This simple recipe starts with crescent rolls and ends with delicious, cream-filled, air fryer pumpkin spice bites.
Recipe Overview
This recipe uses four simple ingredients and comes together in less than 20 minutes. Enjoy air fryer pumpkin spice cream cheese bites as a dessert or even for breakfast. They are best eaten straight out of the pan after letting them cool a bit.
These air fryer pumpkin spice bites are so delicious and using the pre-prepped dough makes them super simple to make. We’ve used the same method to make Gingerbread bites too!
You know that time of year when pumpkin spice is everywhere and in and on everything? Well, these are amazing then, but also all year long!
Ingredients – What You’ll Need
- Crescent Rolls – One tube of these refrigerated flaky rolls is all you need!
- Sugar – There’s sugar in the filling, and also on the outside of these bites, giving them a crunchy crust.
- Cream Cheese – Cream cheese makes the filling for these bites so rich and creamy.
- Pumpkin Pie Spice – This blend of spices just screams, Fall! I love it all year round though. Don’t have pumpkin spice on hand? Try cinnamon instead.
If you have any questions, please leave a comment below and we’ll get back to you ASAP!
How to make these pumpkin spice bites!
- Mix together pumpkin spice and sugar in a medium bowl and set aside.
- Put the remaining sugar and softened cream cheese into another bowl. Use a form to mash the cream cheese to combine.
- Unroll the crescent dough. Put about a tablespoon of the cheese mixture on the larger end of the dough triangle. Gently fold the dough over to cover the cream cheese mixture.
- Put the rolled bites into the bowl with the sugar and spice and gently press the mixture in to both sides of each bite.
- Place bites into the air fryer. Air Fry at 350F/177C for 8-9 minutes.
- Remove from the air fryer and enjoy.
Serving Ideas
These little dough bites are a perfect addition to a breakfast or brunch spread. Try Air Fryer Bacon and Air Fryer Breakfast Casserole.
The pumpkin spice flavor makes these a good match for a Thanksgiving meal as well. We have recipes for Air Fryer Stuffing and Air Fryer Turkey that you can try.
Recipe Tips
- These bites store well in the fridge and can be reheated in the air fryer or enjoyed cold the next day. Feel free to make these ahead of time.
- Use parchment paper on the bottom of the air fryer for this recipe so that nothing sticks. Make sure the paper is cut smaller than the bottom of the tray in order to let air circulate.
- When rolling your bites make sure that the dough is well sealed around the filling. We don’t want anything oozing out of our pumpkin spice bites!
Recipe FAQs
Nope! Actually, just adding pumpkin pie spice makes you think that you’re eating pumpkin. I haven’t tried it yet, but if you wanted to add a bit of pumpkin puree to the filling, I bet it would be yummy.
If you don’t have crescent rolls, you could substitute another type of pre-made dough, such as cinnamon roll dough or even pizza dough. I suggest that you roll out that dough very thin before using in this recipe.
Air Fryer Pumpkin Spice Bites
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tube Crescent Rolls
- 1 T + 1/2 Cup Sugar divided
- 8 oz. Cream Cheese softened
- 1 T Pumpkin Spice
Instructions
- Mix together the pumpkin spice along with ½ c of the sugar in a medium bowl and set aside.
- Put the remaining sugar and softened cream cheese in a new bowl. Use a fork to mash the cream cheese to combine.
- Unroll the crescent dough. Put roughly 1 T of the cream cheese mixture on the larger end of the crescent triangles.
- Gently fold the crescent dough to cover the cream cheese mixture. Gently press the round disc shape between your hands. Put the bites into the spice mixture. Gently press into the mixture on both sides.
- Place bites into the air fryer. Air Fry at 350F/177C for 8-9 minutes.
- Remove from the air fryer and enjoy!
Notes
- Pro Tip: This recipe can be made in the air fryer unit with a basket or the air fryer oven. If you are using the air fryer oven, use the middle rack and select the “Air Fry” function.
- These bites store well in the fridge and can be reheated or enjoyed cold the next day.Â
- Use parchment paper to keep the dough from sticking to the basket.Â
Nutrition
Air Fryers can vary greatly. Please take the time to learn your specific air fryer. You may need to adjust times and temperatures based upon your air fryer. All though this website attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, the information should only be considered an estimate. Varying factors such as different product types, different brands, etc. can change nutritional information. It is your responsibility as a consumer to read all labels to make sure the ingredients fit your dietary needs as well as calculate your own nutritional information as a double check.
I love how easy these are to make. They’re not overly sweet and the sugar and pumpkin spice sprinkle on top is so good!
These air fryer pumpkin bites look so simple to make! Saving this recipe for the fall! Yum!
These look so incredibly easy to make! I’m gonna have to try these right away! Thanks for sharing!
I agree, give me pumpkin spice all year round. These are a perfect bite of deliciousness every time.
Am loving every about this recipe! It would make great appetizer! YUM