?
Kim
Hey thanks for noticing that discrepancy on the ingredients. The recipe was started with the intent on have 2 layers in each pinwheel and it didn't work out, and I missed editing that when I left out the step to repeat it. Anyhow. Thanks, I corrected it.
I think if your lunchmeat is too thick or too thin it may be hard to roll. It does take a minute to get it started, that's sort of the hardest part. Good luck!
Linda
Awesome recipe. Thanks! Also love your story; sounds like something I would do to my kids.
Linda
Can you tell me calorie count and carb count please?
Anna
How many carbs per serving is in these
Laura
Thank you so much. I made these for a potluck at church (I did leave the olives out) and received rave reviews.
Kim
Thank you so much for the feedback, I really appreciate you taking the time to do that!
April
Silly question....do u add mayo to the herbs for the homemade ranch? Maybe I miss read or looked over it.
Kim
Not silly at all! You sprinkle the ranch mix / herbs on the cream cheese. You can also blend it into the cream cheese before spreading it on the salami.