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.

 

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.

More chocolate recipes

• Chocolate cherry cake
• Chocolate Rice Krispie treats
• Hot chocolate fudge