A little reason to celebrate

National Potato Chip Day

Food · March 14

A day for the potato chip: thin slices of potato fried or baked until crisp, salted, and eaten by the handful from a crinkly bag.

National Potato Chip Day falls on Sunday, March 14, 2027. That is 138 days away.

A potato chip is a thin slice of potato cooked until it turns crisp, then seasoned. Most are fried in oil, some are baked or kettle cooked, and nearly all of them get salt.

The texture is the point. A good chip snaps rather than bends, and the sound is part of the experience. Kettle chips are thicker and crunchier, with folded edges and darker spots where the sugar in the potato browned. Ridged chips hold more dip. Plain ones let the potato taste come through, which is easy to forget until you eat one slowly.

Flavors run from simple to strange. Salt and vinegar, sour cream and onion, and barbecue are familiar across the country, and regional brands add their own twists, so a chip aisle in one state can look quite different from another. Some people crush chips onto sandwiches or use them as a crunchy topping for casseroles.

Making them at home takes a sharp knife or a mandoline, a potato, and patience. Rinsing the slices removes surface starch, and drying them well helps them crisp instead of steam. Thin, even slices cook at the same rate, so they finish together.

The bag itself does work too. Chip bags are often filled with nitrogen rather than air, which helps keep the chips from going stale and cushions them on the way to the shelf.

Ways to celebrate

Try a chip flavor you have never tasted before.
Make a small batch of baked chips at home.
Look for a regional chip brand from another state.
Host a blind taste test of plain salted chips.
Add a few crushed chips to a sandwich for crunch.

Dates

Year	Date
2026	Saturday, March 14
2027	Sunday, March 14
2028	Tuesday, March 14
2029	Wednesday, March 14
2030	Thursday, March 14

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