I’m always on the lookout for good deals on food. Like:

• Day-old bread at Jimmy John’s (they sell it for 50 cents!)
• Fruit that is on the brink of being too old, which is sometimes highly discounted at the supermarket (I freeze it and add it to smoothies)
• Day-old bagels at bagel shops

Awhile back, I experimented making bagel chips out of day-old bagels. I think I paid somewhere around $1.50 for six bagels.

 

I made them into bagel chips, and they were crispy, flavorful, and perfect for dipping.

Bagel Chips: Serving Suggestions

These bagel chips can be eaten on their own or with dip. Depending on the flavor of the bagel, you’ll want to choose an appropriate dip, such as:

• Blueberry bagel chips with strawberry cream cheese dip
• Poppy seed bagel chips with green olive pimento cream cheese dip
• Everything bagel chips with chipotle hummus or sundried tomato-chickpea dip
• Plain bagel chips with bruschetta topping

These can also be eaten with soup or as croutons in a salad. Do you have additional serving ideas? Please share them below!

Other Alternative Chips, Crackers, and Dippers

Get the recipe: Wonton crackers

Get the recipe: Homemade olive oil crackers

Get the recipe: Homemade pita chips

Get the recipe: Thin-crust bagel pizzas

Do you have additional uses for day-old bagels? I would love to hear them. Please comment below or send me a message on Facebook.