Why settle for boring, store-bought tortilla chips for your parties when you can make your own fun shapes? All you need is tortillas and cookie cutters to quickly make custom chips that match your party theme or the holiday.

Step 1: Cut shapes out of tortillas

Get some regular tortillas and simply use a cookie cutter to cut them into shapes. Make sure you use metal cookie cutters, because plastic ones aren't strong enough to get through the tortillas. For extra pizzazz, choose flavored tortillas that have fun colors.

Step 2: Season the tortillas

This is an optional step, but for extra flavor, I like to mist the cut tortillas with a little oil or water and then sprinkle them with salt or other seasonings.

Step 3: Bake the tortillas until crispy

Bake your cut tortillas on an ungreased cookie sheet at 375 degrees F for about 7 minutes or until crisp. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an air-tight container.

Ideas for serving custom shaped tortilla chips

The sky's the limit with custom shaped tortilla chips! If you've got the right cookie cutter then you can easily make chips to suit your event.

Ghost-shaped tortilla chips and dip for Halloween

For Halloween, use a ghost-shaped cookie cutter and white tortillas and serve it alongside this black bean dip. 

Leaf-shaped tortilla chips for fall

For parties during the fall season, I like to use a simple leaf cookie cutter to create chips to go with my dips. Colorful flavored tortillas work great here in brown, green, and orange.

Tree-shaped tortilla chips for Christmas

At Christmas time, I like to use a Christmas tree cookie cutter to create little tree-shaped chips from green spinach-flavored tortillas. They pair great with a nice seasonal cranberry salsa.

Custom Shaped Tortilla Chips

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Level up your party food with tortilla chips in custom shapes that match the season or theme.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 7 minutes

Total Time 17 minutes

Ingredients

• Flour tortillas in any flavor
• Oil or water, for spritzing
• Salt or seasonings, for sprinkling

Instructions

1. Use a metal cookie cutter to cut shapes out of flour tortillas
2. Place the shapes on a cookie sheet. Spritz with water or vegetable oil, then sprinkle on salt or other desired seasonings.
3. Bake at 375 F for 5-7 minutes until crisp
4. Serve with you favorite dip or salsa

Notes

Do not use plastic cookie cutters because they won't cut through the tortillas very well.