Tortilla Bowls just make chili better; serve your favorite homemade chili or use canned, but serve them in tortilla bowls.

**I was provided with a free Electric Tortilla Shell Maker from Nostalgia Electrics. All opinions are my own.

I made tortilla bowls once before using our oven and a few mason jars. And it worked okay but it was time consuming and I was easily frustrated when a couple of the tortillas totally shattered in my effort to take them off of the tops of the mason jars.

A while back I was talking to a representative from Nostalgia Electrics and we decided that I would give their tortilla bowl maker a try. Wow, serious game changer. I have tried and loved having a taco salad in a tortilla bowl and today for dinner we tried chili in tortilla bowls. Talk about yum! And instead of getting a deep fried tortilla bowl like you might get at a restaurant these are oil free and still nice and crispy!

I was going to make a basic canned chili but realized we didn’t have any, so I made this basic chili instead. We have a couple other delicious chili recipes on the blog as well. Pumpkin Chili. White Chicken Chili.

And if you’re feeding a crowd I think these tortilla bowls would make a great addition to a soup bar. Give them a few choices of soups, some of these delicious tortilla bowls, and you can even serve some of your soup toppings in the bowls to make it a little more festive and decorative like I did. And when you’re done you can enjoy snapping off pieces of your tortilla bowl and dipping it into your chili or soup.