These 2-Ingredient Cheese Pickle Chips are Going to Change Your Keto World
If you’re a fan of pickles, these keto cheese pickle chips are definitely for you!
Keto snacking is so easy thanks to simple 2-ingredient recipes like this!
One of the main arguments against keto is that it’s too restrictive and difficult to maintain long-term. Hello!? Have you browsed all of our keto recipes? How can you ever get bored with the keto diet when you have hundreds of recipes and foods to choose from?
These cheese pickle chips are a great way to add some variety to your keto diet in the simplest form. And how could anyone say no to a good simple snack? 🙋♀️
Easy keto cheese chips are the best keto snacks.
Let me tell you, it doesn’t get any easier than melting together shredded cheese and pickles! This is one of those recipes where I think, “How did I not come up with this myself?” We found this recipe for cheese pickle chips by Aly McDaniel on Instagram and knew we had to do a post to share.
Cheese Pickle Chips
yield: 12 SERVINGS
prep time: 5 MINUTES
cook time: 18 MINUTES
total time: 23 MINUTES
Pickle slices baked into cheese... need I say more?
Ingredients
- 3 cups of shredded cheese of choice
- 12 -24 dill pickle slices
- olive oil or avocado oil spray
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray the muffin pan with olive or avocado oil.
2
Place 2 tablespoons of shredded cheese in the bottom of each muffin tin. Top with 1 to 2 slices of dill pickles. Cover the pickle or pickles with 2 tablespoons of shredded cheese. For thinner "chips", use 1 tbsp shredded cheese per side.
3
Bake for 16 to 18 minutes until the cheese starts to brown around the edges. If you decide to make thinner "chips", just keep in mind that the bake time will be less.
4
Serve warm and enjoy with our ranch dip!
Nutrition Information
Yield: 12 chips, Serving Size: 1 chip
Amount Per Serving:
111 Calories | 9g Fat | 1.3g Total Carbs | 0.1g Fiber | 0.1g Sugar | 7.1g Protein | 1.1g Net Carbs
Tips for making the best keto cheese pickle chips:
- Use any kind of cheese you’d like. I used cheddar and Colby Jack. Pepperjack, mozzarella, Swiss, or a sharp white cheddar would all be amazing, too! I shredded my cheese by hand as I think it melts better this way.
- Make sure you get dill pickles and check the label for any added sugar. Companies get sneaky with those hidden carbs.
- I used 2 tablespoons of cheese below and on top of the pickles. If you want a thinner chip, use 1 tablespoon for each layer instead. The cooking time will be shorter if you use less cheese.
- You can add 1 or 2 pickles to these chips. I use one pickle per chip and it had plenty of pickle taste. I thought about patting the pickles dry before adding them to the muffin tin, but I think that would have taken away from the pickle flavor. You get a little bit of dill pickle juice this way!
- If you notice a lot of oil from the cheese, pat it out with a paper towel about 5 minutes before the chips are done.
- The longer you bake the chips, the crispier they will get.
Keto cheese pickle chips are so crave-worthy. 🧀 🥒
Believe me when I say it was hard to stop eating these cheese pickle chips. You can easily double or triple the recipe to take them to a party too! I liked them cold and dipped in ranch. So, so good!
Looking for more easy snack ideas? Check out our easy pizza roll-ups!
Iโve made these before and dipped them in ranch they were absolute ๐ฅ
YUM! Thanks for letting us know how you enjoyed them, Audrey! ๐๐
I used great value cheese it was so greasy. Need to use a good melting cheese.
Oh darn! Thanks for the heads up on how that cheese worked for you, Cindy.โค๏ธ Hoping you enjoy it more with a different brand of cheese. ๐๐
Mine didn’t seem to get as crispy as yours looked but they still tasted great! I used Tillamook cheddar jack cheese.
SO glad you enjoyed them, Natasha! ๐๐ You could bake them a bit longer next time if you’d like them crispier. Let us know how that works for you! โค๏ธ
Every time I try to make these pickle chips in the oven I always end up destroying a pan. I donโt get any pickle chips just hard concrete cheese. The cheese sticks to the pan so badly Even using cooking spray. I end up having to throw a pan away and still not get to have pickle chips. I donโt know what Iโm doing wrong. I follow directions in the recipes. Be on a cookie sheet or a muffin tan, but they never turn out.
SO sorry for the issues with these, Caril. I wonder if it may be the type of cheese you are using? You could also try cooking for less time or at a lower temperature. A similar version of these can be made in a mini waffle maker if that might work better for you too! โค๏ธ๐ค https://hip2keto.com/recipes/keto-cheese-waffles/ Hoping these suggestions are helpful! ๐
OH GOODNESS! Thought this would be a great lil’ snack as we weren’t hungry enough for dinner! Used spiced pickle slices ! WOW! More than satisfying! Following. We are a bit scared to adapt keto fully. Afraid if we do something wrong, it’s a disaster with weight and cardiac issues…๐
Yum! Great idea to substitute spiced pickle slices in this recipe, Skeeter! ๐ Thanks for letting us know this was a hit!