These air fryer pumpkin bombs are simply cinnamon sugar donuts filled with pumpkin pie and then cooked until golden brown! You won’t believe how easy these fall treats are!
If I could make a perfect fall dessert it would probably be these pumpkin bombs.
The cinnamon sugar coating adds the perfect crisp just-fried texture, the gooey pumpkin pie middle, and all of the warm and cozy fall vibes…I mean these are perfect!
While a recipe obviously has to turn out delicious every time, we also like them to be nice and easy! Enter the air fryer!
There is no need to deep fry these babies! They cook super quickly in the air fryer, and our little trick of dunking them in melted butter and cinnamon sugar makes them taste like they were freshly fried.
We tend to go crazy on pumpkin when it is time to make pumpkin goodies. If you are the same you will love our pumpkin french toast and air fryer roasted pumpkin seeds also!
Ingredient Notes:
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Dough– We cheat on the dough to keep it simple and start with a couple of packages of crescent roll dough sheets.
The filling– You will need pumpkin puree, cream cheese (set this out ahead of time to soften), an egg, vanilla, and salt.
The coating-You will need melted butter, sugar, and pumpkin spice
Air Fryer Pumpkin Bomb Recipe:
- Beat together the pumpkin, cream cheese, egg, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, and salt to a mixing bowl.
- Unroll and flatten your crescent dough and cut into 8 squares.
- Drop a tablespoon of pumpkin filling into each of the squares.
- Fold the corners of the squares into each other over the scoop of pumpkin filling and seal to hold in the pumpkin filling.
- Spray them with oil spray.
- Line the bottom of your air fryer basket with parchment paper and place the dough balls on the parchment paper.
- Air fry for 4-5 minutes or until they’re lightly golden.
How to make the topping:
- Whisk together sugar and pumpkin spice in a shallow bowl.
- After you cook the pumpkin pie bombs, you will dunk them in melted butter.
- Then dip them into the pumpkin spice and sugar mixture.
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Air Fryer Pumpkin Pie Bombs
Ingredients
For the bombs
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Pinch kosher salt
- 2 packages refrigerated Crescent roll dough sheets
For the filling
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 350.
- Add pumpkin, cream cheese, egg, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, and salt to a mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
- Unroll each tube of crescent dough and cut each into 8 squares.
- Drop a tablespoon of the pumpkin filling into the center of each square and bring all corners up to form a ball, being careful to pinch the seams closed.
- Spray lightly with nonstick spray and place in a parchment lined air fryer basket. You will need to work in batches so as not to overcrowd the basket.
- Air fry for 4-5 minutes or until the dough is golden brown.
- While the pumpkin pie bombs are cooking, make the topping. Whisk together the sugar and pumpkin pie spice in a shallow bowl.
- Remove the pumpkin pie bombs from the air fryer and dunk each one first in the melted butter and then into the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Serve immediately.
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Comments & Reviews
Shelly says
Great recipe! I am wondering what else could go inside the bombs! Pizza bombs? Apple pie bombs? Try some out and give us your best. 🙂
Karly says
We just did a banana version yesterday…you’ll see it in the next couple of months. But yeah…you could stuff just about anything in there – and we will be! 🙂