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Fresh, Light, and Easy Fruit in the Air Fryer

Name: Air Fryer Fresh Fruit
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 13 min
Ingredients: 1 cup fresh pineapple (cut into bite sized pieces); 1 cup mango (cut into bite sized pieces); 1 cup apricot chunks (cut into bite sized pieces); 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup orange juice; 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

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Can you fry fruit in the air fryer? Yes! You will love this fresh, light, and incredibly easy way to make fruit in the air fryer!

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Air Fryer Fresh Fruit Recipe

Craving a naturally sweet treat with just a touch of indulgence? This air fryer fruit medley features fresh pineapple, mango, and apricot tossed in a brown sugar-orange glaze and finished with coconut or chopped nuts. It tastes like a tropical baked dessert—without heating up your oven. Perfect for summer BBQs, brunches, or when you need something easy but impressive!

Ingredients and Supplies Needed to Make this Recipe

This recipe works best with firm fruits that hold their shape while cooking. Avoid melons or overly ripe fruit that may get mushy.

Ingredients

Pineapple chunks
Mango chunks
Apricot chunks
Brown sugar
Orange juice
Ground cinnamon
Canola oil spray
Optional: shredded coconut or chopped nuts

Ingredient Substitutions or Suggestions

Fruit variety: Try apples, peaches, nectarines, or plums in place of mango or apricots
Sugar alternatives: Coconut sugar or maple syrup can work instead of brown sugar
Flavor twist: Add a pinch of ginger or nutmeg for extra spice
Toppings: Swap coconut for crushed granola or use chopped pecans instead of walnuts

Supplies

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Fruit to use

This air fryer recipe is tasty and so fresh! You can use just about any fresh fruit besides melons. You will want about 1 cup of each for about 3 cups total of fruit. Of course, feel free to adapt the amount to your taste. To keep the proportions right with the glaze, though, stay around 3 cups of fruit. I’ve made this recipe with:

Fresh pineapples
Mangoes
Apples (Granny smith or Honey crisp are great options)
Pears
Nectarines

You can also use apricots, peaches, plums, bananas, strawberries, or blueberries.

Spices to add desired flavors

If you want to change up the flavor for air fryer fruit recipes, you can always add different spices that will help accentuate the fruit’s natural sweetness and add even more flavor!

My favorites to use are cinnamon, nutmeg, and apple pie spice. Cardamom, and even pumpkin pie spice would also be fantastic, depending the fruit that is being used and the season.

Also, tossing the fruit in melted coconut oil can add a bunch of delicious flavor and healthy fat!

How to make Air Fryer Fresh Fruit

air fryer fresh fruit

Step 1: Make orange brown sugar glaze

Of course, you can simply fry the fruit in the air fryer. But if you want to level up your experience, then you have to try this glaze. It is incredibly easy and enhances the taste of the fruit.

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For the glaze, you will need:

Brown sugar
Orange juice
Cinnamon

Mix the ingredients together until well combined.

Step 2: Coat fruit in glaze

Once the glaze has been made, drizzle it over the fruit. Be sure to thoroughly cover all of the fruit. You can even let it marinate for a few minutes while you heat the air fryer to bring out more tasty flavors.

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Step 3: Air fry fruit

Once your fruit and glaze is marinating, preheat the air fryer to 390°F or 198°C for 5 minutes.

Lightly spray the air fryer basket with oil. Add the fruit, then air fry for 4 minutes.

After 4 minutes, check on your fruit and test for your desired texture inside the fruit.

If you want to cook longer, this is when you can add a little bit of oil to help it brown (this is optional), and cook for an additional 3-5 minutes. You can adjust the cooking time to be shorter or longer depending on how done you want your fruit to be.

Step 4: How to serve up fried fruit

Carefully remove the fruit from the air fryer and top with coconut or chopped nuts if desired.

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This fruit serves perfectly as a quick and tasty afternoon snack. Or, you can enjoy it as a dinner side with dishes like pulled pork, hamburgers, pork chops, or grilled chicken. It would also make a unique side dish for a potluck or holiday meal, rather than standard raw fruit salad

This recipe is so good that you could eat it for dessert. Just top it with some whipped cream, cottage cheese, or ice cream! The options are endless!

Pick the perfect dinner to serve

If you want a simple yet extremely flavorful dinner to pair with this fresh dessert, be sure to give one of these sheet pan dinners a try and use your air fryer for two recipes!

Baking sheet dinner recipes for the air fryer:

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Final Thoughts

Air fryer fruit is fresh, delicious, and so simple! We gobbled this one right up in our home. So often air fryer recipes are pretty heavy, but I loved this recipe because it was light and so tasty. You will enjoy the bursts of fresh and tropical flavors.

Share with me what you loved about this recipe and what fruits you used in the comments below!

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4.84 / 5 ( 6 Reviews )

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Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 8

Total Time: 13

Serves: 4

Adjust Servings: 4