Easy Baked Apple Chips

What’s better than a bag of baked chips? Healthy & delicious home-baked apple chips. 

Apple chips are perfect to pack in a lunchbox, serve up as a snack after school, or enjoy yourself along with a healthy office lunch.

Are Apple Chips Healthy?

This is a common question! Since apple chips are sweet and delicious, it seems like they might not be very good for you. And that may be true for the store-bought version.

Oftentimes, you’ll find lots of added sugars or other sweeteners baked into the apple chips you’ll get in the store, making them not a great choice if you are looking for a healthy option.

The good news is, you can easily make apple chips at home and with all-natural ingredients, this is a great, healthy snack option for you and your kids.

In fact, the recipe I’m sharing with you today has just two ingredients – apples and a sprinkling of cinnamon!

By the way – if you can’t get enough of that flavor combination, then you MUST try these cinnamon roasted apples next.

With as much as my family loves snacks, making healthy ones that include whole-food ingredients is essential at our house!

Apple Chips and Banana Chips are always great options when my family is hungry and needs something healthy for on-the-go snacking.

Tasty snacks and treats like this are a big part of what gets my kids on board whenever we do a family Whole30.

I knew that to succeed at my own healthy eating goals, I wanted to get my whole family on board, which is why I created the Family KickStart Program. It’s a 30-day whole eating program that is made for busy families.

In it, you’ll find delicious recipes for every meal (plus snacks & weekly treats), meal prep guides and your shopping list for each week of the program.

I take all the guess-work out of clean eating as a family. Best of all, kids LOVE IT because they’ll still see their favorite meals on the menu (there are TWO pancake recipes included), I’ve just swapped ingredients around to make a clean version of the things my picky eaters love.

Get your free sample of Family KickStart here to get started! 

How to Make Apple Chips

This recipe is easy to remember and even easier to make. However, it does take a bit of time to fully dehydrate the chips in the oven, so be sure you set aside around an hour to make your own apple chips.

1. Start by preheating your oven to 225 degrees and lining a baking sheet with parchment paper
2. While your oven preheats, core apples and slice thinly into rings
3. Place slices on the baking sheet and sprinkle with cinnamon
4. Bake for 45 minutes, until the apple slices are crisp and golden
5. Allow chips to cool

These baked apple chips only need two ingredients and a hot oven! Super easy, and a great addition to any school lunch.

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