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snack food A snack is a small portion of food generally Eating, eaten between meals. Snacks come in a variety of forms including packaged snack foods and other processed foods, as well as items made from fresh ingredients at home. Traditionally, snack ...

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,

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, hors d'oeuvre, etc. Some types of chip are often served in the combination plate,

chips and dip Chips and dip is a dish consisting of chips (crisps) served with dips. Chips used include potato chips, tortilla chips, corn chips, bean chips, vegetable chips, pita chips, plantain chips and others. Crackers are also sometimes used, as are ...

. Other chips are sweet or strongly flavored or fragile.

Tortilla chips A tortilla chip is a snack food made from corn tortillas, which are cut into triangles and then fried or baked (alternatively they may be discs pressed out of corn masa then fried or baked). Corn tortillas are made of nixtamalized corn, vege ...

can be used for chips and salsa, nachoes,

bean dip Bean dip is a type of dipping sauce made using beans or refried beans as a primary ingredient. It is typically served with tortilla chips, and can also be served with other foods such as crackers and crudités. Various types of beans are used, a ...

, guacamole, or a '' layered dip'' containing multiple of these.

Popular kinds of chip

Root chips

* Potato chips, a thin slice of potato that has been deep fried or baked until crunchy *

Tapioca chip Tapioca chips are a snack food made from thin wafers of deep fried cassava root. It is commonly found in South India and Sri Lanka, as well as in Indonesia where it is known as ''kripik singkong'' (cassava chips). It is also a bulk commodity p ...

s, a snack food made from thin wafers of deep fried cassava root

Grain and bean chips

Bean chip Bean chips are chips prepared using beans as a primary ingredient. Bean chips have been described as being higher in fiber and protein compared to corn and potato chips. Bean chips may be prepared from a variety of bean types and rice, such as brow ...

s, chips prepared using beans as a primary ingredient *

Corn chip Corn chips are a snack food made from cornmeal fried in oil or baked, usually in the shape of a small noodle or scoop. Corn chips are thick, rigid and very crunchy. Corn chips have the strong aroma and flavor of roasted corn, and are often hea ...

s, a snack food made from cornmeal fried in oil or baked *

Pita chip Pita ( or ) or pitta (British English), is a family of yeast-leavened round flatbreads baked from wheat flour, common in the Mediterranean, Middle East, and neighboring areas. It includes the widely known version with an interior pocket, als ...

s, chips made of dried pita *

Tortilla chip A tortilla chip is a snack food made from corn tortillas, which are cut into triangles and then fried or baked (alternatively they may be discs pressed out of corn masa then fried or baked). Corn tortillas are made of nixtamalized corn, veget ...

s, a snack food made from corn tortillas

Fruit chips (sweet chips)

Banana chip Banana chips (sometimes called banana crisps) are deep-fried or dried, generally crispy slices of bananas. They are usually made from firmer, starchier banana varieties ("cooking bananas" or Plantain (cooking), plantains) like the saba banana, ...

s, slices of banana that are fried or dried *

Plantain chip Fried plantain is a dish cooked wherever plantains grow, from West Africa to East Africa as well as Central America, the tropical region of northern South America and the Caribbean countries like Haiti to Cuba and in many parts of Southeast As ...

s, a snack made with sliced plantains

Vegetable chips

Carrot chip Carrot chips are carrots that have been fried or dehydrated. Some carrot manufacturers also refer to bagged, sliced carrots as carrot chips. The fried version of carrot chips is often referred to as carrot fries, especially when the chips are mad ...

s, a common term for carrots that have been fried or dehydrated *

Kale chip Kale (), or leaf cabbage, belongs to a group of cabbage (''Brassica oleracea'') cultivars grown for their edible leaves, although some are used as ornamentals. Kale plants have green or purple leaves, and the central leaves do not form a head ...

s, snack food made of baked kale

Popular kinds of chip

Root chips

Grain and bean chips

Fruit chips (sweet chips)

Vegetable chips

See also