Chip (snack)

A chip (American English and Australian English) or crisp (British English) is any type of snack food in the form of a crisp, flat or slightly bowl shaped, bite-sized unit. Puffed cheese snacks do not count. Chips are typically potato or grain-based, but can be made of any food substance that can palatably be reduced to a thin, crisp form. While most chips are savory snacks, sweet fruit chips such as apple chips and banana chips are also available. Chips are often served in a combination of chips and dip.

Popular kinds of chip include:

Apple chips, chips that are prepared using apple
Banana chips, dried slices of bananas
Bean chips, chips prepared using beans as a primary ingredient
Corn chips, a snack food made from cornmeal fried in oil or baked
Pita chips, chips made of dried pita
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
Tortilla chips, a snack food made from corn tortillas
Vegetable chips, chips that are prepared using vegetables
- Carrot chips, a common term for carrots that have been fried or dehydrated
- Kale chips, snack food made of baked kale

See also