Air Fryer Recipes: 9 Easy Desserts

When you’re eating healthy, you deserve to be rewarded with sweet treats. However, a sweet treat doesn’t have to mean an unhealthy treat. You can easily enjoy delicious, diet-friendly desserts while staying on track with your weight loss plan. Using everyone’s favorite countertop appliance, the air fryer, you can make delicious dessert recipes in minutes (with no messy clean-up!). We’re talking about chocolaty donut bites, chewy cookies and fresh fruit that tastes like pie. To get you started, we’ve gathered nine easy recipes that are sure to satisfy any sweet tooth.

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1. Air Fryer Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies >

Calories per Serving: 149

On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 PowerFuel and 2 Extras

With these soft and chewy cookies, you get two great tastes in every bite: peanut butter and chocolate. They’re made with filling, fiber-rich oat flour combined with a sweet maple syrup that gives them an extra boost of flavor. Even if you’re an inexperienced baker, these cookies come out of the air fryer in just eight minutes, warm and delicious every single time.

2. Air Fryer Peanut Butter Cookies >

Calories per Serving: 121

On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 PowerFuel and 1 Extra

If you love peanut butter (we do!), these cookies are sure to be a new favorite dessert for you. They have just six ingredients, so they’re ready to go in minutes. Give them a personal touch by adding chopped nuts to the dough or by turning them into peanut butter and jelly thumbprint cookies with sugar-free jam or jelly.

3. Air Fryer Stuffed Peaches >

Calories per Serving: 97

On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 SmartCarb and 1 Extra

Fresh-picked peaches are one of summer’s sweet treats all by themselves. However, they’re even better when they’re flavored with brown sugar, cinnamon and melted butter. “Bake” them in your air fryer until they are warm, tender and juicy. Granola adds a little crunch, making this a simple “peach crisp” that anyone can whip up in minutes. Don’t have an air fryer? You can heat them on your grill, too.

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4. Cinnamon Sugar Grilled Pineapple >

Calories per Serving: 94

On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 SmartCarb

Want to take the sweet-yet-tart tropical flavor of fresh pineapple up a notch? Cut the fruit into two-inch long sticks, coat them with brown sugar and cinnamon, then heat them in the air fryer until warm and tender. Kick up the taste even more by adding the spicy zing of chili pepper or ground ginger to the mix.

5. Healthy Air Fryer Peaches >

Calories per Serving: 58

On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 SmartCarbs

You don’t have to wait for firm supermarket peaches to soften. With the air fryer, you not only tenderize them in just a few minutes, but also bring out their best flavor and juiciness. As they heat and caramelize, they develop that distinct aroma of peach pie in the oven. You can enjoy them alone or slice them up and use them as a topping for “nice” cream (Check out these recipes! >), yogurt or even Nutrisystem Buttermilk Waffles.

6. Air Fryer Chocolate Donut Holes >

Calories per Serving: 142

On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 SmartCarb and 1 Extra

Skip the stop at your local bakery and whip up a batch of these chocolate-y bites instead! With an air fryer, you can turn your kitchen into your own healthy bakery at home. The dough is easy to prepare with high-fiber whole wheat flour, Greek yogurt and a packet of our dietitian-approved NutriChocolates. Shape the batter into bite-size balls, pop them into the air fryer and wait 10 minutes for them to “bake” to perfection—crisp on the outside yet warm and soft on the inside.

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7. Apple Chips >

Calories per Serving: 98

On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 SmartCarb

You get just about everything you want from a treat with crispy Apple Chips. They have a satisfying crunch, natural sweetness and the warm flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg. Plus, you don’t need a food dehydrator (or hours of waiting!) to make them—they come out of the air fryer in just eight minutes.

8. Air Fryer Baked Apple >

Calories per Serving: 139

On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1/2 SmartCarb, 1/2 PowerFuel and 1 Extra

If you turned apple pie inside out, it would kind of be like this Air Fryer Baked Apple. The filling of buttery raisins and walnuts, seasoned with cinnamon and nutmeg, comes together with the caramelized sweetness of the apple. The result? A healthy dessert that tastes just like your favorite pie. You can also mix it up and make this recipe with pears instead!

9. Air Fryer Apple Fritter >

Calories per Serving: 128

On Nutrisystem, Count As: 1 SmartCarb and 1 Extra

Combine a slice of apple pie with diet-friendly donut! These rustic fritters can get away with their less-than-perfect shape because they are filled with fresh apples, pillowy dough and the delicious flavors of cinnamon and sugar. Watching your sugar intake? You can easily swap in the white sugar with a zero-calorie substitute like stevia or monk fruit! Feel free to also dust your apple fritters with a little more cinnamon as soon as they come out of the air fryer.

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