Caesar Salad Cups

I have made these cute little appetizers twice now; once for my NYE party, and once for book club.  They were a big hit both times!  Guests really appreciate having something healthy to nibble on.  This recipe has the great parts of a Caesar salad, with the wonton wrapper acting the croutons!

Caesar Salad Cups
Yields 24 Cups

Ingredients:
1 bag romaine lettuce hearts
2 cooked chicken breasts
Shredded parmesan cheese (the real stuff, not the crap in the plastic shaker)
Creamy Caesar salad dressing
1 package wonton wrappers
5 tablespoons butter
Garlic salt

Directions:
Wonton Cups:
1. Preheat oven to 375F.  Spray muffin pan with cooking spray.
2.  Melt butter, and add garlic salt to taste.  Set aside.
3.  Set up a bowl with water and a couple folded paper towels.  We are going to be "rinsing" the wonton wrappers before we put them in the pan.  This is to get rid the yucky flour on the wrappers.
4.  Dunk a wonton wrapper in the water, and shake off the excess. Place wrapper on paper towel, and dab top with another paper towel.
5. Gingerly place wrapper in muffin pan.  Get the wrapper as snug as you can without ripping it.
6. Repeat for the rest on the wrappers.  Make sure to change the water 2 or 3 times.
7. Brush insides of wrappers lightly with butter.
8. Bake for about 10 minutes.  But watch them closely!  These go from golden brown and delicious to brunt to a crisp in the blink of an eye!
9.  Cool completely on wire rack.

Filling:
1.  Chop romaine hearts into small pieces.
2.  Chop cooked chicken into small pieces, (approx 1/8" x1/8" cubes)
3.  Place romaine and chicken in large bowl, add Parmesan and dressing to taste.  Mix well.
4.  Divide filling evenly among 24 wonton cups.


 Notes:
-The cups can be made the day before, but I would not prepare the salad more than a few hours before your party.  Fill the cups right before you put them out.
- I know rinsing the wonton wrappers off seems like an annoying extra step, that is because it is.  But trust me whatever flour they use is nasty!  You want to get it off. 
- I usually bake up all the wrappers in the package.  Then I can pick the prettiest ones to fill up.