Easy to make and delicious! The oven does the hard work. Make these Apple Chips recipe at home, kid-friendly and customizable. Love the crunchy spicy chips
Homemade Crunchy Apple Chips Recipe
Summer is here and is time to stock up on snacks for the kids.
Hubby and I are thinking of making mini road trips with the girls so making a big batch of Apple Chips is the perfect crunchy and healthy snack for kids to take on the road.
So throw out all those fried Potato Chips and these!
To perfect this Apple Chips Recipe it took me a few tries to achieve the right thickness so the chips will be super crunchy and not chewy.
You can serve them as kids’ snacks but also they are great for dipping during dinner parties. You will also love these Sweet Potato Chips, Roasted Crispy Chickpeas, and yummy Roasted Pumpkin Seeds.
If you would like to mix it up you can use different types of apples, fuji, granny smith, red delicious, gala, and so on. It’s a great idea to mix in the sweetest with the tartest apples to achieve flavor Nirvana.
Apple Chips Recipe
4 Apples (any kind you want) sliced thinly, about 1/6″ thickness. I used my trusty Mandolin so every piece is uniform in size. I cut out the bottom to start with a flat apple slice.
Preheat oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
Arrange apple sizes in a single layer on a sheet pan fitted with parchment paper. Remove any remaining seeds from the slices (that was my daughter’s job).
For each Apple, I got about 20 slices, so one sheet pan per apple. This can vary depending on the apple size or the thickness of your chips. You have no idea how they will shrink during cooking.
Sprinkle Stevia, sugar, or any other natural sweetener. I used 2 packets of Stevia per 80 slices of apples.
Sprinkle cinnamon over the apples (optional). You can also add in any spice you’d like. Next time I make them I would love to try the apple pie seasoning or maybe a spicy one like chili or cayenne pepper.
Bake in the oven for 90 minutes. After that time flip them and bake for one more hour. Turn the oven off and leave them inside for a few hours or overnight.
DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN DURING THIS TIME.
Resist your peeking! I know it’s hard but it’s worth it. You will not believe how crunchy they will be.
When they come out of the oven simply place them in a resealable bag. They will last for about a week at room temp although they probably will be gone by then;).
So will you give them a try? I promise you will love them!
Homemade Crunchy Apple Chips Recipe
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 200 Degrees Fahrenheit
- Slice Apples into 1/6" Approximately (use a mandolin if you have one)
- Place the apples slices in a single layer on a sheet pan fitted with Parchment Paper
- Sprinkle in Stevia (or sugar) and cinnamon
- Bake in the oven for 1 1/2 hours
- Flip them over so the other side will crisp as well
- Bake for 1 more hour
- Turn the oven off and leave the apple slices inside for a few more hours or overnight
- When they are ready, place slices in a zip-top bag
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
You may also like:
Crunchy Baked Sweet Potato Chips
Roasted Crispy Chickpeas
Brown Rice Cakes
Yum, yum, yum! I can’t wait to try these!
I love anything apple! These sound so good. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Interesting recipe… Thanks
you’re welcome!
Wow, these look great and nice and healthy. We are trying to go raw here in our household and these would be perfect to keep with our diets. Thanks for sharing.
yummy and definitely in the mood for these right now :0 thanks for share
I just made these and they’re fantastic! Highly recommended.
I’m glad you liked them A.M!! I wished I had 10 ovens… they are gone 5 minutes after I make them 🙂
These look wonderful! Thanks for the directions on how to make these chips.
You’re welcome Lisa! try them and let me know how they come out
I have not tried these yet but I need to.
I make these too but without anything added to them. I core the apples and then slice them and instead of using parchment paper, I put my cookie cooling racks on top of my cookie trays, add the apple slices and dry as you directed. lifting them off the pan seems to make them crunchier
Oh Serena thanks for the tip! I will definitely try that and see how they come out!
Hey Tiffany!
Thank for this recipe. I tried it last week, it’s phenomenal. It was hard not to finish the two trays in one day… it took all my will power to make it last two days, haha!
I also featured it here: http://destinationfemme.com/junk-food-dupes-the-healthy-version-evc/ 🙂
Hi Eva!! I am glad you liked the recipe! and thanks so much for the feature, it is an honor 😀 Have a great weekend!
PS: My husband makes me do 6 trays at a time.. that’s how low the last around here !
This is a great idea, I think I am going to share this with the Liv360 community on my profile. Thanks! 🙂
You’re very welcome Victoria!
This looks amazing! I’ll be featuring this recipe on my blog tomorrow!
Thank you Stacey! Let me know how they come out!
Just curious. ….did you ever try the chili pepper?
I haven’t yet Julia! But I definitely will!
Can you cook multiple trays at one time?
Yes of course I have a double oven so I cook 6 trays at a time
Ehh what temperature has to be cook after pre heating oven. I burnt mines in 20 min.
Oihana, 200 degrees Fahrenheit – Maybe you did celcius?
Ups ! Thanks will try again lol
LOL! Let me know how they turn out!
OMG … I’m just halfway but I can see straight away the difference LOL …. will tell you tomorrow how they turn out !!!
I had our fitness Xmas party and I explained what happend … and the laugh of the photos of the before and the after 20 min burnt chips was unbelievable…. but our last class for the year it’s on Saturday so will surprise them …. I never give up LOL
That’s awesome Oihana!! I am so glad! let me know how the come out… Just remember, don’t open the oven till next morning
Ups! Lol will try again but F lol Nearly burnt house down. Lol
Oh no!! I am so sorry!! I can imagine with 200 degrees!
Lol… never though about C or F Will try again this week and will let you know how did I get on on 200 F. Regards from Ireland
Looking forward to your apple chips! Have a great week!
Can you use aluminum foil instead of parchment paper?
Also, should I grease the foil? Don’t want it catch on fire since these are going to be baking so long…
Yes Kelsey, add some non stick spray to the foil just in case
OH MY GOD. I made these this afternoon and was blown away by how good they were! I didn’t use any sweetener, just a sprinkle of cinnamon, and it was still like flavour fireworks. They didn’t need as long in the oven as your recipe calls for, but I sliced them really thin, and they still crisped up nicely. I ate the entire first batch by myself, so naturally, I had to make some more after that. Thanks for sharing this!
Hi Jenn! they’re addicting huh? Thanks for your feedback! I am so glad you enjoyed them!
Is there any way to make these last longer in the container? I see that you said they should last a week in an air-tight container, room temp. I’m making some of these now for a trip at the end of next week. I don’t want them to go bad!
Hi Kristen!
I honestly said a week just to be safe. I’m sure they can last longer as long as they’re stored properly.
If used as a dipper, what would you recommend to dip these in?
I am into combining sweet and savory so I would use Hummus and Baba Ganoush. If you’re more into sweets, try caramel sauce, cinnamon cream cheese dip, etc.
Could you freeze these to eat later in the winter?
I haven’t tried freezing them Nicole. But they keep very well in a zip lock bag for a few weeks at room temperature. I can’t test them longer than that because we can’t resist them!
Wow because this is great work! Congrats and keep it up
thank you
Hi there! What if my apple and are thinner than 1/6″? Should I just bake for less time?
Hi Maria! Yes, definitely. The thinner they are, the less time they need in the oven.
I just made these and I followed the directions exactly, even leaving them in the oven for like 6 hours. They came out floppy and chewy. I used Gala and cut them on the thinnest setting my mandolin would go. Where did I go wrong? Is it because I did two pans at a time in the oven? Should I have cooked them longer?
Hi Monica, did they brown or shrivel a bit? Is the temperature of your oven calibrated? I’m guessing, if it’s not then maybe they needed a few more minutes of cooking before turning the oven off
I love the apole chips you can buy at the store. Unfortunately, they don’t fit into my new paleo lifestyle. I have tried multiple apple chip recipes and have failed every time. I tried your recipe this evening and they turned out perfect! I didn’t add sugar or cinnamon, but they were still crunchy and bursting with flavor! Thank you so much for the great recipe!
You’re very welcome Randi! Thanks for the feedback. Glad you liked them!
Hi, thanks for this recipe it’s great! I was wondering if you could do this with bananas (not plantains) to make crispy banana chips?
Of course! For bananas, sliced them and bake at 200 F for about 2-3 hours until crispy (flip them midway)
4 Apples
2 ts Packets of Stevia or 2 . of sugar
1/2 Ts . of Cinnamon
How much sugar and Cinamon is this?
teaspoons Angela. The cinnamon is at your discretion
Followed instructions but not crunchy at all ☹️
Did you cut them really thin? – they may needed a bit more in the oven before turning the oven off
These are wonderful! Thanks for the recipe and instructions. We have apple and pear trees so I tried this with the pears and they are also wonderful.
You’re welcome Julia! Pear chips sound amazing!