{{Short description|Food}} {{For|semiconductor chips designed by Apple Inc.|Apple silicon}} thumb|275px|Dried apple chips [[File:Dehydrated Apple pieces.jpg|thumb|210px|Basic dehydrated apple chips]]
'''Apple chips''' are chips or crisps that are prepared using apples. Depending on how they are produced, apple chips may either become drier and crispier, or chewier, when stale. Apple chips may be fried, deep fried,<ref name="Sumnu Sahin 2008 p. 31"/> vacuum fried,<ref name="ScienceDirect.com 2011"/> dehydrated<ref name="Wiley"/> or baked.<ref name="Fercher Karrer Limbeck 2013 p. 243"/> Apple chips may have a dense and crispy texture or may be puffed, yet still crispy.<ref name="Regier Schubert Knoerzer 2005 p. 81"/> Microwave vacuum-drying may be used to prepare apple chips with a puffy and crispy texture.<ref name="Sun 2014 p. 433"/> They may be seasoned with cinnamon and sweetened with confectioners sugar.<ref name="Newsroom 2014"/> Apple chips may be consumed as a snack food,<ref name="China National Knowledge Infrastructure 2000"/> and may be accompanied by various dips<ref name="Traverso 2011 p. 84"/> and other foods. Apple chips are mass-produced in the United States.<ref name="The College 1989"/>
==Use in dishes== Apple chips may be used in sandwiches<ref name="Tuminelly 2012 p. 11"/> and as an ingredient in desserts<ref name="Iuzzini Finamore 2010 p. 146"/> and sweets, such as cookies.<ref name="Ginsberg 2012 p. 80"/> They may also be used as a garnish on dishes.<ref name="Reichl Willoughby Stewart 2006 p. 76"/>
==Manufacturers== Apple chips are mass-produced by some food manufacturers. Companies that produce them include Seneca Foods, Bare Fruit, Buddy Fruits<ref name="Wong 2013"/> and Tyrrell's<ref name="TheGrocer.co.uk 2013"/> Bare Fruit and Buddy Fruits apple chips are prepared using only apples as their sole ingredient.<ref name="Wong 2013"/>
==Fried== Apple chips can also be made by deep frying a sliced apple in a batter. Usually, the batter will also be topped with cinnamon before or after the frying process.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fried Apple RIngs |url=https://lmld.org/fried-apple-rings/ |website=Like Mother Like Daughter |date=21 September 2020 |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> The usual shape of a deep-fried apple chip is a ring. Fried Apple chips can also be made in a pan.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crispy Apple Chips |url=https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/crispy-apple-chips-with-sage-and-maple-vanilla-yogurt-dip |website=Bon Appetite |date=6 December 2011 |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref>
==See also== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * Banana chip * List of apple dishes * List of deep fried foods * List of dried foods * {{portal-inline|Food}} {{div col end}}
==References== <references> <ref name="Sumnu Sahin 2008 p. 31">{{cite book | last1=Sumnu | first1=S.G. | last2=Sahin | first2=S. | title=Advances in Deep-Fat Frying of Foods | publisher=CRC Press | series=Contemporary Food Engineering | year=2008 | isbn=978-1-4200-5559-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RgU9u9oUSDQC&pg=PA31 | access-date=May 7, 2015 | page=31}}</ref> <ref name="ScienceDirect.com 2011">{{cite journal | title=Effects of processing conditions on the quality of vacuum fried apple chips | date=February 16, 2011 | doi=10.1016/S0963-9969(00)00141-1 | volume=34 | issue=2–3 | journal=Food Research International | pages=133–142| last1=Shyu | first1=Shyi-Liang | last2=Hwang | first2=Lucy Sun }}</ref> <ref name="Wiley">{{cite journal|title=Texture of Vacuum Microwave Dehydrated Apple Chips as Affected by Calcium Pretreatment, Vacuum Level, and Apple Variety| doi=10.1111/j.1365-2621.2001.tb15212.x|volume=66| issue=9|journal=Journal of Food Science|pages=1341–1347|year = 2001|last1 = Sham|first1 = P.W.Y.| last2=Scaman| first2=C.H.| last3=Durance| first3=T.D.}}</ref> <ref name="Traverso 2011 p. 84">{{cite book | last=Traverso | first=A. | title=The Apple Lover's Cookbook | publisher=W. W. Norton | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-393-06599-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NZjiAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 | access-date=May 7, 2015 | page=84}}</ref> <ref name="China National Knowledge Infrastructure 2000">{{cite web | title=Research and production of apple chips | website=China National Knowledge Infrastructure | date=February 2, 2000 | url=http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-SPKJ803.025.htm | access-date=May 7, 2015 | archive-date=May 18, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518070604/http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-SPKJ803.025.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="The College 1989">{{cite book | title=Agro-ecology News and Perspectives | publisher=The College | issue=v. 1–8 | year=1989 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OJ5LAAAAYAAJ&q=news,+mass+production+%22dried+apple+chips%22 | page=cix}}</ref> <ref name="Tuminelly 2012 p. 11">{{cite book | last=Tuminelly | first=N. | title=Let's Cook with Apples!: Delicious & Fun Apple Dishes Kids Can Make | publisher=ABDO Publishing Company | series=Super Simple Recipes Series | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-61480-108-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ftaV-zqXM8C&pg=PA11 | pages=11–12}}</ref> <ref name="Fercher Karrer Limbeck 2013 p. 243">{{cite book | last1=Fercher | first1=D. | last2=Karrer | first2=A. | last3=Limbeck | first3=K. | title=Austrian Desserts and Pastries: 108 Classic Recipes | publisher=Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-62873-134-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GwAkAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA243 | page=243}}</ref> <ref name="Iuzzini Finamore 2010 p. 146">{{cite book | last1=Iuzzini | first1=J. | last2=Finamore | first2=R. | title=Dessert FourPlay: Sweet Quartets from a Four-Star Pastry Chef | publisher=Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-307-88564-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=40O0kZZDsXkC&pg=PA146 | access-date=May 7, 2015 | page=146}}</ref> <ref name="Newsroom 2014">{{cite web|title=FOX 4 Healthy Habits: Cinnamon Apple Chips recipe | website=fox4 Kansas City | date=August 31, 2014 |url=http://fox4kc.com/2014/08/31/fox-4-healthy-habits-cinnamon-apple-chips-recipe/ | access-date=May 7, 2015}}</ref> <ref name="Regier Schubert Knoerzer 2005 p. 81">{{cite book | last1=Regier | first1=M. | last2=Schubert | first2=H. | last3=Knoerzer | first3=K. | title=The Microwave Processing of Foods | publisher=Elsevier Science | series=Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition | year=2005 | isbn=978-1-84569-021-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4rCjAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 | page=81}}</ref> <ref name="Sun 2014 p. 433">{{cite book | last=Sun | first=D.W. | title=Emerging Technologies for Food Processing | publisher=Elsevier Science | series=Food Science and Technology | year=2014 | isbn=978-0-12-410481-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mgJ0AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA433 | access-date=May 7, 2015 | pages=433–434}}</ref> <ref name="Ginsberg 2012 p. 80">{{cite book | last=Ginsberg | first=A. | title=The Daily Cookie: 365 Tempting Treats for the Sweetest Year of Your Life | publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-4494-2351-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oylIdQn9DUQC&pg=PA80 | page=80}}</ref> <ref name="Reichl Willoughby Stewart 2006 p. 76">{{cite book | last1=Reichl | first1=R. | last2=Willoughby | first2=J. | last3=Stewart | first3=Z.E. | title=The Gourmet Cookbook: More Than 1000 Recipes | publisher=Houghton Mifflin | year=2006 | isbn=978-0-618-80692-8 | url=https://archive.org/details/gourmetcookbookm00ruth | url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/gourmetcookbookm00ruth/page/76 76]}}</ref> <ref name="TheGrocer.co.uk 2013">{{cite web | title=Tyrrells launches apple crisps in Sainsbury's | website=The Grocer | date=September 22, 2013 | url=http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/tyrrells-launches-apple-crisps-in-sainsburys/349645.article | access-date=May 7, 2015}}</ref> <ref name="Wong 2013">{{cite web | last=Wong | first=Venessa | title=Alternative chips doing a crisp business | website=SFGate | date=July 20, 2013 | url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Alternative-chips-doing-a-crisp-business-4677038.php | access-date=May 7, 2015}}</ref> </references>
==Further reading== * {{cite journal | last1=Konopacka | first1=D. | last2=Plocharski | first2=W. J. | title=Effect of raw material storage time on the quality of apple chips | journal=Drying Technology | volume=19 | issue=3–4 | year=2001 | pages=559–570 | doi=10.1081/drt-100103934 | s2cid=95103460 }}
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