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    Home » Entrees » Poultry Recipes

    Sandwich Cups with Chicken, Olives & Cream Cheese

    Published: Aug 16, 2010 · Modified: Apr 4, 2022 by Dara · This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. · 48 Comments

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    These fun sandwich cups are perfect for lunch boxes! Filled with chicken, olive and herbed cream cheese - the kids love them!
    Back to School Chicken, Olive & Herbed Cream Cheese Sandwich Cups Recipe

    I was that kid. You know, the one with the tuna fish or egg salad sandwiches. As many times as my friends held their noses and turned away from me, I adored those brown bag lunches. In those days, cafeteria lunches were not available at my elementary school, except for the highly anticipated bi-weekly "hot dog days", which were always accompanied by a big cup of orange drink from McDonald's. Now, my children are provided with a rotating choice of meals in their school cafeteria. Unfortunately, these lunches leave a lot to be desired, nutritionally speaking. Hamburgers, pizza, corn dogs, waffles on a stick - seriously.

    Each morning, I pack lunches for my kids in their lunch boxes, trying to provide them with something nutritious enough to fuel the recess soccer game. However, there are only so many peanut butter sandwiches or turkey wraps one kid can take. When Rachael of La Fuji Mama emailed me with a challenge to come up with a lunchbox meal using Lindsay Olives black olives, I jumped at the chance. Rachael's blog is full of innovative ideas, not to mention photos of her adorable girls enjoying the food she makes. A few days later, a box containing Lindsay Olive's new resealable containers of black olives, plus several more of their high-quality products arrived at my doorstep and I set to work. These are products that I regularly buy for my family, so I recommend them without hesitation.


    Using regular whole-wheat sandwich bread, I made toasted sandwich cups. With my boys' help, I filled the cups with an herbed cream cheese, chopped rotisserie chicken, grated carrots, and black olives. It was a challenge to make them as quickly as the boys gobbled them up.

    Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

    Cut the crusts from 3 pieces of whole-wheat sandwich bread, and cut each piece of bread in quarters.


    Brush both sides of each bread piece lightly with olive oil. Firmly press the pieces into a mini-muffin tin.


    Bake until the edges of the bread are golden brown. Let the bread cups cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, remove from the pan, and allow to fully cool on a wire rack. The bread cups can be made a couple of days in advance and kept fresh in an airtight container.

    In a medium bowl, whip 4 oz. light cream cheese until fluffy, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon dried oregano and a pinch of salt. Whip to combine.

    Fill each sandwich cup with 1 teaspoon herbed cream cheese, 1 teaspoon grated carrot, 1 teaspoon chopped chicken (I used rotisserie chicken), and 1 teaspoon sliced black olives (such as Lindsay large pitted black ripe olives).


    Pack 6 sandwich cups in each of two reusable sandwich containers and put into your childrens' lunch boxes, with a freezer pack.

    Back to School Chicken, Olive & Herbed Cream Cheese Sandwich Cups

    3 slices whole-wheat bread
    ¼ cup olive oil
    4 oz. light cream cheese
    1 teaspoon dried oregano
    Pinch of salt
    ¼ cup grated carrot
    ¼ cup cooked chicken (rotisserie chicken is quick and convenient)
    ¼ cup sliced black olives (such as Lindsay large pitted black ripe olives)

    Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

    Cut the crusts from bread, and cut each piece of bread in quarters. Brush both sides of each bread piece lightly with olive oil. Firmly press the pieces into a mini-muffin tin. Bake until the edges of the bread are golden brown. Let the bread cups cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, remove from the pan, and allow to fully cool on a wire rack. The bread cups can be made a couple of days in advance and kept fresh in an airtight container.

    In a medium bowl, whip cream cheese until fluffy, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add oregano and a pinch of salt. Whip to combine.

    Fill each sandwich cup with 1 teaspoon herbed cream cheese, 1 teaspoon grated carrot, 1 teaspoon chopped chicken (I used rotisserie chicken), and 1 teaspoon sliced black olives.

    Pack 6 sandwich cups in each of two reusable sandwich containers and put into your childrens' lunch boxes, with a freezer pack.

    Makes 12 sandwich cups (enough for 2 lunches).

    Printable recipe

    (Disclosure: Lindsay Olive sent their product to me, free of charge, plus I am receiving a small monetary compensation.)


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      Comments

      1. Maria

        August 18, 2010 at 2:32 pm

        Great lunch box recipe! I would love to have this in my box. Great seeing you last night. Thanks again for a wonderful time!

        Reply
      2. Drick

        August 18, 2010 at 12:59 pm

        now this is something this schoolboy will be packing for work - great treat

        Reply
      3. My Man's Belly

        August 18, 2010 at 12:45 am

        How cute! Lunches can get really boring. I'm sure your kids never know what they're going to be surprised with. How cool.

        Reply
      4. danasfoodforthought

        August 17, 2010 at 8:22 pm

        Such a cute idea! I'm sure your kids loved helping you out with this!

        Reply
      5. s

        August 17, 2010 at 5:26 pm

        fantastic idea!

        Reply
      6. SprinkledwithFlour

        August 17, 2010 at 2:31 pm

        What a cute idea!

        Reply
      7. marla {family fresh cooking}

        August 17, 2010 at 2:09 pm

        Great lunchbox idea. Not only is it a well rounded meal, but it must taste wonderful. My kids would love these-they LOVE olives and cream cheese---so do I 🙂 Such a creative idea! xo

        Reply
      8. Suzanne aka vivisue

        August 17, 2010 at 2:06 pm

        GREAT idea, not only for the little kids, but us "big kids", too! I can see these as an appetizer at our next family gathering. Oh, and about Lindsey Black Olives, they ARE, by far the best black olives! I use them for everything! Great post and as always great pics, too!

        Reply
      9. Alison

        August 17, 2010 at 1:38 pm

        What a great idea! Love it! Another awesome post by you!

        Reply
      10. Table Talk

        August 17, 2010 at 1:34 pm

        My girls still like reading the notes I slip into their lunch boxes, though now they keep them hidden from the other kids at the table to escape embarrassment.
        I know they would love to find these little sandwiches --great job thinking outside of the lunch box and coming up with something nutritious, tasty, and cute!

        Reply
      11. bellini valli

        August 17, 2010 at 9:01 am

        I like the fact that the olives are in a resealable container. This is a fantastic brownbag idea:D

        Reply
      12. Best Hamburger Recipe

        August 17, 2010 at 8:15 am

        wow! what a delicious recipe site! thanx 4 sharing!

        Reply
      13. penny aka jeroxie

        August 17, 2010 at 7:25 am

        sandwich cups. even I want it!

        Reply
      14. Magic of Spice

        August 17, 2010 at 5:25 am

        Oh, these are fantastic...and perfect for a lunch box or any lunch...My boys are pretty big now, but they would devour these. I did see these olives in the new containers recently, very nice 🙂

        Reply
      15. Barbara Bakes

        August 17, 2010 at 4:35 am

        What a fun post. Love the little note in the lunch box.

        Reply
      16. Kristen

        August 17, 2010 at 4:05 am

        I was that brown bagger, too! I didn't think too much of school lunches and my mom was so willing to make mine. I took a thermos with hot food up until about 6th grade. My friends thought I was weird, but I loved having real food. I love the ingredients you put into these sandwiches! They sound delicious and look so fun.

        Reply
      17. Claudia

        August 17, 2010 at 1:54 am

        I actually stopped making my kids lunches when they went into middle school. And they chose their lunches well. Now, they are in college and I know they wold love to come home to these - they're adorable for kids of all ages and we are definitely all olive fiends.

        Reply
      18. Kate @ Our Best Bites

        August 17, 2010 at 12:43 am

        Oh, my gosh, I love those little bread cups! They're adorable!

        Reply
      19. sweetlife

        August 17, 2010 at 12:08 am

        great idea, I bet any kiddo would love this..

        sweetlife

        Reply
      20. Mags

        August 17, 2010 at 12:03 am

        What a unique and nutritious lunch for your darlings! You're so creative.

        Reply
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