Best Frozen Pretzel Air Fryer Recipe

Once you cook a frozen pretzel in your air fryer, you will never go back to making them in the microwave or the oven. This is one of my favorite air fryer snacks and one of the easiest things you can make in an air fryer. 

Why Cook a Frozen Pretzel in an Air Fryer?

Time and texture. 

Before air fryers, if you wanted to cook a frozen pretzel you had to choose between a squishy pretzel that was ready quickly in the microwave, or a better tasting pretzel that was going to take a half hour to make in the oven. 

When you make your frozen pretzel in an air fryer, you get the best of both worlds. The quality of an oven baked pretzel in a fraction of the time. 

Preparing Your Frozen Pretzel for the Air Fryer:

1. Remove frozen pretzel from packaging and dampen with water
2. Apply your desired amount of salt to the dampened frozen pretzel. (I like to use kosher salt)
3. Place your frozen pretzel in the air fryer basket

Note: Adding salt is an optional step. If you are not adding salt, there is no need to dampen your frozen pretzel with water. Just throw it right in the air fryer basket. 

How to Cook a Frozen Pretzel in an Air Fryer:

1. Set the temperature on your air fryer to 320 degrees fahrenheit
2. Set the timer on your air fryer to 4 minutes
3. Push start on your air fryer and clean up your kitchen for 4 minutes while your frozen pretzel cooks

Note: If you are making more than 2 frozen pretzels in the air fryer, I would probably bump the time up to 5 minutes. 

Best Pretzel Toppings:

1. Mustard 
2. Beer Cheese
3. Butter
4. Chocolate