Chips an Dip Day

Chips and Dip have long been used as components for simple meals, entertaining and simply snacking. It matter not if the chips are potato, tortilla, corn, bean, veggie, pita or other chip style. At times crackers may be used rather than chips to complete the simple side. In addition, there are a great variety of chips that are available as well.

In the United States chips and dip became popular during the 1950s. The Lipton company shared advertising that drew attention to their French onion dip recipe. Other companies created special dip and chip holding dishes during this time as well. While there are many great reasons to enjoy chips and dips the National day of Chip and Dip occurs on March 23rd each year.

One rule of known chip and dip snackers is that Double Dipping is not allowed. Double Dipping is done by dipping a chip into a dip, taking a bite and then re-dipping the chip into a dip. Double Dipping allows the transfer of bacteria from an individuals mouth into a dip, then potentially into another dippers mouth. In addition, a U.S. brand tortilla chip and dip company hired Ketchum communication agency to perform a survey that found double dipping was done more by male chip / dip eaters and that over half would not consume the dip after seeing another double dip.