It feels like I’ve been training my whole life to make your game-time snacking dreams come true, and I think with this recipe I can hang up my cleats for good. I mean, pickles and crushed chips and chipotle ranch in one recipe gets me like a lifetime of extra points, am I right? You get to bake the pickle chips! They’re easy! And the dip is a ranchy smoky dream you will be repurposing for your next-day salad, I promise you.
Ingredients
- 1 (1-ounce) packet Hidden Valley Ranch Buttermilk Ranch dressing mix
- 1 cup buttermilk, shaken
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon sauce from a can of chipotle en adobo (reserve the chipotles for another time)
- 1 (24-ounce) ounce jar sliced dill sandwich or chip pickles, drained
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- Pinch kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1 (8-ounce) bag Lays potato chips, crushed into small pieces (about 1½ cups crushed)
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 450°F. Whisk the ranch dressing packet, buttermilk, mayo, and chipotle in a bowl. Cover and chill until ready to use.
2
Place the flour, salt, and pepper in one shallow bowl, the eggs in a second bowl, and the chips in a third.
3
Dip the pickles in the flour, then the egg, then the chips, pressing so the chips adhere to the pickles.
4
Arrange on a large baking sheet, leaving a little room between coated pickles, and bake until golden and toasty, 11 to 12 minutes. Serve with the chipotle ranch dressing.
I’ve been waiting for these!!! Can’t wait to make them on Sunday!
The wait is over! Post a pic, if you don’t eat them all first…
I CANNOT WAIT TO TRY MAKING THESE THIS WEEKEND! (For myself of course no party, just pregnant & love pickles)
These look amazing and though I am not great in the kitchen, my family can attest to the fact that I always “try”. Wondering if best to use chunkier pickle slices or skinny ones?
They say 90 percent of life is showing up, so you’re killing it with your fam as far as I’m concerned! I would stick with about 1/8- to 1/4-inch thick slices (like the ones that come presliced in the jar).
Can these be made ahead of time?
Good question! If you really pat the pickles dry and do the breading steps, you can let them hang out in the fridge, breaded before baking, for a few hours. But I wouldn’t bake them in advance. Hot, crisp, and fresh is the way to go here…
Are you using sweet pickles or regular dill?
I used sweet and they were so good!
Made these for lunch…. DELICIOUS!!!!
I want to bring these to the super bowl party I’m going to. Will these travel well? (I figure make them noon-ish, party at 2?) I’m afraid they’ll get soggy/mushy but also they look SO GOOD.
Can’t wait to try these. Would like to bake in air fryer. What would you recommend for temp and baking time?
Made these tonight – perfectly crispy and delicious!
This dip is so good I keep going over to the frig to eat a little with a spoon. I don’t know what I am going to do with the rest of the buttermilk or the remainder of the can of adobo. And you might be wondering the same thing, just make it anyway. So worth it, so good. Follow the recipe, don’t change anything. No need to reinvent the wheel here. I’m not even much of a ranch fan. But this. So freakin’ good. We are going to use this w/ the pickle chips we make tomorrow. You need this dip in your life. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Agree dip is AMAZING!
So good… You’re right; I can’t stop eating them!
Couldn’t wait until SuperBowl to make these. I made half with the chip coating and half with panko. Family said they were better than ordering in a restaurant. So good and so easy. You nailed this recipe!
Are these baked directly on baking sheet or on a rack on baking sheet?
Baking sheet!
Has anyone air fried these verses baking in the oven?
I just did a little test run in mine and this is what worked for me. I have the ninja air fryer and I only did 3. I set it on 360 let it heat up for 3 minutes and then cooked for 10 flipping them half way through. Depending on the size you might have to do batches
Do you need to spray the baking sheet?
Pregaming with these pickles! Fantastic – everyone is loving them!
Just sent a photo—who says you can’t work a green vegetable into your super bowl menu? Thanks, Chrissy! #picklesareahit
These were a hit! They baked up crispy and delish! This recipe is a keeper!
These were delicious! My husband bought sweet yum yum pickles instead of dill (bless him, he’s not a pickle fan at all, and thought the term “dill pickle” referred to any jarred pickle 😂). But I coated them in dill pickle flavor potato chips and they were still so good! I will def make them again with the exact recipe.
These were so easy and tasted way better than any other baked pickle recipe I’ve tried. The crew loved them! Thanks for the recipe!
Made ’em, loved ’em, YUM YUM!
I made this recipe following the directions EXACTLY and it turned out terribly. There is no breading on the pickles, only chunks of chip on each of the pickles on the front sides. Definitely couldn’t bring it for the super bowl party I attended. I would not recommend this recipe.
Made these yesterday for Super Bowl we hosted, they were a BIG hit, dip was delicious!
So, So, So good. Loved the deep fried taste with the (slightly healthier) baked chip crust. Huge hit, will be making again!