Chocolate Covered Potato Chips Recipe
Nov 30, 2023
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Sweet and salty, these chocolate covered potato chips are an easy and delicious treat. Just 3 ingredients are needed to make this fun snack.
Chocolate covered snacks like chocolate covered pretzels, strawberries, and chocolate covered espresso beans are always a winner for chocolate lovers. Simple to make, and will satisfy every chocolate lovers sweet tooth.
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Salty potato chips topped with sweet chocolate is the perfect combination! A few reasons we love this recipe:
- Simple – All you need are three ingredients, two if you decide to leave out the shortening.
- Versatile – These are fun to serve as a snack, holiday, party, or just because.
Ingredients needed
- Potato chips – Wavy potato chips work well for this recipe. If the chips are super thin, they might break when dipping them in chocolate.
- Chocolate chips – You can use milk chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips. I like using Ghirardelli chocolate chips or Nestle chocolate chips.
- Shortening – A little bit of shortening helps to smooth out the chocolate and helps to make it a little thinner and less clumpy. You can leave this out.
How to make chocolate covered potato chips
- Step one: Melt – Place the chocolate chips and shortening in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave in 30 second intervals until melted. Make sure to stir in between each cook time.
- Step two: Dip- Dip the potato chips into the melted chocolate.
- Step three: Set – Place the dipped chip on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or wax paper.
Recipe tips
- If you don’t want to use a microwave, you can melt chocolate chips with using a double boiler.
- Don’t overcook the chocolate. Be careful not to burn the chocolate when microwaving.
- You can make as many or few as you want. Just adjust the amount of chocolate chips you melt.
- You can dip part of the chip into the chocolate if you prefer a little bit of the potato chip exposed.
Variations
Chips – Try using different chips like baked chips, kettle chips, or even something like a BBQ chip for extra fun flavor.
Chocolate – You can use dark chocolate, white chocolate, milk chocolate, or semi-sweet.
Toppings – While the chocolate is still wet on the chip, try adding colorful sprinkles, toffee bits, flaked coconut, chopped nuts, or a little flaked sea salt.
How to store
Store: Keep any leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week. They can also be kept in the refrigerator.
Freeze: These chips do not freeze well.
Let me know if you make this chocolate covered potato chip recipe.
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Chocolate Covered Potato Chips
Ingredients
- 5 cups potato chips
- 11.5 ounces chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon shortening
Instructions
- Line baking sheets with parchment paper or wax paper.
- Place chocolate chips and shortening in a microwave safe bowl. Heat in 30 second intervals until the chocolate has melted, stirring each time.
- Carefully dip potato chips in melted chocolate and then place on the prepared baking sheets.
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Notes
- If you don’t want to use a microwave, you can melt chocolate chips with using a double boiler.
- Don’t overcook the chocolate. Be careful not to burn the chocolate when microwaving.
- You can make as many or few as you want. Just adjust the amount of chocolate chips you melt.
- You can dip part of the chip into the chocolate if you prefer a little bit of the potato chip exposed.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.