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    Home » Snacks

    Crunchy Homemade Bagel Chips

    5 from 10 votes
    Published by Rebecca Eisenberg ⁠— July 11, 2023 — 18 Comments

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    easy homemade bagel chips

    Are you ready to discover the joy of making your own crispy and flavorful homemade bagel chips? Heck yes you are! This is a super simple snack recipe that is a great way to use up leftover bagels.

    Transform your favorite day-old bagels into a fun snack with a simple slice and bake method. This homemade bagel chip recipe uses just three ingredients and is so easy to customize with your favorite seasonings for a personalized touch.

    a bowl of bagel chips with a small bowl of salt nearby.

    The method here will be familiar to those of you who have made my homemade focaccia croutons or some of my other easy snack recipes like the spicy goldfish crackers and oven Chex mix.

    The main difference is that bagel chips are baked at a higher temperature — it's a faster recipe and we get a nice bit of browning!

    I usually make these bagel chips when I have day-old or slightly stale plain homemade bagels or my overnight New York-style bagels around and no room in the freezer to store them. But they're also so good made with lots of different bagel flavors like blueberry bagels, everything bagels (with the everything bagel seasoning in the dough), and pumpkin spice bagels!

    5-STAR READER REVIEW

    “Delish!!! We somehow amassed 4 bags of bagels in the freezer from the holidays that didn’t get eaten so this is a great way to make use of them as the need arises. To go with the chips I made a soft cream cheese spread/dip with everything bagel seasoning. I served during a last minute cocktail hour with some other small bites. The bagel chips were a huge hit. I was asked several times “what brand” the bagel chips were!”

    —Tracie
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    Ingredient Notes

    Here are the ingredients that you'll need to make these homemade bagel chips! See recipe card for quantities.

    the ingredients for bagel chips measured and labeled.
    • Bagels - Your favorite bagels. You'll have the best success with bagels that don't have any chunky inclusions (e.g. raisin bagels) as they're harder to slice thin by hand, but pretty much any of my unique bagel recipes can be turned into bagel chips. Day old bagels work best, as they're already slightly dried out. That said, I've done this with fresh baked bagels too; they sometimes just need a few more minutes in the oven before they're crisp!
    • Olive Oil - This helps the bagels toast without burning and helps the salt or any other seasonings stick. You could use other types of oils or even melted butter but I've found olive oil gives the bagel chips the best flavor.
    • Salt - I use Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt which half as salty as other brands. If measuring by weight, it doesn't matter what brand of salt you use. But if you're measuring by volume and using a different brand of salt, even a different brand of kosher salt, cut the amount of salt in half.

    Other Optional Bagel Chip Seasonings: Cinnamon sugar, DIY chex mix seasoning, pantry pesto, Italian seasoning, Old Bay, paprika, everything bagel seasoning (pulsed in a spice grinder to turn it into a powder), garlic salt, cayenne, crushed red pepper flakes, etc. You can definitely get creative here!

    Instructions

    Making homemade bagel chips is honestly so easy you hardly need a recipe at all. You're basically just slicing your favorite bagels super thin and toasting them until they're crispy and dry.

    You'll need to use a SHARP, SERRATED BREAD KNIFE for the slicing. If your knife isn't sharp and doesn't have a serrated edge, you will have a no good, terrible, really bad time trying to slice your bagel chips.

    To avoid shredding the bagels as you slice them, let the teeth of the bread knife do the work for you.

    Saw back and forth applying little-to-no downward pressure. You don't want to collapse the bagels or you'll get uneven slices. Saw back and forth and let the sharp teeth do the cutting work for you.

    a bagel on a wooden cutting board. half the bagel has been cut into thin round slices with a serrated knife.

    Cut the bagels in half so you have two C-shaped pieces. Then slice each half into ⅛" thick rounds.

    Each slice will be thinner on one side than the other because that's just how bagels are shaped.

    a long straight bagel stick cut into thin rounds on a bias to create oval slices.

    If you're using a homemade bagel recipe for your bagel chips, I recommend baking off a few bagel sticks about 9" long. They're much easier to slice!

    Slice on a diagonal so you get more surface area for each bagel chip.

    More surface area = more room for olive oil and salt and toasty delicious Maillard reaction browning in the oven!

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    Arrange the soon-to-be bagel chips in a single layer on a sheet pan. I tried doing this in a bowl and tossing them all with a glug of olive oil like I do when making homemade focaccia croutons, but it was hard to get an even distribution of olive oil on the bagels with that method.

    Then use a pastry brush to dab each thinly sliced bagel chip with a bit of olive oil.

    Don't have a pastry brush? A folded paper towel or a squeeze bottle will also work.

    You could also use an olive oil spray instead. I just don't usually have one of those in my kitchen so using regular olive oil is more practical for me.

    brushing olive oil over the bagel slices arranged in an even layer of rows on a sheet pan.

    You really don't need much per bagel chip, just a few drops will do.

    sprinkling the olive oil brushed bagel chips with salt.

    Sprinkle the bagel chips with salt and any other seasonings you like.

    Toast the bagel chips in a 350°F oven for 15-20 minutes, stirring or shaking the pan every 5-7 minutes to avoid hot spots.

    lightly browned and toasted bagel chips on a sheet pan after coming out of the oven.

    If any chips are getting particularly dark quicker than the others you can use a pair of tongs to remove them early while the rest of the bagel chips keep baking.

    That's it! Remove the bagel chips from the oven and let them cool completely on the sheet pan, then transfer to an airtight container to store for all your bagel chip snacking needs!

    a bowl of bagel chips.

    Storage Notes

    Homemade bagel chips can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 weeks.

    As long as the bagel chips were fully dried in the oven and fully cooled before you stored them, they will stay good.

    Moisture = mold developing, so make sure they're cool and completely dried throughout before putting them in an airtight container. And if you see mold, throw them out!

    close up of bagel chips in a bowl.

    Practical Tips and Recipe Notes

    • A full batch of homemade bagel chips will need a regular sized oven, a half batch can usually be baked in a toaster oven.
    • When testing to see if the bagel chips are fully dry, look for the thickest chips on the sheet pan — if the thickest ones are dried throughout (they snap neatly and don't have any chewy texture when you bite them) then it's safe to assume the thinner ones are fully dried too!
    • You can absolutely use pretty much any flavor of bagel to make homemade bagel chips. If the bagels you're using have a cheesy top (like my tomato basil pepperoni bagels or jalapeno-cheddar bagels) you'll want to try to remove the cheese and peppers or pepperoni from the top before you slice them, if you can. If you're baking flavored bagels from scratch to turn into bagel chips, just bake them without the cheesy toppings so you get the flavored bagel without the added moisture from the toppings.
    • Homemade bagel chips are so good on their own but also great as a snack dipped in cream cheese or homemade goat cheese, creamy hummus, spinach and artichoke dip, easy guacamole, and more!

    📖 Recipe

    a bowl of bagel chips with a small bowl of salt nearby.

    Homemade Bagel Chips

    Rebecca Eisenberg
    Crispy, crunchy and salty, these homemade bagel chips are the ultimate snack time winner! Simply slice, bake, and savor every crunchy bite!
    5 from 10 votes
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    Prep Time 15 minutes mins
    Cook Time 20 minutes mins
    Total Time 35 minutes mins
    Course Snack
    Cuisine American
    Servings 3 cups

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 bagels (about 4 cups thinly sliced)
    • ⅛ cup olive oil
    • 1 teaspoon salt (no need to measure precisely!)
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    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 350°F.
    • Slice bagels into rounds ⅛" or thinner. Arrange on a sheet pan in an even layer.
    • Use a pastry brush to lightly brush or dab the top of each bagel slice with olive oil. Don't worry about perfect coverage, just a few dabs of oil per slice is fine.
    • Sprinkle the bagel chips with salt and any other seasonings you like.
    • Bake for 15-20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes until the chips are toasted and crisp. Thinner chips will crisp up faster — remove any chips from the pan early if they are fully browned to avoid burning while the remaining chips bake.
    • Let cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to a month.

    RECIPE NOTES

    • If you don't have olive oil or a pastry brush, you can also dab them with olive oil on a paper towel, droplets from the tines of a fork, a squeeze bottle, or even use an olive oil spray to do a light coating on the bagel chips and help the salt stick.

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    1. Sarah

      February 04, 2024 at 12:37 pm

      Trying these today with some homemade bagels that I over cooked. Thanks for the recipe!

      Reply
      • Rebecca Eisenberg

        February 04, 2024 at 7:25 pm

        That’s the perfect time to use this recipe! Enjoy the bagel chips!

        Reply
    2. Bobby J

      March 21, 2024 at 7:00 pm

      Do you coat both sides?

      Reply
      • Rebecca Eisenberg

        March 21, 2024 at 7:10 pm

        I don’t, no!

        Reply
    3. Emy

      May 31, 2024 at 3:38 pm

      5 stars
      Thank you so much !!
      So easy & so yummy 😋

      Reply
    4. Nancy

      August 15, 2024 at 7:23 pm

      5 stars
      Thank you for your recipe. I haven’t tried it yet. I’m looking for something that will give me a very light texture. I don’t care for the typical thick, hard and crunchy bagel chips (or kettle style chips, for that matter.) Does this recipe fit the bill?

      Do you also have a recipe that makes lightly crispy style croutons, as well? Whenever I’m at a restaurant and the salad contains those kinds of croutons, I want to run back into the kitchen and ask the chef how they make them (or where they buy them.)

      Thank you, Nancy

      Reply
      • Rebecca Eisenberg

        August 16, 2024 at 10:12 am

        The texture of your bagel chips will depend on the type of bagel you use and how thin you slice them! And yes, I do have a focaccia crouton recipe!

        Reply
    5. Georgianne

      October 04, 2024 at 3:32 pm

      5 stars
      I keep them in a glass jar with the latch seal…but my husband noticed they get harder the longer they sit. Can I do anything to change that? Or soften up again?
      I am trying to keep these around for his snacks.

      Reply
      • Rebecca Eisenberg

        October 07, 2024 at 10:50 am

        They're supposed to be crunchy and hard... not sure what softer texture he's looking for? Can you explain?

        Reply
        • Georgianne

          October 08, 2024 at 8:07 am

          5 stars
          He knows they are supposed to be crunchy…they just seemed to get even harder the longer we had them in our glass jar. I like them and to be honest he is a bit picky. I also put the olive oil on both sides..I didn’t know about one side until I read the comments..maybe that had something to do with it..although I doubt it. I will try to cut in bigger pieces and see if that works for him. Thank you for your quick response and recipe. Have a great day.

          Reply
    6. Valorie

      December 30, 2024 at 5:24 pm

      5 stars
      Rebecca, These are absolutely wonderful! Flavorful, light and crispy. I won’t bother with store bought bagel chips after making your recipe. My question is if they can be frozen for a short period without compromising the flavor and texture. Thank you!

      Reply
      • Rebecca Eisenberg

        December 30, 2024 at 6:10 pm

        Oh I’m so glad you liked them!! I haven’t tested freezing them but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work — they’re completely dry so there shouldn’t be any moisture in them. If they seem a little damp when you defrost them, just pop them back in the oven for a bit and they should revive just fine. Enjoy!

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    7. Tracie

      February 25, 2025 at 9:12 am

      5 stars
      Delish!!! We somehow amassed 4 bags of bagels in the freezer from the holidays that didn’t get eaten so this is a great way to make use of them as the need arises.
      To go with the chips I made a soft cream cheese spread/dip with everything bagel seasoning. I served during a last minute cocktail hour with some other small bites. The bagel chips were a huge hit. I was asked several times “what brand” the bagel chips were! These are great, definitely making again thank you for sharing this recipe.

      Reply
    8. James F.

      May 04, 2025 at 7:30 pm

      5 stars
      Hi Rebecca,

      I have been trying to find a recipe on my favorite cracker for cheese and it is Old London's Melba Toast. There is no store in CT that sells it near me. I think I can buy in bulk from Amazon. I see what you are doing with this recipe, but the melba toast is maybe lighter than what you have going on. So imagine if speading goat cheese on melba toast and it could fracture. But your recipe ends up with a bagel chip with alot more structure to it. So the melba toast is what I am looking for ( a recipe ). We do have a proudct around here called NY bagel crisps I think, but it is way to crunchy.

      Your thoughts on this?
      Thanks,
      Jim F.

      Reply
      • Rebecca Eisenberg

        May 22, 2025 at 4:23 pm

        Unfortunately I'm not familiar with those crackers so can't say how to make them! I suspect if you find the right bread, this method should work but I can't say for sure. Good luck!

        Reply
    9. Yoke

      May 16, 2025 at 10:50 am

      5 stars
      Made these as directed with a slight twist on the seasoning; flaked sea salt, everything bagel seasoning and a light dusting of ground red pepper.
      Wife made homemade buffalo chicken dip and the crowd went wild 🤪

      Reply
    10. Jeffrey Seul

      May 26, 2025 at 5:02 pm

      5 stars
      just tried today with a sweet bit - cinnamon, brown sugar, white sugar (and probably other spices leftover from a "rib rub" - subbed in 1 T melted unsalted butter for each bagel added to the recipe (I had 3 bagels, 3 T butter)

      add chips to a bag, pour in the butter, shake around, add in the sugar/cinn mix - repeat, cook at 350 same time

      Enjoy!

      Reply
      • Rebecca Eisenberg

        May 26, 2025 at 9:17 pm

        Yum!

        Reply

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