Name: Homemade Air Fryer Bagel Bites Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 9 min
Ingredients: 6 mini bagels (halved); ½ cup pizza sauce; ¾ cup mozzarella cheese (shredded); 12 vegetarian pepperoni slices (quartered); Freshly chopped basil (to garnish)

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Sink your teeth into these perfectly crisp bagel bites, topped with gooey cheese and your favorite pizza toppings. And the best part? You don’t have to slave away in the kitchen all day to make them. With our air fryer bagel bites, these bad boys are ready in just minutes! Get your air fryer ready, and let’s pizza-fy some bagels!

Delicious homemade bagel bites, straight from the air fryer.

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Don’t you love air fryers?

We’ve been on an air frying appetizer mission; we’ve perfected air fryer mozzarella sticks and air fryer pizza rolls and have even made potato skins in the air fryer.

Bagel bites were next on our list, and my goodness, they’re good! Once you air fry bagel bites, you’ll never turn the kitchen oven on again!

Why you’ll love these homemade bagel bites

They make great appetizers for a party or on game day.
Mix and match the toppings to have the perfect pizza bagel bites.
Enjoy them in just 15 minutes, from start to finish, making them a quick and easy snack.
Cook store-bought frozen bagel bites or make your own homemade (they are SO easy and taste SO much better).
All the ingredients are 100% vegetarian.

Ingredients you’ll need

You’ll need all the ingredients shown in the photograph below.

Ingredients needed, shredded mozzarella cheese, vegetarian pepperoni slices, bagels, and pizza sauce.

These little guys are the perfect combination of crispy, cheesy, and saucy, all wrapped up in a tasty bagel bite.

How to make air fryer bagel bites with step-by-step instructions

It’s easy to cook bagel bites in the air fryer if you follow our simple instructions.

A complete printable recipe and the measurements in both US customary and metric are available in the recipe card below.

If needed, preheat your air fryer to 360°F/180°C.

Spreading pizza sauce over the bagels. — Slice the bagel bites in half and spread pizza sauce over them.

Added shredded cheese. — Add shredded mozzarella cheese.

Added veggie pepperoni slices. — Top with veggie pepperoni slices or your favorite pizza toppings.

Place your halved mini bagels cut side up on your work surface.

Spread pizza sauce over the bagels, scatter shredded mozzarella cheese and veggie pepperoni pieces.

Uncooked pizza bagel bites in air fryer basket. — Place them in the air fryer basket, don’t overcrowd them.

Cooked bagel bites in air fryer. — Cook until the cheese has melted.

Place the bagel halves in a single layer in the air fryer basket, make sure they don’t touch, or they’ll go soggy, and air fry until the cheese has melted and is bubbling, approximately 4 minutes.

Remove the air-fried bagel bites from the basket using tongs; you may have to cook them in batches.

Serve immediately and enjoy!

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How do you cook frozen bagel bites in the air fryer?

It’s easy to cook frozen pizza bagels in the air fryer.

If needed, preheat your air fryer to 360°F/180°C.

Place the frozen pizza bagels in a single layer in the air fryer basket and air fry for 4 – 6 minutes until the bagel bites are cooked, and the cheese has melted.

Remove the cooked bagel bites from the air fryer basket using kitchen tongs, serve immediately, and enjoy!

Please let us know if you make this recipe; we’d love to hear how you got on with it.

Recipe notes and expert tips

Bagles
Use your preferred bagels, and you can cook regular-sized bagels too.
Sauce
Don’t have pizza sauce? Use marinara sauce instead.
Preheat
We pre-heat our air fryer, but if you have an oven-style basket-type air fryer, you probably won’t need to.
Watch closely
Every air fryer cooks differently; different brands and capacities can mean that your food will need a longer or shorter cooking time, so keep a close eye on it when cooking bagel bites.

More bagel pizza topping ideas

Use our recipe as inspiration, and experiment with the toppings and flavors you love.

You can try Caprese pizza, Cheese pizza, Veggie pizza, Olive pizza, or Greek pizza, these will all take your bagel bites to the next level!

How to store leftover bagel bites

You can store leftover pizza bagel bites in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days, reheat them in the air fryer when ready to eat, or eat them cold.

Freeze them for up to three months, and you can cook them from frozen (see recipe card for how to cook frozen bagel bites)

What to serve with air fried bagel bites

These awesome crispy bagel bites are just begging to be dunked in your favorite dipping sauce.

Four pizza bagel bites made in the air fryer.

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