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21 Air Fryer Desserts Recipes to Try

Updated: Oct 2, 2023 · Published: Sep 10, 2023 by Val · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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Ever been in a situation where you have to skim and scan through, sometimes read from start to finish, several air fryer desserts recipes to help you decide which one to prepare?

This roundup of air fryer desserts I have prepared for you will give you a glimpse of each recipe without having to open several tabs.

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Air Fryer Desserts Recipes

1. Air Fryer Apple Pie

Baked mini apple pie in a ramekin

With this easy-to-follow air fryer dessert recipe, you can serve delicious treats with buttery, flaky, crispy pie crusts and soft, sweet, juicy apple filling! You can even use a store-bought crust to reduce bake and prep time.

2. Air Fryer Baked Apples

air fryer baked apples recipe

Apples are cut and filled with well-combined walnuts, oats, nutmeg, cinnamon, maple syrup, and melted butter before being baked in the air fryer. Serve the warm, delicious dessert with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream to add more texture.

3. Air Fryer Banana Bread

Slices of banana bread on a serving plate with butter, honey, and bananas

Don't let the ripe bananas on your counter go to waste. Mash them and combine them with four other simple ingredients to turn them into this soft, moist, air fryer banana bread. It is ready to be served in approximately an hour and can feed up to eight individuals.

4. Air Fryer Blueberry Hand Pies

Air Fryer Blueberry Hand Pies

Air Fryer Blueberry Hand Pies from Recipes From A Pantry

The blueberries are combined with lemon juice, sugar, and salt, giving the filling a good balance of flavor and texture that perfectly match the air-fried blueberry hand pies' crunchy or crispy, golden brown crusts.

Go ahead and top the hand pies with a simple sugar glaze if you want to add more sweetness to them.

5. Air Fryer Brownies

Sliced brownies on a white paper

Spare less than an hour of your time to make these delicious air-fried brownies that aren't just soft and fudgy but they also have crinkly, shiny tops that make them look more appetizing.

Serve them warm and fresh out of the air fryer, or store them in an airtight container on your countertop to snack on as and when you or your family want to.

6. Air Fryer Carrot Cakes

air fryer carrot cake recipe

Cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla extract, sugar, carrots, and other ingredients combined give you this soft, moist, flavorful air-fried carrot cake that even those who don't like vegetables will surely love to bite on.

You can add chopped nuts or fruits to the recipe to give it more texture and flavor.

7.   Air Fryer Cheesecake

Cut cheesecake slices on a cake stand

This air fryer cheesecake has a crunchy graham cracker-based crust that won't crack and is topped with a creamy filling made from cream cheese, sour cream, lemon juice, sugar, vanilla, eggs, and flour. While it takes a little bit of time to prepare and make, it's an easy dessert recipe to follow.

8. Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies

Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies
Photo Credit: cookiesandcups.com

With a few basic ingredients and just about 45 minutes of your time, you and your family can enjoy an air fryer chocolate chip cookie with crispy edges and a soft, gooey center.

This recipe makes 12 regular-sized cookies that you can serve or eat as soon as they cool or store in an airtight container for you to munch on when you want to.

9. Air Fryer Churros

air fryer churros
Photo Credit: foodnetwork.com

Air-fried and tossed in cinnamon sugar, these flavorful air fryer churros are crispy on the outside and fluffy and moist on the inside. Serve them with dulce de leche to add more flavor, sweetness, and texture.

10. Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls

Baked rolls, two of them glazed, in an air fryer basket

Satisfy your sweet tooth without consuming chocolate or ice cream with these delicious air fryer cinnamon rolls. The soft, light bread combined with the creamy frosting and sweet cinnamon filling make the rolls a perfect dessert and pair for your coffee during breakfast or snack time.

11. Air Fryer Creme Brulee

air fryer crème brûlée

Five baking ingredients you surely have in your pantry are all it takes for you to make this classic French dessert. Its smooth, silky texture and golden brown caramelized granulated or powdered sugar crust make this flavorful dessert even more appetizing.

12. Air Fryer Donuts

Half eaten donuts in an air fryer basket

With this easy-to-follow recipe, you'll have half a dozen light, soft, fluffy donut rings without the use of too much oil. The vanilla-flavored sugar glaze adds flavor to these air fryer donuts, but you can always use melted chocolate glaze or caramel. You can even top them with sprinkles, chocolate chips, powdered sugar, cinnamon sugar, and more!

13. Air Fryer Lava Cake

air fryer lava cakes recipe

The warm, gooey, chocolatey center that melts in your mouth and the outer layer that adds crunch to the air fryer lava cake will turn any bad day into a good one. This quick and easy dessert only requires a few minutes of your time and basic baking ingredients, from cocoa powder and chocolate to eggs and unsalted butter.

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14. Air Fryer Muffins

Baked muffins in paper liners on a white serving plate

Spare 30 minutes of your time and grab some basic baking ingredients in your pantry or local grocery store, and you have eight vanilla-flavored muffins. Tweak this air fryer recipe by adding chopped bananas, blueberries, or chocolate bits or chips to have a differently flavored muffin.

15. Air Fryer Oatmeal Cookies

air fryer oatmeal cookies recipe

Rolled oats are flavored with cinnamon, salt, and sugar and mixed with melted unsalted butter, all-purpose flour, baking soda, and egg yolk. After five minutes in the air fryer, you have eight delicious, chewy oatmeal cookies.

16. Air Fryer Oreos With Crescent Rolls

air fryer oreos with crescent rolls
Photo Credit: simplystacie.net

An Oreo cookie is placed and wrapped around a rectangular cut of crescent dough and then brushed with a melted butter-sugar mixture. After eight minutes in the air fryer, you have a sweet dough and warm, soft air-fried Oreos that will melt in your mouth with every bite. You can also sprinkle the air-fried Oreos with crescent rolls with powdered sugar before serving.

17. Air Fryer Peach Cobbler

A bowl filled with soft peaches, baked topping, and melting ice cream

Canned or ripe peaches are combined with sugar, salt, milk, melted butter, all-purpose flour, and baking powder to make this delicious cobbler. Sprinkle it with cinnamon while it's warm, or serve with vanilla ice cream.

18. Air Fryer Peanut Butter and Jelly S'mores

air fryer peanut butter and jelly s'mores
Photo Credit: allrecipes.com

Peanut butter, jelly, and s'mores remind you of camping and bonfires, and you can have them all by making this air fryer dessert that requires four ingredients and 10 minutes of your time.

19. Air Fryer Strawberry Pop Tarts

air fryer strawberry pop tarts
Photo Credit: showmetheyummy.com

Pop tarts are classic desserts, snacks, and breakfasts that you can whip up in your air fryer by filling a small cut of dough with strawberry jam and allowing it to cook in the appliance for a few minutes. Once the pop tarts are cool, glaze them and add some sprinkles or any of your desired toppings.

20. Air Fryer Vanilla Cake

Five slices of vanilla cake filled with strawberry jam and buttercream on a white cake plate

This flavorful vanilla cake made with ingredients home bakers already have in their pantries is tender and moist and can serve up to six individuals. It isn't too sweet, so you can frost it with chocolate ganache or fill it with your favorite jam.

21. Air Fryer Raspberry Crumble Coffee Cake

air fryer raspberry crumble coffee cake
Photo Credit: tasteofhome.com

This recipe gives you eight cuts of crumbly chiffon cakes filled with flavorful homemade raspberry jelly and topped with crunchy almonds. You can serve the cake warm or cold with any of your desired beverages.

Start Making Air Fryer Desserts!

With these 21 air fryer desserts recipes, you will be enjoying and serving your family or guests flavorful food, from simple and easy air fryer apples to more complex air-fried cakes. So, what are you waiting for? Start learning how to make these air fryer desserts.

If you need more help with using your air fryer or check out other air fryer recipes, visit Also the Crumbs, Please.

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