20 simple and tasty desserts you can make in your air fryer
From Gaytime custard doughnuts to fried ice-cream balls — here are some quick and easy desserts you can make with just an air fryer.
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Air fryers are great for cooking healthier, oil-free meals — but are also great for making desserts.
Chocolate bars wrapped in pastry, custard doughnuts, scones and even fried ice-cream are just some of the sweet treats we never realised you could air fry … until now.
Taste.com.au has been experimenting with some dessert recipes where all you need is an air fryer and not an oven.
Here are 20 popular recipes:
We took a whole block of Darrell Lea Rocklea Road, hid it inside latticed puff pastry and air fried it until golden on the outside and gooey on the inside.
This decadent dessert features an entire block of Cadbury Marble wrapped in a delicate puff pastry lattice and is air fried until golden perfection.
Yes, you can have a freshly-baked sweet treat made with only two ingredients. Grab a block of Caramello chocolate and some puff pastry and let your air fryer do its magic.
It’s amazing what you can do with some spring roll wrappers and a can of apple slices. Use your air fryer to create this crunchy finger food dessert in just half an hour. Dip in a thick caramel sauce for extra sweetness.
Featuring a whole block of Caramilk, four sticks of Gaytime ice-cream and Arnott’s TV Snacks, this dessert is not for the faint-hearted. However, being made in an air-fryer, it’s not oily like other doughnut recipes.
Here’s what an air fryer, a box of Mars celebration chocolates and some shortcrust pastry will get you – the most delicious snack ever.
White chocolate and raspberry scones
Baking your scones in an air fryer ensures they are crispy on the outside and soft within. They are also ready to eat in under 25 minutes (and that includes prep time).
You’ve probably seen the magic of a deep-fried ice-cream in a restaurant, and now we will show you how to make it in an air-fryer at home. Drizzled with a simple but special Caramilk sauce, this dessert will hit your nostalgia spot.
If you’re craving a choc mint treat, here is a super simple dessert you can have ready in 25 minutes … and all you need are two ingredients (Aero Mint + puff pastry) — and an air fryer.
Make delicious fluffy doughnuts in your air fryer appliance. Whether you enjoy them warm with classic cinnamon sugar or drizzled with Krispy Kreme-style vanilla glaze, we’ll show you how to get perfect doughnuts every time.
Marshmallow pavlova with ice-cream and berries
Indulge your Sunday lunch guests with this decadent pavlova and ice-cream dessert.
Unlike regular bread, this has no flour and almost no carbs. Our quick and simple keto bread recipe is made from just five ingredients and is ready in 40 minutes. It’s also gluten-free and has only 40 calories per serve.
It’s so easy to make caramelised bananas in your air fryer. Simply brush with butter, sprinkle with sugar and they’re ready in seven minutes. We’ve drizzled ours with a 2-ingredient Caramilk sauce and served with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.
This heady, sweet spice lifts your baking up to the extraordinary.
If it’s your fate to make fete goodies this spring, just whip up a batch of this classic and watch them walk off the shelves.
The air fryer takes all the work out of making fresh fritters at home. Warm and toasty, they’re perfect dipped in custard for afternoon tea.
Made with just four ingredients, these mini desserts have a creamy Mars bar cheesecake filling, sandwiched between Oreo biscuits.
Few-ingredient banana bread containing mashed bananas, yoghurt, flour, egg and no refined sugar. They would be small morsels, making them perfect for a snack, a healthier dessert or lunch box filler.
Tangy lemon and creamy custard are the ultimate surprise in these light and crispy puffed pastries. Plus, you only need five ingredients – so easy.
Caramilk Hokey Pokey pastry twist
Cooked in an air fryer, this indulgent dessert features a geometric puff pastry pattern layered on top of an entire block of Caramilk Hokey Pokey.
For more air fryer recipes, go to taste.com.au or check out the Taste Test Kitchen now.
Originally published as 20 simple and tasty desserts you can make in your air fryer
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