Crispy seasoned tortilla chips with a festive heart-shaped twist.

Heart Shaped Tortilla Chips

There’s no chocolate or sweets in this Valentine’s Day treat.

Just seasoned crispy tortilla chips that are easy to make and fun to eat.

Heart Shaped Tortilla Chip with Salsa

About Serving

Serve these chips as an appetizer, snack or side dish.

Let’s check out the ingredients.

Heart Tortilla Chips Ingredients

Corn tortillas, canola oil, chili powder and salt

Equipment – Heart-shaped cookie cutters

HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE

A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.

Cut the Tortillas into Hearts:

Cut Heart Shaped Tortillas on plate

Using various sizes of heart-shaped cookie cutters, cut out as many hearts as possible within the edges of each corn tortilla.

When cutting out the hearts, keep the edges of the “main” tortilla intact so that it can also be fried and made into a big tortilla chip.

Cut Heart Shaped Tortilla on plate

Cut Heart Shaped Tortillas

The cut-outs can be large hearts…

Cut Heart Shaped Tortillas

…medium-sized hearts…

Cut Heart Shaped Tortillas

…ridged hearts…

Cut Heart Shaped Tortillas

…little hearts…

Cut Heart Shaped Tortillas

…or itty-bitty hearts.

Cut Heart Shaped Tortillas

Or even a combination of all sizes.

Cut Heart Shaped Tortillas

Cut Heart Shaped Tortillas

These thin rimmed hearts are really fun to eat too.

Frying the Heart-Shaped Tortillas:

Pour canola oil in skillet

After the tortillas are cut into heart shapes, heat a small to medium-size skillet on low to medium heat and add canola oil.

Canola oil in skillet on stove top

Put a small scrap of tortilla in the pan.

When it starts to sizzle, the oil should be ready.

Fry heart shaped tortilla chips in skillet

Using tongs, carefully add a few tortilla chips to the pan (or more depending on the size of the pan).

Just try not to overcrowd the pan.

Fry heart shaped tortilla chips in pan

Use tongs to carefully turn the tortillas over when the bottom side turns a golden color.

Fry heart shaped tortilla chips in pan

Remove the chips from the pan when both sides are a golden color.

Set them onto a paper towel-lined large plate.

Fry heart shaped tortilla chips in pan

If the oil starts to get too hot, turn the heat down.

Fry heart shaped tortilla chips in pan

Continue cooking the tortillas in batches.

Fry heart shaped tortilla chips in pan

An option is to use a small skillet, so less oil is needed.

Fry heart shaped tortilla chip in pan

…which may require more batches then when using a larger skillet.

Fry heart shaped tortilla in pan

Seasoning the Heart Shaped Tortilla Chips:

Heart Shaped Tortilla Chips on plate

Right after transferring the chips to a paper-lined plate, lightly sprinkle them with salt and chili powder.

This way the salt and chili powder will stick to the tortilla chips.

Serving the Heart Shaped Tortilla Chips:

Heart Shaped Tortilla Chips in buckets

As an option, these can be served in a small decorative pail, so they look like a “bouquet”.

Just stuff the pail with loosely rolled parchment paper…

Heart Shaped Tortilla Chips in buckets

…prop the larger sized heart-shaped tortilla chips in the crevices of the parchment paper.

Heart Shaped Tortilla Chips

Then fill in the “base of the bouquet” by propping the smaller sized tortilla chips in the remaining crevices of the parchment paper.

Heart Shaped Tortilla Chips

There you go, a bouquet of Valentine Heart tortilla chips.

Heart Shaped Tortilla Chips on plate

Enjoy the chips as is, or with salsa, pico de gallo and guacamole.

Heart Shaped Tortilla Chips on plate

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Valentine Heart Shaped Tortilla Chips

Heart-Shaped Seasoned Tortilla Chips

Crispy tortilla chips with a festive twist.
5 from 3 votes

Ingredients

  • corn tortillas each cut into heart shapes (various sizes)
  • 1/2 cup canola oil amount may vary depending on the size of the skillet
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 8 pinches salt or salt to taste

Instructions

  • Heat a small to medium-size skillet on low to medium heat and add canola oil. 
  • Add a small scrap of tortilla in the oil. When the scrap starts to sizzle, the oil should be ready.
    Add a few of the tortilla chips at a time so not to overcrowd the pan. Carefully watch the oil; if it gets too hot, lower the heat.
  • Once the bottom sides of the tortillas turn a golden color, using tongs, carefully turn them over.
  • Once both sides of chips are a golden color, remove them from the pan on to a paper towel-lined large plate. 
  • Lightly sprinkle the chips with salt and chili powder. Continue the process in batches for the remaining chips. 
  • Serve by themselves, or with salsa or guacamole.

Serving Suggestions

These tortilla chips can be served with salsa, pico de gallo or guacamole…or even all three.

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