Chip_(snack_type)

Chip (snack)

Chip (snack)

Snack food made of a crispy bite-sized units

Not to be confused with chocolate chip or chips (hot food).
For the common chip, see potato chip.

A chip (American English and Australian English) or crisp (British English and Irish English) is a snack food in the form of a crisp, flat or slightly bowl shaped, bite-sized unit. Some chips can be made into dishes and served as an appetizer, side, hors d'oeuvre, etc.

Banana chips
A bowl of kale chips

Some types of chip are often served in the combination plate, chips and dip. Other chips are sweet or strongly flavored or fragile. Tortilla chips can be used for chips and salsa, nachoes, bean dip, guacamole, or a layered dip containing multiple of these.

Root chips

  • Potato chips, a thin slice of potato that has been deep fried or baked until crunchy
  • Tapioca chips, a snack food made from thin wafers of deep fried cassava root

Grain and bean chips

Fruit chips (sweet chips)

Vegetable chips

Main article: Vegetable chip
  • Carrot chips, a common term for carrots that have been fried or dehydrated
  • Kale chips, snack food made of baked kale

See also

  • Popcorn – Type of corn kernel which expands and puffs up on heating
  • Cheese puffs – Puffed corn snack
  • Cracker (food) – Flat, dry baked biscuit
  • Chocolate chips – Small chunk of chocolate used as an ingredient
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