Have you heard of totchos? They are essentially nachos using tater tots instead of chips. Tater tots + Nachos = TOTCHOS! If you haven’t had totchos yet, you are in for a treat! Totchos are delicious! My favorite way to serve up totchos is to put together a Totchos Bar. That way everyone can create their own special totchos recipe. You can get as creative as you want with your Totchos ingredients or keep to the basics.
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My family loves trying out food trucks, so I wanted to give them a food truck experience at home. I went to Smart & Final and picked up all the ingredients I would need for my totchos recipe. I was able to pick up serving essentials like snack trays and napkins to sour cream and frozen shrimp. Everything you see below is in the First Street family of products, which means the first percent will be donated.
Totchos Bar Essentials
Here are the 12 things you need to put together the ultimate Totchos bar.
- Snack Trays
- Tater Tots
- Nacho Cheese
- Chili
- Sliced Jalapenos
- Salsa
- Sour Cream
- Bacon
- Black Olives
- Shredded Cheese
- Bell Peppers
- Chile Lime Garlic Shrimp
Totchos Bar
- In an electric skillet, heat one Tablespoon of cooking oil on medium heat. Add 2 lbs of frozen tater tots and evenly distribute in the skillet. Cover with the lid and heat 10-12 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Serve tots in a snack tray and layer with your favorite toppings like nacho cheese, chili, salsa, and more.
I kept things simple for the totchos purists, but I like to get a little adventurous with my food. That is why I cooked up some chili lime garlic shrimp and bell peppers. So good!
Jump to the next page to snag my recipe for Chile Lime Garlic Shrimp!
My family loves tater tots and your totchos bar will be a huge hit at my house. I’ve used chips as nachos before, but I’ve never thought about using tater tots before. Brilliant idea and I can’t wait to set up my own totchos bar. Thanks!
Totchos is new to me and I love it! This would be a big hit at my house! The bar will be fun to do with the grandchildren. Putting this on my to-do list!
You would earn cool grandma points for sure! Thanks for commenting. 🙂
The Totchos Bar would be a great addition to any party. It’s important to have all the ingredients and the alternative dips.
I have never heard of a Totchos Bar, but since we all love tater tots, I think this would be a delicious appetizer to any meal or get together.
It’s a fun twist on a classic. I bet your family would love it! Thanks for commenting!
My daughter was just telling me about totchos and now I saw this post! I guess this is a sign that I should make some, huh?
My daughters LOVE tater-tots. I’ve never heard of this type of bar, but it sounds like so much fun. I can’t wait to try out this idea.
Never heard of a totchos bar but my kids would totally love this. I would love it too. Love tots!
I like these ideas. It started getting really warm here so it would be fun to do something like this soon.
What a great idea! I wouldn’t have thought of putting all of those things together. I love it when you get to choose your own toppings for things.
I have never heard of this, but it sounds incredible! I totally want to have the fam over and do this!
I have a friend that loves to make nachos and I think she would be interested in doing something a little different with tater tots. This looks like a great idea for a get together or party.
No, I have never heard of them but they sound delicious! I am such a taco fan and always looking for a way to mix them up a bit!
I didnt even know there was something like totchos before, but that totchos bar looks amazing and making me hungry
I haven’t heard of totchos before today. I do love the idea though and there are so many topping choices you can use. Taco meat, chili, chili cheese, chicken, ect.
I’ve never heard of Totchos before. This sounds and looks really delicious! I would love to do something like this. My kids would love it too!
First off I love the name totchos, I cracked up laughing. This looks fun and yummy, my kids would totally love this. Hello easy meal.
The Totchos bar looks naughty but delicious. I like the look of the chile lime shrimp. Yum!
Yummm.. It looks delicious and sounds like a great idea for get together party!!