Satisfy your chocolate cravings with these delicious Air Fryer Brownies! Learn how to make brownies in an air fryer that are fudgy and chewy!
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These Air Fryer Brownies are truly the best easy treat!
Air Fryers have really made making dessert fast and still just as delicious. Rich and chocolatey air fryer brownie recipe is just the way you remember oven-baked brownies.
This is truly one of my favorite air fryer recipes (these Air Fryer Sugar Cookies & this Air Fryer Cheesecake are also delicious!)
Why You'll Love these Air Fryer Brownies
- Less Time: Brownies in the air fryer take half the time it takes for oven-baked brownies
- Few Ingredients: You'll likely already have all of the ingredients
- Option to customize: Add your favorite mix ins. (flavored chocolate chips & chopped nuts are my favorite!)
- Fun Individual Dessert:Easily split the batter into individual ramekins for a fast date night dessert
Brownies Air Fryer Ingredients
To make brownies in the air fryer you'll need:
- eggs
- salted butter
- canola oil
- vanilla extract
- white sugar
- cocoa powder
- white flour
- baking powder
- chocolate chips
How To Make Brownies in Air Fryer
- Preheat a 7-inch baking dish in your air fryer for 5 minutes at 375 degrees on baking mode.
- Combine your eggs, melted butter, oil, and vanilla in a medium-sized bowl or stand mixer. Whisk together until well incorporated.
- Add your sugar and whisk until the mixture is creamed.
- Add your cocoa powder, flour, and baking powder to the bowl and mix again until the flour and cocoa powder are fully incorporated.
- Gently fold in your chocolate chips. Pour the brownie batter into the baking dish. Place your baking dish in the air fryer basket and cook for 15-20 minutes at 375 degrees.
- Use a toothpick inserted in the center to check for doneness.
- Let cool completely or enjoy warm and gooey!
How To Store Air Fried Brownies
Storing: You can store any leftover brownies for up to 3 days in an airtight container at room temperature.
Freezing: You can freeze air fryer brownies as well. Allow the brownies to cool, then remove the brownies from the pan or ramekins, and place them in an airtight container in the freezer for up to two months. Thaw completely before enjoying.
Substitutions for Brownies in the Air Fryer
Eggs: We don't recommend substituting eggs, but you can read this article on how to substitute for eggs in brownies. Try it at your own risk! For each egg, you can substitute using a variety of different ingredients:
- ½ a medium banana
- 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed + 3 tablespoons water
- ¼ cup apple sauce
Butter: Coconut Oil, margarine, or lard are good substitutes for butter in this recipe.
Canola Oil: Canola oil can be replaced 1:1 with applesauce. I would not recommend using applesauce here if also using applesauce as an egg replacement.
Vanilla extract: A great substitute for vanilla is pure maple syrup. Other flavor enhancers that would work great in brownies are almond extract, vanilla paste, espresso powder, or pumpkin pie extract.
White sugar: Coconut sugar or even brown sugar will both work as a substitute. If not using sugar a monk fruit sweetener blend tastes just like regular white granulated sugar.
Cocoa Powder: If you don't have cocoa powder, you can use 1 ounce of unsweetened chocolate for every 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder.
Flour: I haven't tried making these with gluten free flour so I'm not sure how it would work!
Baking Powder: Use ¼ teaspoon of baking soda with ½ teaspoon of cream of tartar for each teaspoon of baking powder required.
Chocolate Chips: This is where the substitutions can get fun! You can use Butterscotch chips, Reeses peanut butter chips, White chocolate chips, Raspberry flavored chips, Mint Chips or Dark Chocolate Chips.
Brownies in Air Fryer FAQ
Yes! You can make brownies from a box mix in the air fryer basket.
Prepare the brownie mix according to its package instructions.
Divide the boxed brownie batter into two small-batch brownies. Cook one batch at a time.
If you do not have a 7-inch circular baking pan for this recipe, you have options. Since not all air fryers are not the same size, I would test fit your baking pan or dishes before pouring in the batter. Most air fryers allow for the use of glass, ceramic, silicone, metal dishes, or bakeware. The best practice is to double-check your air fryer's user guide first. My favorite alternative baking dish is 2-3 ceramic ramekins.
Traditional brownies typically have a longer cooking time, forcing you to wait up to 45 minutes for your chocolatey dessert. With an air fryer, you can have your brownies on the table in under a half hour - before your oven is ready to bake.
Brownies are cooked if you stick a cake tester in the center of the pan and it comes out clean. If it comes out gooey or with batter on it, the brownies are not cooked.
Brownies become more fudgy when they have fat added to them! Butter and oil lead to a fudgy brownie.
I haven't tried baking the brownies without a pan, so I can't fully recommend it. However, some people say you can do it by lining the air fryer basket with parchment paper, but I think that could get messy quickly if you aren't careful.
Other delicious brownie recipes:
If you like this Air Fryer Brownie Recipe, try one of these brownie recipes:
- Peanut Butter Brownies
- M&M Brownies
- Healthy Sweet Potato Brownies
- Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Brownies
- Heart-Shaped Brownies
- S'mores Brownies
- Chocolate Strawberry Brownies
Brownies in Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup salted butter melted
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup white sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- ¾ cup white flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat a 7-inch baking dish in your air fryer for 5 minutes at 375 degrees on baking mode.
- While that is preheating, combine your eggs, melted butter, oil, and vanilla in a medium-sized bowl or stand mixer. Whisk together until the liquids are well incorporated.
- Add your sugar and whisk until the mixture is creamed with little to no grains of sugar remaining.
- Add your cocoa powder, flour, and baking powder to the bowl and mix again until the flour and cocoa powder are fully incorporated into the mixture.
- Gently fold in your chocolate chips. Place your baking dish in the air fryer and cook for 15-20 minutes at 375 degrees. You should be able to stick a toothpick into the brownie without removing any dough.
Berni
I have a compact air fryer so I had to make a few modifications - temp is only by 10's (used 370) and the cake pan was too tall so I had to use the pizza pan from a previous Cosori I had. I cooked for 14 minutes but that was just 1 minute too long. The top was just starting to burn but the inside was still super "moist" which I was shocked by. I thought I had ruined it. I loved this recipe. It was perfect for my family to share. I had all the ingredients on hand and it was easy and quick. Next time I just need to go for a minute less and there will definitely be a next time
Linda M
I just made these brownies in a round cake pan in the Ninja 13 in 1 digital air fryer. They are delicious.
Linda
I made these today in my ninja air fryer. Deli on and easy. Linda
Linda
Delicious and easy