Homemade Air Fryer Bagel Bites Recipe (2024)

Homemade Air Fryer Bagel Bites make the perfect appetizer for quick and easy family dinner perfect for kids. Ready in 10 minutes and easily customizable.

Air Fryer Bagel Bites are the ultimate crowd pleasing appetizer or quick and easy weeknight dinner for kiddos. This homemade mini pizza bagel recipe is super simple to make, is ready in 10 minutes and requires limited ingredients.

Got a picky eater on your hands? No worries, these bagel bites can be easily customized to please everyone in the family with different toppings or sauce. Oven and frozen bagel bites instructions included!

Ingredient Notes

Bagels: I prefer to use mini bagels for my pizza bites, but large bagels will work as well. You will obviously fit less in at one time, but either will work. I recommend using plain, whole wheat or an asiago cheese bagels as your base and staying away from any flavored ones.

Shredded Cheese: I use a simple combination of mozzarella cheese and Colby jack cheese. This is just my favorite combo, and I usually have both on hand. You could use any variety of shredded cheese you wish for you bagel bites. Some other great options include cheddar cheese, parmesan cheese, asiago cheese, or another good melting cheese.

Why You'll LOVE It!
Quick & Easy: Ready in under 10 minutes
Perfect for Family Dinners
Easy Customizable & Few Ingredients Required

Instructions

1. Slice each bagel in half and lay out on a flat surface.
2. Spread 2-3 tablespoon of marinara sauce on each bagel.
3. Sprinkle 4 tablespoon of shredded cheese on each bagel.
4. Add toppings of choice to your bagel. I used mini pepperonis (about 15 per bagel) and a pinch of Italian Seasoning.
5. Add homemade bagel bites to the basket of your air fryer (I fit 4 bagel halves in my air fryer) and cook on 400 degrees F for 3-4 minutes until the cheese is melted.
6. Remove the pizza bagels from the air fryer with tongs and top with fresh basil (optional) and serve with sauce of choice. Enjoy!

Leftover Storage Instructions
Store leftover homemade bagel bites in an airtight container in the fridge for up to four days. To rewarm I like to pop mine back into my air fryer, but an oven or microwave will do as well.

Topping Ideas

Bagel Bites in an air fryer are super simple to customize and make your own. I kept mine pretty simple, but you could add virtually any pizza toppings you wish. Make sure that any meat that is added is cooked first, and I recommend doing the same for the veggies as well.

The Classics: Some classic ways to top your pizza bagel bites are with pepperoni (I like the minis), cooked ground sausage, ham, a variety of cheeses, or some chopped tomatoes.

Veggies: Great veggie topping ideas include, some mushrooms, peppers, onion, black olives or jalapano peppers.

Extra Special: If you really want to go out with your toppings you could make a buffalo chicken bagel bite by added some cooked chicken, hot sauce and ranch. Other fun ideas include BBQ Chicken, Hawaiian, Margherita, or a meat loves.

Pro Tip!
I know toppings are fun but try not to go too wild with the topping and overload the bagels. It is best to stick with a max of three toppings per bagel bites. This ensures they do not get overloaded and get too heavy.

FAQS

Helpful Kitchen Tools
I use my Ninja Foodi Air Fryer for all of my air frying needs. It is a versatile and powerful kitchen tool and I recommend it to everyone I know!

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