Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Chips are an easy sweet treat! Flour tortillas coated in butter and cinnamon sugar, and baked until golden and crispy.
My Cinnamon Tortilla Chips are the perfect sweet treat for scooping up fresh Fruit Salsa. Together they make the best Appetizer Recipe for summer cookouts, Mexican Dinner nights, and more.
Sabrina’s Cinnamon Sugar Tortila Chips Recipe
Cinnamon Tortilla Chips are the best dessert for your next Taco Tuesday night. You’ll already have tortillas on hand for tacos so all you’ll need is the sugary topping. With just 4 simple ingredients and about 10 minutes in the oven, this is one of the easiest desserts you’ll ever make. These sweet treats are perfect for simple appetizers, after school snacks, or late night munchies!
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 8 flour tortillas , (10 inch)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper and top with wire cooling racks.
- Microwave butter in a large bowl (with lid) for 1-2 minutes, or until completely melted.
- Cut the flour tortillas into 12 wedges each.
- Add the tortilla wedges to the bowl of melted butter.
- Place lid firmly on the bowl and shake vigorously until the tortillas are evenly coated.
- In a small bowl combine the cinnamon and sugar. Toss the mixture over the buttered tortillas.
- Place the lid back on the bowl and shake well. Separate any tortillas stuck together and re-shake to ensure they are all coated well.
- Arrange the tortillas over the cooling racks and bake for 8-10 minutes, until golden brown. Some chips may still seem soft, but will get crispy as they cool.
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About this Recipe
The prep for these dessert chips takes just a few minutes. Easily cut the flour tortillas with a a pizza cutter or stack them and use a really sharp chef’s knife. When you are tossing the tortilla wedges in the melted butter and cinnamon sugar, use a bowl that has a fitted lid.
Keep a cinnamon sugar mixture on hand for whenever you get a craving for these easy chips. Sugary topping can be kept at room temperature for years, yes years! Ground cinnamon releases oils that plastic absorbs so store cinnamon sugar in a glass or ceramic airtight container.
How to Make
Time needed: 15 minutes
- Prep time:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Add wire cooling racks on top.
- Coat with butter:
Melt butter in the microwave, and slice the tortillas into 12 wedges. Add the tortilla pieces to the melted butter, place the lid on top, and toss to coat.
- Add cinnamon sugar:
Combine the cinnamon sugar, and add it to the buttered tortillas. Shake to coat well.
- Bake:
Arrange the tortillas over the cooling rack and bake for 8-10 minutes until golden and crispy.
Can this be made ahead of time?
Yes. Make a large batch of Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Chips to freeze for later. Eat them directly from the freezer or bring to room temperature on the counter. Lightly spray with cooking spray and pop in the oven for about 2-3 minutes to make them crispy and crunchy again.
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How to Serve
You can serve these sugary sweet chips with all your dessert dips (try them with Funfetti Dip!), as an ice cream topping, with a holiday dessert salad, or just eat them on their own. They are so easy to make that you can bake a huge batch of chips for a sharable party dessert like Cinnamon Tortilla Chip Dessert Nachos (below).
Dessert Nachos
Spread out baked chips on a large platter in a single, slightly overlapping layer. Soften Vanilla Ice Cream so it won’t break the chips. Cover with small scoops of ice cream, chopped fruit and berries (or Strawberry Topping) and drizzle with a warm chocolate sauce. Finish with whipped cream and enjoy!
How to Store
- Serve: You can store the chips at room temperature for up to 2 days in an airtight container.
- Store: Keep the chips in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Then, reheat in the oven with a bit of cooking spray to make crispy again.
- Freeze: You can also freeze these for up to 3 months in an airtight container or freezer safe bag. Allow to cool completely before freezing. Let them thaw and reheat them in the oven to make them crispy.
Variations
- Pumpkin Spice: Use Pumpkin Pie Spice instead of ground cinnamon for your sugar mixture for Pumpkin Spice Tortilla Chips in the fall!
- Chocolate: Add some cocoa powder or hot chocolate mix to your cinnamon mixture for sweet chocolate topping.
- Vegan: Easily make these vegan! Brush them with olive oil, use cooking spray, or use your favorite vegan butter.
- Tortillas: You can use corn tortillas, wheat tortillas, or even pita bread instead of flour tortillas.
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This recipe was meant for me to find it. My husband and I have been looking for something that is not to overbearing for a snack at night. We wanted crunchy and sugar. I used Splenda because my husband is a diabetic. Perfect snack. Yummy!
Made this last night. Yummy!
OH WOW! OH WOW!
These were good but mine definitely didn’t look like yours!!
My cinnamon clumped in sections because everything got wet from the butter. Many stuck leaving the other side plain so I scraped the clumps and spread on those areas.
My next batch I’ll dip the butter but shake the cinnamon sugar using a shaker, turn over and shake over the other side. Then I think they’ll look like yours and no clumps!
They were very crunchy too, surprised me!
So yummy I even make my own flour tortillas for this!
Made with mashed bananas as a dip and we loved them!
Turned out excellent! Nice and crispy, beautiful chips! Thank you!
That’s amazing to hear, Nicole. Thanks for the 5 stars.
Hmmm… so what did I do wrong? I followed the recipe and, while the taste is fabulous, mine turned out chewy like leather and not crisp at all. It’s such a simple recipe, I can’t imagine how I managed to mess it up.
Sounds like the oil might not have been hot enough. Make sure not to overcrowd the pan to avoid the temperature taking a dip. Glad they still tasted great!
What oil?
No oil, just butter 🙂
every oven is different so i wouldn’t go by the time its giving you just bake them for about 2 to 4 minutes
These are great with cream cheese and you can use mixed spice (if in UK) if you haven’t got cinnamon or pumpkin spice.
Great suggestion, Cat.
Learned how to make these in a cooking club at school and forgot the temp and how long to cook. This article gave many great suggestions on what else to pair these with other than some delicious fruit salsa. Thank you so much.
You’re welcome!
Woot woot the sweet that usually is always salty, I love this idea! Serving them with fruit salad is perfect too. Cinnamon yum and so easy, thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome! Thanks for the 5 star rating.
Yummmmmmo!! I am making these immediately!!
Enjoy!
Wow, what a amazing idea! Can’t wait to try this!
Thanks, Whitney.
My husband LOVES these. We serve them with vanilla ice cream and a little salted caramel sauce!
Yay!! Glad it was a hit, Kari.
These bake up perfectly every time! The kids love them!
Thanks for coming back to let me know how much you all enjoyed them, Suzy. I appreciate the 5 stars.