These baked beet chips provide a healthier alternative than your standard potato chips. They are also a great way to change things up if kale chips have become your go-to snack. Instead of helping you get an extra serving of leafy green veggies, this recipe incorporates golden beets. From Jess from food blog How Sweet It Is, the recipe also includes a spicy goat cheese dip.
To make your own vegetable chips at home, you will need four medium sized golden beets, plus olive oil, garlic powder, smoked paprika, cracked black pepper and salt. If you feel like making goat cheese dip to go with the baked beet chips, you will also need chevre, plain greek yogurt, chives, basil, oregano, and crushed red pepper.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Healthy Snack Alternatives
- The trend of seeking healthier alternatives to traditional snacks like potato chips presents an opportunity for brands to innovate and offer tasty options like baked beet chips.
- Vegetable-based Snacks
- The growing trend of incorporating vegetables into snacks opens up a market for innovative products like vegetable chips, providing a nutritious and flavorful snacking option.
- Gourmet Dip Pairings
- As consumers look for unique and flavorful combinations, there's an opportunity for brands to create gourmet dip pairings specifically designed for vegetable chips like a spicy goat cheese dip.
Where This Applies
- Health Food
- The health food industry can capitalize on the trend by developing and promoting vegetable-based snacks like baked beet chips as a healthier alternative to traditional potato chips.
- Snack Foods
- The snack foods industry can embrace the trend and offer a variety of vegetable-based chips to cater to the growing demand for healthier snacking options.
- Dairy Products
- The dairy products industry can tap into the trend by developing and marketing unique gourmet dips that pair well with vegetable chips, appealing to health-conscious consumers.
