These frozen pizza rolls in the air fryer come out crisp on the outside and hot and gooey inside in about 8 minutes. I cook Totino’s pizza rolls straight from the freezer at 380°F, shake the basket at 4 minutes and start checking at 6 minutes.
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ℹ️ Introduction
Whether your family calls them pizza rolls or pizza bites, this is the best and easiest way I know to get them on the table.
The real trick to cooking pizza rolls is to listen for the sizzle rather than watch the timer. Readers have told me theirs were done anywhere from 6 to 10 minutes, depending on the air fryer.
I grew up eating Jeno’s pizza rolls, those bite-size snacks bursting with pizza sauce and mozzarella. Pillsbury bought Jeno’s in 1985 and renamed the rolls Totino’s in 1993, which is why you can’t find Jeno’s anymore.
Steve says ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Air fryers may be different but this is a magical sweet spot for me, fully cooked with nearly zero leakage, nice work finding the perfect time/temp combo!
Alas, my obsession with pizza rolls didn’t last into adulthood. Still, when my kids were little, pizza rolls were our Super Bowl and New Year’s Eve treat, and I may have taste-tested a few!
If you love freezer snacks, try my frozen taquitos, potato skins, chicken nuggets and Texas toast in the air fryer too.
🧂 Ingredients for Air Fryer Pizza Rolls
💡 Ingredient and Recipe Tips
Pizza Rolls
I use Totino’s because they’re the easiest to find. Every Totino’s flavor I’ve made cooks with the same time and temperature. I haven’t tested store brands.
Keep the pizza rolls frozen until they go into the air fryer. So don’t thaw them first.
Batch Size
My limit is half of a 50-count bag, so about 25 rolls per batch. They don’t need to sit in a single layer, so stack them a little, but leave room for the hot air to move. My Cosori holds a lot more than my Instant Pot Duo Crisp, so use your basket size as a guide.
If you’re making them for a crowd, cook them in batches. The second batch may cook faster because the air fryer is already very hot. If the first batch cools down too quickly, rewarm the pizza rolls for 1 to 2 minutes at 350°F.
Timing
Shake the basket or flip the rolls with silicone tongs at 4 minutes so they cook evenly. Mini pizza rolls take about 2 minutes less.
The filling is scorching hot straight out of the air fryer, so give them a few minutes before anyone bites in. Waiting also allows them to crisp up.
Dipping Sauces
Serve them on their own or with ranch dressing, salsa, marinara sauce, or sriracha sauce for dipping.
❓ FAQs
8 minutes at 380°F in a preheated air fryer, shaking the basket at 4 minutes. Start checking at 6 minutes, because every air fryer runs a little differently. A good rule of thumb is to listen for sizzling. As soon as they sizzle, they’re just about ready.
Bake them from frozen on a baking sheet at 400°F for about 9 minutes. Take the sheet out the moment you hear a sizzle and the first one starts to pop open, because the rest will burst soon after. Let them cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes and they’ll crisp up.
Steam builds up inside as the filling heats, and the pressure splits the dough. You can’t stop it completely, but taking them out at the first sizzle (see How to Make section below) keeps most of them whole. I don’t mind a few burst ones. They taste just as good, if not better, when the sauce and cheese ooze out.
No. They don’t stick, so I don’t use any oil. A light spray of oil makes them a little crispier, if you want to do that.
Air fry them at 350°F for 2 to 3 minutes. Keep leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge until you’re ready.
⏲️ How to Make Air Fryer Pizza Rolls
- Preheat the air fryer to 380°F for 5 minutes.
- Add half a bag of frozen pizza rolls to the basket.
- Air fry for 8 minutes, shaking the basket or flipping the rolls with tongs at 4 minutes.
- Start listening at 6 minutes. As soon as you hear a sizzle and the first roll splits open, take them out. The rest start bursting right after that, so don’t wait for the timer.
- 5. Let them cool for a few minutes. They crisp up as they sit.
Air Fryer Frozen Pizza Rolls (Totino’s)
Ingredients
- ½ package frozen pizza rolls (50 count package) [See Note 1]
Instructions
Air Fryer Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 380 degrees Fahrenheit for 5 minutes. [See Note 2]
- Add the frozen pizza rolls to the air fryer basket. [See Note 3]
- Cook frozen pizza rolls for 8 minutes at 380 degrees Fahrenheit, turning them over with tongs or shaking the basket at the 4 minute mark. Start checking at 6 minutes and take them out as soon as you hear them sizzle and the first one pops open. [See Note 4]
- Let the pizza rolls cool for a few minutes so they crisp up. They are very hot inside! Serve with a dipping sauce if desired, e.g. ranch dressing, sriracha sauce, marinara sauce, salsa.
Notes
Nutrition
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iso says
way too much typing for a 5 min cook
Neena Panicker says
There’s a button right at the top that says “jump to recipe”. You can use that to go directly to the recipe if you’d like.
Amy Monroe says
I adjusted to 375 and 6 minutes mine were just too done at 8 minutes
Neena Panicker says
Amy, thank you for sharing your experience. As I mention frequently, air fryer wattage can make a difference in how quickly the food cooks.
Chele says
Thanks so much. They turned out perfect which really pleased my teen daughter. That’s no easy task, either. Thanks again 🙂
Neena Panicker says
Thank you, Chele! I’m glad air fryer pizza rolls worked for you.
Steve says
Air fryers may be different but this is a magical sweet spot for me, fully cooked with nearly zero leakage, nice work finding the perfect time/temp combo!
Neena Panicker says
Steve, thank you so much for commenting.
sueparr says
Pizza rolls are my guilty pleasure. I added 2 minutes extra. No other changes.
Paint the Kitchen Red says
Thank you for taking the time to comment – I’m glad it worked for you.