These delicious, baked Hot Ham and Cheese Sliders on Hawaiian Rolls are also known as Tailgate Sandwiches because they are the perfect game-day party fare. They are bursting with flavor and gooey cheese!
Original post: August 2013 | Updated: February 2021
Why This Recipe Works
Food that can be found at parties is the best kind of food, am I right? Party food is the best! Hot dips, cold dips, gooey dips, finger foods, food on a stick, it is all so delicious.
These Hawaiian roll sliders are super easy to make and people absolutely love and DEVOUR them. Every time I make these, people always express how glad they are to see them. Add these to your easy weeknight dinner rotation pronto!
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How To Make Baked Ham and Cheese Sliders Recipe
Step 1
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and coat a large baking dish (9×13 or a similar size) with cooking spray. Line the bottom of the pan with the roll bottoms. Top with the deli ham and the provolone cheese slices.
Spread a generous amount cream cheese spread onto the inside each Hawaiian roll top and place in a layer on top of the cheese.
Step 2
In a small bowl, combine the melted butter, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, dried minced onion and Parmesan cheese.
Mix well and pour the butter mixture over the tops of the rolls. Sprinkle the poppy seeds over the top.
Step 3
Cover the pan with foil and bake at 350 for 25 minutes, or until warmed through and cheese is melted. Cut at the seams with a large serrated knife and serve warm! Place in an air-tight container before placing leftovers in the fridge.
Recipe Notes
- Replace the layers of ham with thin sliced turkey or roast beef instead for a different flavor.
- Replace yellow mustard with 1-2 tablespoons dijon mustard or honey mustard for an extra touch of flavor.
- Although I adore using provolone in this recipe, feel free to swap it out for cheddar cheese, mozzarella or even thinly sliced Swiss cheese to create Ham Swiss Sliders.
- Feel free to swap out the butter in the topping with olive oil.
- Any variety of sliced ham works great. Black forest, honey ham or even smoked ham are all delicious!
- Using Hawaiian sweet rolls for these sandwiches produces such a delicious end product, but regular dinner rolls will work fine, too.
- Replace the dried onion with 1 teaspoon onion powder, if desired.
- These are super easy to make ahead of time. Assemble the sandwiches as directed. Mix up the topping but store it separately in an airtight container in the fridge. Brush it over the tops of the sandwiches just before baking.
- This is a good recipe to freeze. Place them in a resealable bag and wrap in foil. Freeze for up to 4 months!
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What People Are Saying About This Recipe!
“I made these for our Christmas dinner and all of my extended family LOVED them! Cannot wait to do it this Sunday for the Super Bowl party.” ~Molly
“Just want to tell you what a fantastic recipe this is, I have made it several times and the whole family loves it! I was just looking it up for Super Bowl and wanted to say thanks!” ~Jen
Ham and Cheese Sliders on Hawaiian Rolls Recipe
Ingredients
- 15 Hawaiian sweet buns cut in half crosswise
- 15 slices deli black forest ham sliced
- 16 slices provolone cheese
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup salted butter melted (1 stick)
- 1 tbsp mustard
- 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
- 2 tbsp dried onions minced
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese grated
- 2 tbsp poppy seeds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray. Line the bottom of the pan with the bottom halves of the rolls. Top with the ham and the provolone cheese slices. Spread the cream cheese onto the bottoms of the sweet roll tops and place them in a layer on top of the cheese.
- In a medium bowl, combine the butter, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, onions and Parmesan cheese. Mix well and pour evenly over tops of the sandwiches. Sprinkle the poppy seeds over the top.
- Cover with foil and bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes, or until warmed through. Cut at the seams with a knife and serve warm!
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Notes
- Replace the layers of ham with thin sliced turkey or roast beef instead for a different flavor.
- Replace yellow mustard with honey mustard or dijon mustard for an extra touch of flavor.
- Although I loooooove using provolone in this recipe because it’s so perfectly ooey-gooey, feel free to swap it out for cheddar, mozzarella or even swiss cheese.
- Feel free to swap out the butter in the topping with olive oil.
- Using Hawaiian rolls for these sandwiches produces such a delicious end product, but regular dinner rolls will work fine, too.
- These are super easy to make ahead of time. Assemble the sandwiches as directed. Mix up the topping but store it separately in the fridge. Brush it over the tops of the sandwiches just before baking.
- This is a good recipe to freeze. Place them in a resealable bag and wrap in foil. Freeze for up to 4 months!
What a great recipe! It looks delicious!
Any ideas how you could do these as a "breakfast version" with eggs? We have a late morning event I would love to take these to!
Hi Rebecca! I'm probably too late in my reply (sorry!), but maybe you could bring a little tailgate grill along for warming (after fully cooking them at home beforehand)? Let me know how it went if you gave it a shot!
Megan
Hi! Have you (or anyone) thought of how these can be done at an actual tailgate outside? Maybe covering them and just placing them on the grill? I'd like to make them this weekend and we will be outside at a stadium. Thanks! -Rebecca
Hi Jackie! If you serve them right after baking, they will not get soggy. Bake as directed and I think you'll be happy!
Megan
I made a version of this with Swiss recently. It called for onions sauteed in Worcestershire, 1 1/2 sticks of butter and dijon and spreading 1/2 on the bun bottoms and topping with the other half and poppy seeds. I am not a mustard fan but it was very good and the addition of the onions was brilliant without being too overpowering. I tried with 1 stick of butter and put it all inside but it was dry on top so I melted more. Next time I will divide the mixture and keep the fat content down.
They will set on a buffet nicely and are great reheated as well. Easy and delicious.
I'm thinking about making these for a wine tasting I'm hosting at the end o the month. Do these get soggy? If I make them I'll have to let them set on the table as part I the buffet. Should I put the sauce on the side as a dip??
Thank you for any pointers!!
Hi Leigh! I love the idea of using both turkey and ham and just butter on top. This will be my next version! Thanks!!
Megan
I made these last year for an Alabama football game at my house, they were gone before the game even got started! I have also made these as a meal, they are awesome, did not use the topping though, I just used butter. I have also used turkey & ham combined!
Hi Angela! I think any type of ham would be great with these. I am not a fan of the Dijon flavor, but if you don't mind it feel free to substitute! Let me know how they turn out!
Megan
Hi I am going to make these this weekend and have a couple question since I do not like ham could I substitute an Italian style ham like capicola? Also most of the recipes for this use Dijon mustard does it make a difference which one I use?
Hi Michele! Honestly, you can even taste the mustard in the final product. If you're worried about it, just omit it and you won't be missing out on a thing! Hope this helps!
Megan
I don't like the taste of mustard. Do you think I could sub with something else? And I keep trying to think of something to sub but can't. Do you have any suggestions? LOL I think these look delicious. Maybe I could just skip the mustard?
I am in a freezer exchange group- if I threw these together and froze them to you think they would still bake nice?
I've heard about these sandwiches but I've never tried them before, I'm so intrigued!
Just throwing in my two cents…. I make these with cheddar instead of provolone. I also make them to night before and let them marinate in the fridge overnight/all day before cooking. YUM!
Wow. 3 summer vacations?? Must be nice! These look great, can't wait to try out the recipe. Thanks!
These sandwiches look so yummy.
Hi Diane! I'm just assuming there will not be leftovers, as in my situation. 🙂 If you do have leftovers, definitely refrigerate, as there is meat and dairy involved. I hope this helps!
Megan
These look delicious, but I do have a question. In your 2nd paragraph you stated forgot to put them in the fridge overnight." I sadly had to throw most of them away" yet in the instructions there is no mention of refrigeration. Just was wondering.
Thank you