This recipe’s appeal is that it may be modified to suit your preferences. I’m a cook who likes to “throw it in and see how it turns out,” so feel free to modify the recipe to your liking. Fresh fruit doesn’t stay well in the refrigerator, so it’s best to use this recipe right away. Place the tortilla triangles in a single layer on a baking sheet that has been lightly oiled if you desire baked cinnamon chips. Spray with cooking spray, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, and bake for 5 to 10 minutes in a 350°F (175°C) oven. Keep a tight eye on them to prevent burning!
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Additional Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 32 |
| Yield: | 32 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 Fuji apple – peeled, cored and diced
- 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
- 2 kiwis, peeled and sliced
- 2 bananas, peeled and sliced
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup oil for frying
- 6 (10 inch) flour tortillas
- 3 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, mix together Fuji apple, strawberries, kiwis, bananas, lime juice, white sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cover and chill in the refrigerator approximately 20 minutes.
- Heat oil in a medium heavy saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Slice flour tortillas into triangles. Carefully place tortilla triangles into the hot oil and fry until golden brown, 2 to 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels.
- Place white sugar and cinnamon in a large ziplock plastic bag. Drop fried tortilla triangles into the bag and shake to coat.
- Serve the cinnamon chips warm with the chilled fruit salsa.
- We have determined the nutritional value of oil for frying based on a retention value of 10% after cooking. The exact amount may vary depending on cook time and temperature, ingredient density, and the specific type of oil used.
Reviews
We love this recipe and have been eating more fruit than ever. We have also added peaches. The chips are good too but we bake them or just have the fruit or the stove top granola recipe we found on this site. That’s also great. Thanks for sharing
I usually don’t rate recipes that have a lot of reviews already but I had to rate this one! It is definitely a 5 star recipe! So easy and takes really no time at all to make! I absolutely LOVE these chips with the fruit salsa! So good! The only thing I did differently was to bake the chips (sprayed with Pam, sprinkled with sugar/cinnamon mixture and spray once more with Pam) at 350 degrees for 13 minutes. Baking is just a personal choice as I’m sure they are great fried too! Thanks so much for the recipe!
Since the person who submitted this recipe said they are a dump and pour kind of cook, I did the dump and pour type of thing with this, and it was AMAZING!!! What I used: strawberries, 2 kiwi, canned peaches (drained), canned pears (drained), blueberries quartered, 1 gala apple, 1 banana What I did: I cut up the apple and banana last then mixed it in a separate bowl and added some fresh squeezed lime into the bowl. I mixed that around to coat the banana and apple, then I dumped it all into the bowl with the rest of the fruit. We ended up using just over 2 T. of sugar, and we just sprinkled a little cinnamon into it. Honestly, we probably could’ve just left the cinnamon out of the fruit, and it wouldn’t have changed the taste at all. Instead of taking time make the cinnamon & sugar tortillas, we got some cinnamon & sugar pita chips and some cinnamon graham crackers from the store. It was just as delicious the second day as it was the first day, and none of the fruit at turned brown. We will be making this again for sure. We didn’t eat it, we INHALED it! 🙂 We shared this with people who are diabetic and/or have other health issues where they can’t eat seeds, but with everything cut up small they could eat a little bit without going overboard quickly (ie. better portion control), and it is delicious even without anything to dip it with.
It was delicious. I brought it to a party and everyone loved it. The only thing I would do differently was to cook the chips longer so they would be crispier.
I didn’t try the salsa but I made the chips. I cut the tortillas with a flower cookie cutter and put the cinnamon sugar mixture in a ziplock bag and then threw the spray butter coated tortilas in the bag and shook. I then baked for 5 minutes, flipped them and baked for another 5 minutes. I didn’t fry. If you do not flip the chips get a bit burnt and sticky at the bottom. I added a pinch of salt to the mixture so it wouldn’t be sooooo sweet like it is if you choose not to add this ingredient. These were pretty good. The texture wasn’t exactly like a chip but over all good.
Great healthy dessert or snack item
Dont over bake tortillas. Spray tortillas with better, sprinkle generously with cinnamon and sugar. Bake on cookie sheet for 8-10 min (take them out before browning starts). Sprinkle with extra sugar after removing from oven.
I was invited to my boss’ house for a dinner party and asked to bring a healthy appetizer or dessert. After scouring the internet, I chose to make this fruit salsa, and am I ever glad I did. It was a huge hit!! I have gotten so many compliments and requests for the recipe! I left out the bananas and added blueberries and pineapple, and it was so yummy! I baked the chips and they came out great. I knew I had a winner when my 17 year old son gave it a taste test before we left the house and informed me that I needed to make some for home! Will definitely be making this again!
Replaced bananas with a fresh diced peach and baked the tortilla chips rather than fried. It was a big hit. I will make it again!
Made it many times sometime switching the fruit a bit but this is wonderful!
it would be better blending it just so its chunky like a salsa the best
This hit the spot! Easy to make, very kid friendly to make also. A few minor changes, just because of what we had on hand, Didn’t have kiwi, so replaced with pineapple (happened to have some fresh from the night before) Although we DID NOT fry the tortilla , we simply spread out the cut tortilla on a wired cooling rack, set the wired rack in a jello roll pan to catch any droppings of cinnamon sugar, sprayed one side with butter flavored Pam, sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, then flipped them all and repeated on the back side. Popped them in a warm oven (350) for about 8-10 minutes (I could smell the cinnamon sugar, so that was my cue to pull them out). They disappeared in mere minutes! I had served black bean soup and salsa for supper (recipe from AR), this was a nice compliment to the meal. WILL be making these again.
Wonderful as-is and modified. Instead of using chips, try jicama cut into chip-like pieces. Or substitute the apples for a different fruit in the salsa and thinly slice the apple to use as chips.
It was a hit at my gathering! Someone suggested using local honey instead of white sugar and I just might as I plan to make this again. 🙂 So pretty and perfect for a party.
Loved it! Trying to do something a little different with a fruit salad and it turned out wonderful. Used recipes as is.
Wow! This needs to come with a warning: Highly Addictive! This was a beautiful combination of colors and flavors. And no matter what assortment of fresh fruit you use it’s bound to be good so use your favorites and use the recipe as a guide. I added chopped peaches to mine I baked the chips vs. frying to keep this a little healthier and lower in fat. So, for the cinnamon chips I used reduced fat tortillas and cut them with a pizza cutter which made things a lot easier. I sprayed them with butter flavored Pam and sprinkled them with the cinnamon sugar. I baked them at 350 for 8 minutes flipped them and baked them for another 7 minutes. They were crispy, sweet and delicious – next time I would double the amount because they went fast. This got a lot of compliments not only for taste, but for creativity. I’ll definitely make this again – great recipe!
I am always looking for healthy food and snack recipes for my family and this recipe with only the slightest bit of change made my family VERY HAPPY!!! I used 1 tablespoon of Splenda instead of the sugar in the salsa and brushed my whole wheat tortillas with applesauce instead of butter before baking them in a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes. Thank you so much for the recipe!!!
Made this with low cholestrol flour tortillas. I did use the plate in the sink to spray each tortilla and sprinkle the cinnamon and sugar on both sides. I stacked them up in a pile and cut wedges using a pizza cutter. I used pizza pans with holes in them and they really baked well. For the fruit, I used no sugar. Fruits: mango, strawberries, granny smith apple, and fuji apple, fresh pineapple, blueberries, kiwi, and 2 peaches. This was a 5 star hit at a summer social…healthy and low calories. Everyone went to their “smartphones and found the recipe!”
i loved these chips, but i didn’t make the salsa. instead of frying the chips, i sprinkled the chips with cinnamon and sugar and baked them in the oven on 375 degrees farenheit for 4 1/2 minutes. very good!
I’ve never made this the same way twice but it is always a hit. My 4 year old and I do this recipe together…lots of fun! I probably use more sugar that I toss on the strawberries. I use 2+ apple varieties like granny smith and gala; I also usually leave out the bananas because they go bad too fast. Without them the dish is GREAT overnight & leftovers a few days later! I cut my apples first and coat them with lime juice so they don’t brown (Key Lime juice is nice too)–then I add everything else. I’ve also used Pumpkin Spice for a more “fall” flavor and sometimes toss in some grape jelly to make it thicker. For the tortillas I have ALWAYS gone the oven route with butter flavored cooking spray and a generous coating of cinnamon and sugar. After doing this about a dozen times here’s my cutting guide: Cut 4 tortillas at a time (stacked) using a sharp pizza cutter. Cut vertically in to 4 strips (cut in half, then half the 2 halves for 4 even strips), then cut horizontally the same way for a total of 16 even piles of “squares”…actually it will be 12 squares and 4 corners because the tortillas are round. Remove the corners from your cutting board and cut each set of squares diagonally. For every tortilla you’ll get 28 triangular chips with no waste. You can transfer them to the cookie sheet in nice tight rows with very little wasted space so you can spray, sugar and bake a lot at a time and not waste too much. I can fit 6+ tortillas (168+ chips) on one cookie sheet.
I made this yesterday as an appitizer for the 4 th of July. I did change the fruit up a bit I used Watermelon, cantalope, Honeydew melon, Strawberries, bananas, Kiwis, and pinapple!! It’s so good alone and yet even better with the chips. I made the chips as directed but I think I will try baking them next time!