Air Fryer Reese’s Puff Donuts

Air Fryer Reese’s Puff Donuts — Making a fresh batch of Reese’s Puffs in the air fryer is so much easier than baking them in the oven. You can make any flavors you want, and they are perfect for parties or just to treat yourself! I’ve included some recipe ideas at the bottom of this post.

Air Fryer Reese’s Puff Donuts — Have you seen the new Air Fryer Reese’s Puff Donuts? They are just as delicious and crispy as fried donuts but without all of the oil! Your children will love these for breakfast or after-school snacks.

I love a GREAT donut from Boston, an area filled with Dunkin Donuts on every corner (yes, almost every corner). This recipe has all of my kid’s favorites in one donut!

Everyone loves Reese Cups, and after visiting Hershey Park (which is awesome, in case you were wondering), I wanted to pay tribute to this candy!

While everyone fell in love with the Air Fryer Biscuit Donuts, I always said we, Air Fryer Users, could do better, and over the years, I have made some fabulous donuts!

Over the years, I have made some wonderful homemade donuts. Some of my favorites, which I love sharing with you, are AIR FRYER APPLE FRITTERS, AIR FRYER CHURRO, AIR FRYER FRUITY PEBBLES DONUTS, and AIR FRYER COPYCAT KRISPY KREME DONUTS.

Ingredients Needed For Air Fryer Reese’s Puff Donuts

• All-Purpose Flour
• Reese Puff Cereal
• Salt
• Baking Powder
• Granulated Sugar
• Cocoa Powder
• Butter
• egg
• Pure Vanilla Extract
• Buttermilk
• Powdered Sugar
• Milk
• Mini Reese’s Miniature Cups

How To Make Air Fryer Reese’s Puff Donuts

Spray a donut pan with nonstick spray. Set it aside. Add the flour, crushed cereal, baking powder, cocoa, and salt to a large mixing bowl and whisk to combine.

Create a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the sugar, melted butter, egg,
vanilla extract, and buttermilk.

Start by whisking the wet ingredients together and gradually combine all the ingredients.
The mixture will be thick and slightly lumpy. Using a rubber spatula, fold in Reese’s puff cereal.

Use a pastry bag to pipe the batter equally into the six donut cavities.

Set the donut pan into the Air Fryer, set the temperature to 320 degrees F, air fryer setting, for 9-10 minutes until the donut bounces back when lightly touched. Turn them out onto a wire rack to let them cool. Repeat with any remaining batter.

How To Make The Glaze:

Add all ingredients to a saucepan on medium-low heat. Use a rubber spatula to
constantly stir until the glaze becomes uniform and smooth.

Once the donuts are cool enough to handle, dip them into the glaze, place them back on the wire rack, and top with extra cereal, chocolate drizzle, and Reese’s cups as desired.

Pro Tips:

• On prep time: It takes about 15 minutes to make the batter and pipe the donuts. After baking, the donuts cool enough to handle in a few minutes, and the glaze should come together very quickly. In total, it’s about 20 minutes.
• This recipe makes between 6-8 donuts, depending on how high the donut cavities are filled. The fuller they are, they’re more likely to close the donut hole gap. This is actually great for holding more cereal toppings because it creates a bowl base, but if you want to create the classic donut hole, use a small circular cookie cutter (about 1 inch in diameter) to press the center out.
• Cut the tip of the pastry bag so that there’s a one-inch opening at the tip and don’t attach a piping tip. You can substitute the piping bag with a zip-top bag, but an actual piping bag will offer a bit more structure.
• If the glaze begins to harden, the burner on the stove should still provide enough residual warmth to keep the glaze liquid after it’s been turned off. You may need to occasionally stir the glaze if it’s been sitting for a while. Reheat briefly at a low temperature if needed to re-liquify the glaze. If you do need to reheat, you may need to add a small amount of additional milk.
• Place the wire rack on a baking sheet or over a piece of parchment paper for easy clean up.

How should I store these donuts?

These donuts are best served the day of. You might extend their freshness by a day or so if stored in an airtight container at room temperature (once they’ve cooled).

How should I crush the Reese’s Puff cereal for this recipe?

The easiest and fastest way to crush the cereal (to make ½ cup finely crushed) is to add 1 cup of whole cereal to a food processor and quickly pulse until fine. If you don’t have a food processor, put the cereal in a zip-top bag, seal it, and roll over the cereal with a rolling pin until it’s finely crushed.

Tips and tricks for getting the best glaze on your donuts:

• Use a saucepan that’s wide enough for your hands to easily dip in and out of.
• Submerge the donut deep enough into the glaze to coat it, but don’t press the donut against the bottom of the pan. Hover just above it to get a clean coat of glaze. If this is challenging for you, double up on the glaze ingredients for easier dipping (note, you’ll have glaze leftover if you do this).
• If you want to double-dip the glaze, let the first layer cool and harden before coating it with a second layer.

Some Great Air Fryer Donut Pans:

Depending on how your air fryer is and how large it is, you can either use a metal-air fryer pan or a silicone one. If you use the silicone one, you can cut it to size, fitting any air fryer.

Here are some of my favorite Air Fryer Donut Pans: (Affiliate links included)

Wilton Non-Stick 6-Cavity Donut Baking Pans, 2-Count

SHARON COOPER Silicone Donut Molds, 2 Pack Silicone Doughnut Mould, 6 Cavity Non-Stick Safe Silicone Donut Baking Pan for Cake Biscuit Bagels Muffins-Blue, red

More Air Fryer Donut Recipes:

• AIR FRYER BAKED VANILLA DONUTS
• AIR FRYER NUTELLA DONUTS
• EASY AIR FRYER APPLE FRITTERS
• AIR FRYER MAPLE FROSTED DONUTS
• EASY AIR FRYER BACON SALTED CARAMEL DONUTS
• AIR FRYER GLAZED BISCUIT DONUTS

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