I’m sure that many of you have heard of funeral potatoes… well, you can think of these as a close but much cheerier cousin. The premise is similar — creamy, cheesy, potatoes that are as comforting as they are delicious, and as easy to make as they are irresistible. The difference? They’re topped with potato chips so it’s double the potato fun and the perfect combination of crispy-creamy-crunchy. To up the ante, you can use any kind of chips your heart desires. They’re the perfect party side (or starter!) and since they only take a handful of ingredients and the ability to stir them all together, it’s one pretty much anyone can throw together.

What Do You Need For Potato Chip Party Potatoes?

Not a lot! It’s so easy. You don’t even need to peel or dice potatoes because you start with a bag of frozen (already) diced potatoes. You also need a stick of butter, sour cream, a can of cream of chicken soup, some garlic powder, onion powder, and dried parsley, and some cheddar cheese, and the grand finale — potato chips!

You can use regular potato chips, sour cream and onion, cheddar and sour cream potato chips… whatever your heart desires. I prefer a wavy or ruffled variety because their texture is a little more substantial and doesn’t get lost in the mix.

How Do You Make Potato Chip Party Potatoes?

Can you stir? That’s all you need to do here. Mix together the potatoes with the sour cream, half the melted butter, the soup, the seasonings, and half of the cheese and put it in a baking dish. The remaining cheese goes on top along with the crushed potato chips and that gets drizzled with melted butter.

I know you might be thinking — Do we really need to add butter to potato chips?! And I hear you. It’s a lot of oil and butter. But it really does help with browning, and these are party potatoes after all! So just go for it.