For your snack attacking pleasure – homemade cinnamon sugar pita chips. Crunchy, sweet, and perfectly spiced, these chips will be a favorite!
Guys has it been a week or WHAT. And it’s not even over yet! Being an accountant, the couple of days after month end are usually an adventure, and usually not the fun kind of adventure. I think no less than ten times this week I’ve wished I could clone myself so I could be working on three things at once. And after a long work day, was I really going to come home and jump right into washing the dishes and other house chores?? Forgetttaboutit!
What gets me through weeks like this are snacks. Lots of snacks! In fact I noticed today little granola pieces have found their way into far corners of my desk and a few stepped on Cheerios have ground themselves into the carpet. Whoooops! Knowing I had a week ahead of me, I whipped up one of my favorite snacks as a little incentive to keep chugging along – homemade cinnamon sugar pita chips.
Come to mama!
I must be on a four ingredient kick this week (see also this blueberry chia seed jam), because these pita chips are as simple to make as anything. Because snacks with a little staying power generally serve me better than empty carb calories, I used whole wheat pitas – use whatever type you prefer! Either butter OR coconut oil work great here, so that’s up to you, too. I made half of this batch with butter and the other half with coconut oil and mixed up the chips for the pictures. Bet you can’t tell the difference!
Not to overly complicate things here, but I do suggest mixing together the sugar and cinnamon and then sprinkling it over the pita chips vs. sprinkling the sugar and then sprinkling cinnamon. This helps evenly disperse both the sugar and cinnamon over the pita chips, and works to prevent those moments where you bang a little too hard on the cinnamon shaker and way too much cinnamon comes pouring out all at once and totally covers whatever it is you were seasoning. Don’t tell me that only happens to me…
Check the video below to see how simple these cinnamon sugar pita chips are!
- 4 pita rounds (I used whole wheat)
- 4 tbsp butter or coconut oil, melted
- 4 tsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and lightly spray with cooking spray. Cut each pita into eight equally-sized wedges. In a small bowl, stir together the granulated sugar and cinnamon.
- Brush both sides of each pita wedge with melted butter (or coconut oil, if using). Sprinkle cinnamon/sugar mixture evenly over both sides of the pita wedges, and place on baking sheet in a single layer.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until wedges have crisped up to your liking. Let cool and enjoy!
If your oven tends to run hot, you may wish to reduce the oven temperature to 375 or 350 degrees for baking, and then leave the pita chips in until crisp to your liking.
Do you notice a taste difference between the coconut oil and the butter? Once they’re cooked and have cinnamon sugar on them, I wasn’t sure if the difference would even be that much.
Thanks
Hi Natalie! I didn’t taste much of a difference at all, either with flavor or texture. You’re right – the cinnamon/sugar coating takes center stage as far as flavor goes. Hope you enjoy!
Just made these. Delicious! However, at 400 degrees and 12 minutes, they burnt. I turned oven back to 350, put in for 6 minutes, checked them, shook the pan a little, and went back in for 3 minutes. Turned out perfect!! Thanks for recipe! Will make again.
So glad to hear it, Kris! Thanks for your comments on the oven temp and time. I added a few notes to the recipe in case others run into burnt chips, too. Appreciate it!
Hi, Alyssa. I want to make this ahead of time to use with an almond dip. Do you know how long I could store them for once baked? Should I bag them or put them in a container?
Can’t wait to taste them!
Hi Elaine! These pita chips should be good for at least a few days. I recommend making sure they’re fairly crispy (to your liking, of course) and letting them cool completely. Then I’d store them in an air-tight container at room temperature. I hope you enjoy!!
May I ask what is pita rounds? I mean, what kind of dough is that? Here in Croatia we don’t have nothing like that so I would try prepare homemade. Is that something similar with tortillas? Is there somewhere recipe for it? Thank! Great idea snack with cinnamon. I adore cinnamon and everything with cinnamon.. <3
Oh man, tax season must SERIOUSLY suck! I’m glad you have these chips to get you through because they look SO AMAZING! I want some!!
It’s definitely a busy time of year! I love crispy snacks, even if the whole office can probably hear me crunching away haha it doesn’t bother me!
Yum Alyssa, these are good. These are really good. Just made a batch and totally love them
So glad to hear Kathy!! I have a feeling another batch is in my future tomorrow. 🙂
Homemade pita chips are the absolute best!! I’ve never added cinnamon sugar to them before though … I need to try that!
I have a few really good friends who are accountants – they say the same thing. Hope you had a great weekend though after a long week!
I bet you’ll love them Ashley! And oh man this weekend was great. Not too much of anything planned and it was sunny when we ate dinner tonight. What more could I want? Haha hope you had a great one too!
That touch of cinnamon makes this recipe so special, Alyssa! Thanks for the lovely share 🙂
Thanks so much Lily! Love the cinnamon here. 🙂
Snacks get me through the day too. These look soooo good and I want to grab a handful right now!
I can’t go a few hours without eating something – definite snacker here! Thanks Bianca!
These look so so good! Cheers to the weekend 🙂
Yes! I was very happy when Friday evening rolled around. Thanks Medha!
sounds like you had a long week! I’m glad these pita chips made your days a little brighter; they look amazing!
Thanks Katie!
These look amazing, Alyssa! I’ve made my own tortilla chips, but never a cinnamon sugar version. I think I could devour the entire batch!
I’m not even going to tell you how quickly these disappeared with just two of us haha!
Any little crunchy cinnamon-y snack gets an A+ in my book! Love ’em!
Thanks Annie!
I love making my own pita chips, mostly because it is so easy! I’ve only ever made savory ones but now I need to try sweet ones =)
Thank you Shelby! These are a fun little twist on them! 🙂
Oh yum! I am such a sucker for snack foods! I love anything I can munch on like this!
These are kind of my kryptonite haha thanks Annie!
Snacks are definitely the way to make hellish weeks feel better! Especially when they look as delicious as these pita chips do. Oh what wouldn’t I give for a handful (read:bucket) of these while I do math revision ;(
Hope you get some relax soon girl! xxx
Haha oh girl, these are essential accompaniments for work, especially math! 🙂 Thanks Consuelo, I hope university is awesome and you get a break from all that hard work soon!! P.S. I think I’ll be dreaming of your brownie cake tonight!
This has totally been A WEEK. And I can’t believe it’s only Thursday. I am seriously desperate for Friday night! These pita chips would definitely make my work day a little bit more enjoyable 🙂
Oh man the weekend can’t come soon enough! Thanks Sues! 🙂