Push the potato chips aside because these 2-ingredient Homemade Baked Apple Chips will be your new favorite snack! Sprinkled with a little sea salt, these healthy chips are so addicting and easy to make in the oven or air fryer.
Quick and easy homemade apple chips
Make these Homemade Baked Apple Chips your new favorite go-to snack! Perfect for fall, an after school snack, or a way to use up tons of leftover apples, this healthy treat is easy to make in the oven using just 2 ingredients: apples and salt.
Apples are sliced super thin, sprinkled with salt, and then left to bake in the oven for just over an hour. They crisp up and turn golden brown, transforming into a crispy, never chewy, and subtly sweet snack. You can add as many fun flavors to them as well, like cinnamon, nutmeg, or cinnamon sugar.
Enjoy a big bowl along with my Garlic Butter Pumpkin Seeds, Spinach Chips and Cantaloupe Chips. All of these healthy snacks are seriously addicting!
Are apple chips healthy?
Apples are high in fiber, vitamin C, and antioxidants. So the next time you’re craving a big bowl of snacks, turn to these healthy apple chips instead of the potato chips!
What kind of apples are best for apple chips?
You can make apple chips out of almost any kind of apple. I recommend (if possible) using freshly picked orchard apples for the very best flavors. Otherwise, any of these apples will do:
- Granny Smith
- Gala
- Empire
- Golden Delicious
- Honeycrisp
- Red Delicious
- Fuji
- Pink Lady
- McIntosh
- Ambrosia
How to bake apple chips in the oven
This is a fairly hands-off recipe. Once the apples are prepped and sliced, you simply have to just wait for them to bake! It’s easy peasy:
Use an apple corer to remove the core of each apple. Slice them into very thin, consistent slices using a sharp knife or mandolin. If you don’t have a corer, that’s ok, just remove the seeds and slice apples thin.
Line the slices in an even layer on a baking sheet and sprinkle them with sea salt.
Bake the apples for 45 minutes. Take them out of the oven, flip, sprinkle with more salt, and bake for another 30 to 45 minutes.
Once the apple chips are nice and crispy, let them cool completely on a wire rack. Dig in and enjoy!
Air fryer apple chips
You can easily use your air fryer to make apple chips instead of the oven, but the process is more hands on because you’ll need to work in batches. Here’s how it’s done:
- Place the cored and sliced apples in an even layer in the air fryer basket and sprinkle salt on top.
- Preheat the air fryer to 390ºF. Cook the apples for about 8 minutes, flipping halfway through.
- Take them out of the air fryer if they’re nice and crisp or let them cook for another minute or two. Let them cool completely, then enjoy!
Tips and tricks
- Slice ‘em thin! A mandolin will be your best friend when slicing the apples really thin. They’ll turn out chewy rather than crisp if you slice them any thicker than 1/8 of an inch.
- Salty or sweet? All you need is a sprinkle of salt to make these chips more salty and savory. If you prefer them sweeter, replace the salt with cinnamon, powdered sugar, nutmeg, or cinnamon sugar.
- Peel or no peel? I like to leave the peel on for a hint of color but you’re welcome to peel the apples before slicing if you’d like.
How long do they last?
To store, keep your baked apple chips in an airtight container or ziploc bag at room temperature for up to 6 days.
Looking for more healthy snacks to try?
Pin for later:
Baked Apple Chips
PrintIngredients
- 4 apples
- sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray.
- Remove the core of each apple and cut into very thin slices, about 1/8 inch thick.
- Arrange apple slices on baking sheet, making sure not to overlap. Sprinkle a small amount of sea salt on top of each apple slice.
- Bake for 45 minutes, flip and sprinkle a bit more sea salt on other side.
- Bake for 35-45 additional minutes, or until crisp.
- Let cool and enjoy!
Leslie says
question what did you use to core the apple, to keep them whole slices. Thank You
Pamela says
Good question Leslie, I should have attached the link in the post – just updated it! I use this apple corer to make those pretty rings! https://amzn.to/2NYYv7j
Jhuls | The Not So Creative Cook says
These are indeed a perfect healthy and guilt-free snack. I am sure I would finish a huge serving of these.😁 Thanks for bringing these at Fiesta Friday party! Have a lovely weekend!
Suzie Torres says
These look delicious looking forward to baking some. Thanks for the recipe.
Pamela says
Enjoy Suzie!
Kerryanne says
They sound delicious Pamela.
Thank you for sharing this recipe at Create, Bake, Grow & Gather this week. I’m delighted to be featuring this post at tonight’s party and pinning to the party board too!
Christina Makri says
I have never taste something like this before! I pin it so I will try it very soon… Thank you for sharing at Sweet Inspiration Link Party 🙂
Cathy says
Love dried fruit. This recipe takes it to a new level-can’t wait to try it. I will be pinning this so I know where it is. Thanks
Kathleen Rupp says
pinned….I have always wanted to know how to make apple chips. This recipe looks delicious. Thanks for the recipe. Found it through Friday Favorites party.
Leslie says
Oooh, the kids and I love apple chips! But they can definitely get expensive fast. This looks like a great project to make with them…they always love to use the apple corer/peeler. Thanks so much for sharing at the #happynowlinkup!
Julie says
Apple season is here and this looks like a great recipe to try with all my local orchard apples!
Visiting from #TuesTalk
Jamie says
Those sound amazing! Pinning to try. 🙂
Tracy @ Our Simple Homestead says
I never would have thought of something like this. This is awesome. So healthy and yummy!!!
Chandra says
Hi,
I baked this today morning. Most of it came out crispy. Thank you.
Pamela says
Thanks for letting me know Chandra! Enjoy!