Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks

Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks, Thighs and Wings recipe makes the best honey mustard sauce for roasted chicken in an oven, slow cooker, BBQ or air fryer!

Honey Mustard Drumsticks and Chicken Thighs

Tyler visited today and decided he wanted to cook chicken drumsticks two ways. He is seven and eventually may rule the world.

For now though he has decided he wants to find a job basting chicken. I have to tell you he took this job seriously and if the opportunity arises I think he would be a fabulous baster!

Actually he will be fabulous at anything he decides to do. For now he must finish grade 2! 

Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks are delicious and his favorite. He also wants me to tell you all that the teriyaki chicken drumsticks aren't bad either.

Hopefully you will agree!

Honey Mustard Chicken Recipe

I think almost everyone I know enjoys roasted honey mustard chicken. I say almost everyone because I'm sure there must be at least one person who doesn't. Right?

We love the coating on chicken and we love the dip too. 

This honey mustard chicken recipe is exceptional and I'm going to tell you why.

Not only will you have a fabulous honey mustard sauce to coat and dip your chicken into, you will be able to prepare your chicken in several ways.

There are instructions in this honey mustard chicken recipe for your oven, barbecue or grill, air fryer and slow cooker too. 

Also, I included approximate cook times for chicken drumsticks, chicken thighs and chicken legs too.

That is why this honey mustard chicken recipe is extraordinary!!!

Now all you have to do is try it!

Roasted Honey Mustard Chicken

For years I simply coated the chicken in honey mustard sauce and just baked it.

We were happy with the recipe for the most part until we switched things up a bit.

Now we bake chicken pieces first, totally crisp up the skin, coat with sauce, bake some more, coat with more sauce and serve.

I wish I made this change years ago and I urge you to try it at least once. We have left the original recipe on this page in the text if you're looking for it.

Just in case.

Otherwise, I have to urge you to try one of these methods for making the best roasted honey mustard chicken.

This is the new version of our recipe for oven Baked Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. The honey mustard sauce is great, no matter which mustard or mustards you choose to use!

Ingredients in Baked Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks

• chicken drumsticks or chicken legs
• honey mustard sauce, store bought or our easy homemade below
• salt
• pepper
• cooking spray

Honey Mustard Chicken Sauce

• ½ cup yellow, Dijon or spicy mustard
• ¼ - ⅓ cup liquid honey
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste

In a small bowl, combine mustard and honey until smooth. Taste to see if you prefer more honey or mustard. Add a little at a time until you achieve your desired result.

Season with salt and pepper to taste if desired. I usually don't add any salt or pepper. My husband adds pepper.

This sauce should be refrigerated for at least an hour before serving, the longer the better.

Store in an airtight container in your fridge for up to one week.

How to make Easy Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks, Thighs and Legs

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Prepare a rimmed baking sheet with tinfoil and a rack lightly coated in cooking spray. Set aside.

Rinse drumsticks and pat dry with paper towels.

Sprinkle drumsticks with salt and pepper.

Place on your prepared sheet spaced evenly apart.

Bake for between 30-35 minutes (DRUMSTICKS), 35-40 minutes (CHICKEN THIGHS) and 40-45 minutes (CHICKEN LEGS). Skin should be crisp and internal temperature should be 165 degrees.

Get out your ingredients and prepare your honey mustard sauce. It will be finished before your chicken is cooked.

Once cooked, coat them with your sauce, using a brush if possible.

Bake for another 5 minutes.

Remove from oven and coat with more sauce.

Allow to sit for a few minutes before serving.

Serve with additional sauce on the side if desired.

Enjoy every bite!

If you enjoy using your barbecue as much as we do I just had to include these directions as well. It can't hurt to have it. I love making chicken on a barbecue. Don't you?

How to Grill Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks

Barbecue Instructions

Turn all of your burners to high and close your cover for about 15 minutes.

Next, leave your main burner on high and turn off all of your other burner or burners.

Grill temperature should ideally be between 325 and 350 degrees.

Brush clean and oil your cooking grates.

Place your drumsticks, skin side down, on the side of your barbecue that is turned off. You will be cooking your chicken on this side only.

Close your lid and cook for 25 minutes.

Adjust your chicken drumsticks on the cooler side of the barbecue so that the drumsticks closest to the on or hot side of the barbecue get flipped over to the other side of the cool side of the barbecue.

All drumsticks have to get access to the same amount of heat on the side of the barbecue that is off.

Basically you invert all of your drumsticks on the cool side of your barbecue.

I hope I am making sense.

Cover and cook until drumsticks register 185 to 190 degrees, another 20 to 30 minutes, depending on the size of your drumsticks.

Once cooked, move all of your drumsticks to the hot side of your grill and cook, turning occasionally, until skin is nicely charred, about 5 more minutes.

Transfer chicken to serving platter and brush with sauce.

Allow to rest 10 minutes.

Serve with remaining glaze.

Honey Mustard Chicken Wings 

First, I have to tell you that if you're looking to make amazing honey mustard chicken wings, in your oven or slow cooker, I urge you to have a look at our amazing recipe for chicken wings. 

There you will find an easy recipe to either slow cook your chicken wings in your oven or slow cooker.

You end up with crispy skin and can coat your wings with any sauce your heart desires, including an amazing homemade teriyaki sauce, barbecue, honey, buffalo, creamy garlic parmesan and more.

Hopefully you enjoy that recipe as much as we do.

Slow Cooker Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks 

• 2-3 pounds chicken drumsticks, trimmed or 4 chicken leg quarters, trimmed
• salt
• pepper
• cooking spray

How to make Slow Cooker Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks

Prepare your slow cooker with cooking spray.

Add salt and pepper to a large resealable bag and adjust until blended.

Add chicken legs or drumsticks and toss until coated.

Place inside slow cooker as evenly spaced as possible.

Cover and cook on low until chicken is cooked and tender, 4 to 5 hours.

Adjust your oven rack 6 inches from your broiler.

Turn your oven on to broil and allow it to preheat.

Prepare a rimmed baking sheet with tin foil and a rack lightly coated in cooking spray.

Place chicken pieces on top of your rack as evenly spaced as possible.

Broil chicken until lightly browned and charred, about 10 minutes, flipping chicken halfway through broiling.

Brush chicken with sauce, if using, and continue to broil until lightly charred, about another 5 minutes, flipping and brushing chicken with more sauce halfway through broiling.

Brush chicken with remaining sauce.

Serve and enjoy every bite.

Doesn't that sound terrific? I hope you want to try to slow cook your chicken drumsticks and then oven broil them! I am pretty sure you will be glad you did.

Air Fryer Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks, Thighs or Legs

I just had to include this recipe for how to make teriyaki chicken drumsticks in your air fryer. I just love using mine. Just in case you love yours too, here is how to do it.

• chicken drumsticks, trimmed or chicken leg quarters, trimmed
• vegetable oil

Spice Rub

• salt
• pepper

Pat drumsticks or legs dry with paper towels.

Using a sharp knife or metal skewer, poke 10 to 15 holes in skin of each drumstick or chicken leg.

Rub with oil and sprinkle evenly with salt and pepper.

Arrange drumsticks in air fryer basket, spaced evenly apart, alternating ends and skin side up if using chicken legs.

Place basket in air fryer and set temperature to 400 degrees.

Cook until chicken DRUMSTICKS are crisp and register 195 degrees, 22 to 25 minutes, flipping and rotating chicken halfway through cooking.

Cook until chicken LEGS are well browned and crisp and register 195 degrees, 27 to 30 minutes, rotating chicken halfway through cooking but do not flip the chicken.

Cook until chicken THIGHS are well browned and crisp and register 195 degrees, 20 to 30 minutes, rotating chicken halfway through cooking but do not flip the chicken.

The problem with exact timing is that chicken thighs range in size. If you have smaller thighs, check at 20 minutes and large thighs check at 26 minutes or more.

Cover each with honey mustard sauce, using a brush if possible.

Bake for another 5 minutes.

Remove from fryer and coat with more sauce.

Transfer chicken to large plate, tent loosely with aluminum foil, and let rest for 5 minutes.

Serve with additional sauce on the side if desired and enjoy every bite.

Original Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks Recipe

• chicken drumsticks
• ½ cup dijon or yellow mustard
• 1 cup liquid honey
• cooking spray

In a medium bowl, combine honey and mustard.

Reserve ½ cup for basting later.

Rinse chicken and pat dry.

Place rinsed chicken in a large resealable plastic bag.

Pour the marinade over the chicken, seal the bag and adjust to ensure the legs are evenly coated with the marinade.

Marinate for at least 2 hours in the refrigerator.

Once chicken has marinated, preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Prepare a rimmed baking sheet with tinfoil coated in cooking spray.

Place chicken skin side down on the baking sheet.

Bake, turning and basting occasionally, until cooked, about 1 hour.

Serve and enjoy!

If you are a fan of chicken drumsticks like we are I have listed some of our favorites below!  I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

Recipes with Chicken Drumsticks

Slow Cooker Honey Barbecue Drumsticks

Chinese Honey Chicken Drumsticks

Teriyaki Chicken Drumsticks

Easy Buffalo Chicken Drumsticks

Check out our video below that will show you how to make these drumsticks.  We hope you enjoy them as much as Tyler does and we do too!

Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks Video