Pizza Rolls in the Air Fryer

Recipe updated: April 5th, 2024

These little crispy pizza rolls cooked in the air fryer are an easy snack or quick lunch to make for your family when you don’t have much time on your hands. They are just as easy as some of our other air fryer recipes such as dino nuggets, fish sticks, corn dogs, and tater tots.

Try dipping them in extra pizza sauce or your favorite dipping sauce for an amazing treat. They are super easy to make and only about eight to ten minutes of cooking time in the air fryer.

🍕 Key Ingredients

• Totino’s pizza rolls – pepperoni (about 37) ( or a brand of pizza rolls of your choice)
• Dipping sauce (optional)

👩‍🍳 How to Make Air Fryer Pizza Rolls

These step-by-step instructions are accompanied by detailed photos for enhanced clarity and guidance.

Step 1. Preheat Air Fryer

If your air fryer needs to be preheated, as ours does, set it at 390 degrees Fahrenheit.

We will be using a Cosori air fryer with a toaster oven for this recipe today. With that said, our cook time may be slightly different from your cook time. It all depends on what kind of air fryer you have. In other words, our air fryer may produce hotter heat, or vice versa, hence taking less time to cook or more time to cook. But that’s probably only by a couple of minutes, give or take a few.

Step 2. Lay Parchment Paper and Pizza Rolls on the Basket

First of all, take the frozen pizza rolls out of the freezer. Then, if you have a piece of parchment paper with holes in it, lay that on top of the air fryer basket. If you don’t have parchment paper with holes in it, then spray the basket with cooking spray, or use a pastry brush to apply olive oil, vegetable oil, or whatever you have to the basket.

After that, lay 37 pizza rolls in the air fryer basket (or however many your air fryer can hold) in a single layer. Do not overlap them.

Step 3. Put the Basket in the Air Fryer

Put the basket in the air fryer at 390 degrees Fahrenheit for eight to 10 minutes. We did 10 minutes. Flip them over halfway through the cooking process. If you like crunchy pizza rolls, cook them an extra minute or two. Keep checking them until they are golden brown to your liking.

Step 4. Take the Basket Out of the Air Fryer

After eight to ten minutes, take the basket out of the air fryer. Be careful not to burn yourself on the hot air fryer heat. For the best results while cooking pizza rolls, be sure to keep checking them while they are in the air fryer.

Tip: Be careful when you bite into one of them as they are hot coming straight out of the air fryer. Take a little bite out of the top corner, so the pizza sauce doesn’t run out, and also it will help release some of the hot steam. You can pop the whole thing in your mouth, but let them cool down a bit before doing that.

🍴 Recipe Variations

• You can use any of the different brands of pizza rolls sold in the frozen food section of most local grocery stores. Some brands may call them pizza bites, mini pizza rolls, or mini pizza pockets. We bought Totinos pizza rolls and found out that they are a tasty snack. But if you have a favorite, you can use them instead.
• After cooking and removing them from the air fryer, try sprinkling some shredded mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, or Parmesan cheese over the top of the hot pizza rolls for added flavor.
• While eating the pizza rolls, try dipping them in some garlic butter, BBQ sauce, sour cream, ranch dressing, or marinara sauce (a tomato sauce with herbs, onions, spices, and the like).

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📄 Final Thoughts

These pizza rolls are a popular snack amongst the kiddos. They are great for lunch but can even be served at dinnertime with a fresh salad and lots of veggies as a side dish.

The first time I tried these, I was a little skeptical. But they are delicious, just like eating tasty little bite-size mini pizzas. So the next time you are wanting a quick snack, or a tasty lunch, grab a bag of pizza rolls and enjoy!

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