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These homemade Cinnamon Tortilla Chips are crisp and flaky, sweetened with a cinnamon sugar mixture and perfect for dipping into some fruit salsa, chocolate, or dulce de leche!
Cinnamon sugar flavored desserts are a perfect complement to classic Mexican and Tex Mex meals. While churros and sopapillas are favorites, these Cinnamon Tortilla Chips are a quick and easy dessert to put together. Plus there’s several options when it comes to dipping or topping them!
If you’re a fan of easy cinnamon desserts don’t miss out on these sopapilla cheesecake rolls, cinnamon sugar tortillas, and churro bars.
Ingredients & Substitutions
- Tortillas: Use store-bought or homemade flour tortillas. Since they’re being sliced, you can use any size of tortilla.
- Oil: The chips are shallow fried in oil, use a mild tasting oil such as avocado oil or vegetable oil.
- Cinnamon Sugar: A homemade mixture of cinnamon and sugar for flavor and sweetness.
Best Tortillas to Use
I prefer to use flour tortillas for these cinnamon sugar tortilla chips! For regular tortilla chips I love using corn tortillas. But for these dessert tortilla chips the flour gives a wonderfully crisp and flaky texture.
Find the complete recipe card below with measurements and full instructions.
How to make cinnamon tortilla chips
- Slice the tortillas into triangular chip shapes.
- Fry the tortillas for about 30 seconds to a minute on each side, just until they start to turn a golden brown.
- Remove the chips from the oil and mmediately sprinkle them with the cinnamon sugar mixture. If you wait too long to sprinkle them and the oil has dried up, then the cinnamon sugar will fall right off the chips.
Serving
Due to being sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar, these chips fall into the dessert category. Making them perfectly paired with other sweet toppings.
My personal favorites are to have them with a fruit salsa, like this strawberry mango salsa. Or a simple mixture of chopped up fruit. Other options include some chocolate fudge sauce, dulce de leche, a fruit sauce (like this homemade strawberry sauce) or a cream cheese glaze.
Storage
These Cinnamon Tortilla Chips are best served and enjoyed the day they are made. However, if you have some leftovers, allow them to cool completely then store in a sealed container at room temperature for 1-2 days. As they are stored they will lose their crispiness.
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Cinnamon Tortilla Chips
Ingredients
- 6 flour tortillas
- ¼ cup oil vegetable or canola
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
Toppings
- chocolate fudge sauce
- dulce de leche
- strawberries chopped
Instructions
- Pour oil into a medium size skillet and heat over medium high heat.
- Prepare the tortillas by cutting into triangles, if using corn tortillas you can cut into 6 triangles, if using 6 inch flour tortillas they’re typically a bit bigger and can get about 8.
- Prepare the cinnamon sugar by combining the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Stir to mix.
- Add the cut tortillas to the heated oil in batches. Fry each side for about 30 seconds until starting to brown and crispy. Then turn and fry the other side.
- When done, transfer to a plate or baking tray lined with paper towels. Once out of the oil immediately sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar. Let cool.
- Meanwhile, continue frying the remaining tortilla until all tortilla chips are fried.
- Serve warm or room temperature.
Equipment
Notes
- Tortillas: Use store-bought or homemade flour tortillas. Since they’re being sliced, you can use any size of tortilla.
- Oil: Use a mild tasting oil such as avocado oil or vegetable oi
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe first published July 17, 2018. Updated April 22, 2024.
Photography by @KJandCompany.co
