How to Make Dessert Egg Rolls

This is how to make dessert egg rolls in an air fryer or deep fried! Using fresh fruit like apple or bananas, pie filling, or simple cheesecake dip you can make many different types. Just one of our favorite recipes using egg roll wrappers.

Egg Roll Desserts

Maybe you always thought this would be too hard to make yourself. You’ve only made frozen egg rolls in air fryer with cabbage and meat inside. You’re missing out y’all!! That is not the only way, not even close. Think about it, the outsides aren’t salty or just made for dinnertime. Once you add something sweet and take a bite you’ll be a believer too.

If you wanted to start off super simple, grab a package of square wrappers at the grocery store. They are in the refrigerated section near the bagged cole slaw typically. Then head over to the baking section and grab a can of your favorite flavor. Typically you’ll find mixed berry, cherry, strawberry and apple pie filling.

Sweet Egg Rolls

Those are the only 2 ingredients you would need to make those. From there all you would need to understand would be how to wrap an egg roll. Think of it as a burrito really, with a tortilla and the stuff in the center. You can see an example below where we added 1/3 of a banana with Nutella.

• Spoon 1 tbsp of Nutella in the middle of an eggroll wrapper.
• Add half a banana on top (or fill middle with pie filling).
• Wet all 4 corners with water using your fingers or a basting brush.
• Start by folding up the bottom corner, then the left corner into the middle, then the top corner down, and the right corner into the middle.  
• Repeat this process for the remaining wrappers.

Air Fryer Dessert Egg Rolls

If you want to warm and crisp them this way it works well. Spray the air fryer basket with olive or vegetable oil cooking spray. Lay them inside and spray the tops with oil as well. Cook in a preheated machine at 380 degrees F in the air fryer for 4-5 minutes or until golden and crispy. Alternatively: deep fry in hot oil until browned.

Banana Egg Rolls

You can see what I mean here by the folding process. The last fold is the most important so you can ensure that it really sticks and doesn’t leak. That is the most important because leaking not only makes a huge mess but you lose all the goodness out of the center as well. A tragedy for sure.

If you use pie filling a dollop of cheesecake dip works great in there too to bring a creaminess to the dish. You really only need a container of softened cream cheese and small tub of marshmallow fluff to make the cheater version of that. 😉

• We use this to make our cheesecake egg rolls, which are always a hit.
• You can use fresh fruit to make any variety you really like by softening them in a pan with a bit of sugar like peach egg rolls or even pears.
• Roll up chocolate chips, mini marshmallows and a bit of crushed grahams for S’Mores egg rolls sometime.
• Air fryer apple pie egg rolls can use fresh or canned fruit.
• Cheesecake egg rolls can just use the cream cheese filling combo explained below with a bit of vanilla extract. Even without any fruit inside this in itself is delish.

Cheesecake Egg Rolls

The possibilities are endless really. Sprinkle with powdered sugar after they are done to a golden brown. NO paper towels necessary to absorb the excess oil at the end if you use your air fryer.

If you are feeding a crowd you may need to cook egg rolls in batches. To keep them warm set on a cooling rack, on a baking sheet, covered with foil until they are all done. They really are the best right out of the fryer though and since they are so simple to assemble I would suggest doing them “to order”.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Egg Rolls

Want your kids to think you’re a hero? Try this combo!! That’s right, PB&J is oh so delicious warmed and wrapped into this little burrito like hand held morsel. Just a tbsp of each inside is great and you can vary it up with all different types like grape, marmelade or even apple butter. Better yet make Instant Pot jam with fresh fruits like huckleberries.

These are really great fresh, can be saved but the texture will definitely change. If you really want to try and enjoy the next day wait until they are cooled. Then wrap in foil and into the fridge they go. Next day throw them back into the fryer for 1-2 minutes to warm and crisp up just a bit again and enjoy another time.

You really don’t need a dip like savory air fryer egg rolls but if you just can’t go without it you could use whipped topping or caramel sauce. Make up your own yummy combination if you will and let us know if yours is different so we can try that one too!