Air Fryer Garlic Parmesan Pizza Rolls (TikTok Recipe)

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Snack time with Totino’s pizza rolls topped with this easy to make garlicy sauce takes these air fryer garlic parmesan pizza rolls to a whole new level.

Kids love air fryer pizza rolls. But these garlic parmesan pizza rolls, based on a viral TikTok recipe, become a snack that adults will love. While you cook the pizza rolls in the air fryer whip up the garlic sauce. Once the pizza rolls are finished they are tossed in this delicious sauce. They are so good you might even want to serve them up as an appetizer at your next gathering, party or cookout.

Air Fryer Garlic Parmesan Pizza Rolls

Frozen pizza rolls are a fast snack that everyone loves. Forget using your oven to bake them or the microwave to warm them. Frozen pizza rolls made in the air fryer are the way to go! They turn out crispy every time.

Air frying is the perfect way to cook them because it is so quick, with no added oil, yet they turn out perfectly crispy.

These pizza rolls can be made in every time of air fryer. Please follow your air fryer’s instructions on preheating. These pizza rolls aren’t cooked for a long time so you will want to preheat the air fryer first.

What you’ll need to make these air fryer pizza rolls:

Totino’s pizza rolls – I get the Totino’s brand of pizza rolls. They come in a wide variety of flavors. Choose your favorite one. You can find pizza rolls in the frozen food section of your local grocery store. They often sell small boxes or bags. Check out your local warehouse store such as Costco or BJ’s for larger sized bags.

Butter – use your favorite butter to make this sauce.

Garlic – you want finely minced garlic for this recipe. Use fresh garlic or a jarred minced garlic.

Parmesan Cheese – I used Kraft grated parmesan cheese. You can use your favorite brand. You can use fresh parmesan cheese if desired. Just finely grate it.

Parsley – I used dried for this recipe but you can also use finely minced fresh parsley if desired.

How to make Garlic Parmesan Pizza Rolls:

Start by preheating your air fryer to 380 degrees F according to your air fryer’s directions. As these pizza rolls don’t cook that long, I have found preheating the air fryer for 2 or 3 minutes is enough so the air fryer ready to cook the pizza rolls.

Add in the pizza rolls in a single layer to the preheated air fryer. Touching is ok but you don’t want them piled up on each out. That keeps them from getting crispy. Plus you will want to have a little room to shake or turn the pizza rolls over so they cook up evenly.

Air fry the pizza rolls at 380 degrees F for 5 to 6 minutes. Give the air fryer basket a good shake to move the pizza rolls around or use tongs to turn them over.

Air fry for another 3 to 4 minutes or until the pizza rolls are golden brown and crispy.

While the pizza rolls are cooking in the air fryer make the garlic parmesan butter sauce. Melt the butter in a bowl. Add in the garlic and parsley. Stir to combine.

Mix in the parmesan cheese.

Add in the cooked pizza rolls and toss to coat in the garlic parmesan sauce. Serve and enjoy!

How Do You Keep Pizza Rolls From Exploding?

If you may pizza rolls then you’ve seen that there are some that explode while cooking. This is caused by the sauce and cheese in the center heating quickly and forming steam. The steam has to go somewhere so it will cause the tomato sauce and gooey cheese to explode out of the side of the pizza roll.

There are several things you can do to cut down on the number of pizza rolls that explode. You can start by breaking up the cooking time and allowing the pizza rolls a short cool down period before finishing the cooking. If the total cooking time if 8 minutes then you can try cooking for 4 minutes, allow a 2 to 3 minute cool down period and then cooking for the remaining 4 minutes.

You can also try to provide a spot for the steam to escape while the pizza rolls are cooking. The seams of the dough are sealed to keep the contents inside. By poking a small hole in the dough this can allow the steam to escape and not build up.

To me this seems like a whole lot of work just to get pretty pizza rolls that are going to be quickly gobbled up in the end. The pizza rolls that have sauce leaking out taste just as delicious as the others so I don’t bother trying to solve this issue.

How To Store Pizza Rolls:

Store any leftover pizza rolls in an airtight container in the refrigerator. For best flavor and texture use within 3 days.

How To Reheat Pizza Rolls:

You can reheat the pizza rolls in the air fryer. to make crunchy pizza rolls. Place in a single layer in the air fryer basket and heat at 380 degrees F for 2 minutes or until they are warmed through and the crust has started to crisp up a bit.

Do I Need To Spray The Basket With Non Stick Spray?

No you don’t have to spray your air fryer basket with oil or cooking spray before making pizza rolls. Add them directly to the basket and air fry. Air fryer baskets are already have a non stick surface and the pizza rolls aren’t cooked long enough to stick to it.

You also don’t need to line your air fryer basket with a piece of parchment paper. However, if you want to cut down on clean up of the air fryer basket you can use the parchment liner or a silicone liner to make clean up easier.

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