Homemade Air Fryer Hot Pockets

Want to know how to make homemade air fryer hot pockets with crescent rolls, refrigerated biscuits or Rhodes frozen dough? We’ll share How Long do You Cook a Hot Pocket filled with chicken, beef or pizza pockets with pepperoni and cheese.

Air Fryer Hot Pocket Cook Time

This is probably the best way to cook it, so it gets the crispiest possible outside crunch and it only takes a few minutes too. Once you get the hang of how we made these you can add all sorts of things, and let your kids participate too. We decided to make air fryer pizza hot pockets this time with just pepperoni.

You could add olives, sliced mushrooms, even bites of pineapple and Canadian bacon too if you wanted though. The possibilities for frozen bread dough recipes are endless I tell you.

How do I make a hot pocket?

Start by choosing a dough. I speed things up I used Rhodes frozen dough for the crust! You just take them out and set them on the counter for about an hour to soften them up, then you’re ready to stuff away! You can use 4 to make them about the same size as the frozen versions, or use 2 for a smaller size for little hands. These are great for so many things other than just baking them into rolls.

Fillings

Like I said, we went kinda’ simple as far as the filling went. I had pizza sauce in the fridge, but if I hadn’t I’d just use a few Tbsp. of spaghetti sauce out of the jar. We always go as simple as possible in this house….. Use already shredded mozzarella cheese and since I was making these for my girls I only added pepperoni slices. If it for me I’d include olives too.

• You can use strips of beef to make Air Fryer Beef Wellington Hot Pockets
• Air Fryer Chicken Cordon Bleu is great with cheese and leftover chopped up breasts

How to Make Homemade Ninja Foodi Hot Pockets

Using a Foodi is pretty much the same as any other brand, other than there are 2 lids to choose from. In this case we are crisping so the one that is attached is what you are using. Once you have all the ingredients you want and the dough is rolled out flat you’re ready to prepare it (or them) and cook using the directions below!

If you have movie nights like we do these can be a fun addition one night. Set up a pizza bar and let everyone prepare their own. Write their name on a piece of sprayed parchment paper so you can keep track of which one belongs to whom.

How long do I cook a homemade hot pocket in the air fryer?

If it is homemade, it takes about 7 minutes. Remember there is nothing raw inside in this case so you’re just cooking the dough and melting the cheese. Frozen takes closer to 12 minutes since it has to defrost first. You’ll want to add all the filling into the center leaving the outside edges free from ingredients as you see here.

I made several of these to ensure the instructions were very clear. One thing that I found is that the ends need to be left flat and NOT folded over. You can see below what I mean by this. If you fold them over on to the top that area will be too thick and not always cook through leaving it sticky inside. This way it remains the same thickness all the way across and cooks to perfection every time.

How to Make Homemade Hot Pockets

1. Defrost frozen rolls or dough and squish 4 together into a ball. Put in between parchment paper and roll flat. Preheat air fryer to 350 degrees F for 5 minutes.
2. In the middle of your dough add 1/2 c cheese per hot pocket + about 5 pepperoni and 1/4 c. pizza sauce each.
3. Fold sides over and seal. Press ends of raw dough down to seal. Do not leave excess on and fold over as it will be too thick and won’t cook all the way through on the ends.
4. Spray inside of air fryer basket and place hot pocket in with seams facing up. Whisk an egg and brush on the top to give the soon to be crispy crust a bit of moisture and shine.
5. Air fry at 350 F for total of 7 minutes cooking time, flipping over after 4 minutes. When flipped brush with egg wash again.

Remove when dark golden brown. Brushing melted butter on the top when done is a great added touch too before serving. Do not increase the temp to 400 degrees as the outside will get done before the inside will. Frozen foods also need a bit lower temp. to defrost and then cook.

Want other ideas for the filling?? I mean the list is endless but if you have leftover ham after the holidays, ham and cheese inside would be delicious. All of them would use the same temperature and timing unless the meat is raw.

Can you cook them right out of the box, yes you can! If you don’t want to make them homemade you can cook the frozen versions in this “magic machine” or hot pockets in toaster oven too. All you do is;

How to Cook Air Fryer Frozen Hot Pockets

1. Remove from plastic wrapper and discard crisper sleeves
2. Put into basket upside down and push the drawer in
3. Set to 370 degrees F for a total of 12 minutes
4. Flip over after 6 minutes
5. Allow to cool for 2-3 minutes, slice in half and enjoy

Want other ideas?? We make quick air fryer frozen pizza a similar way for dinner sometimes too. Use this same dough to make smoked bread or even air fryer garlic bread with it instead of rolling them out flat to make our “pocket” we leave them as balls and “bake”.

Nutritional information is for the homemade version shared here. For boxed refer to the back for calories, fat, etc…..