Air Fryer Bagel Bites directions are what it's all about today. Air fryer Bagel Bites, microwave Bagel Bites, oven Bagel Bites, and even Bagel Bites in the toaster oven and convection oven are all going to be discussed today.

All bagel bites cooking directions, all in one place.

We'll also take a look at nutritional information, as well. Basically, if it's about Bagel Bites, we'll be talking about it today.

So get ready for everything you'll ever need to know about these delicious snacks. I don't know about you but I really love making bagel bites in the air fryer. I really enjoy how crispy they turn out to be.

Bagel Bites have been around since the 1980s and for me, they have always been LOVE at first bite! They are the perfect movie night or late-night snack. Heck, I've even eaten a bunch of them for dinner!

In my opinion, there's really no bad time to enjoy these tasty snacks. They're easy to make, they're delicious, and they're just plain satisfying.

I make the best homemade bagel bites recipe with our homemade pizza bagels (mini bagels or full size) in my air fryer. Heck, I even make these easy homemade regular and everything bagels as well as pumpkin bagels in my air fryer as well. But sometimes, you just want the frozen foods section flavor that you can only get with store bought bagel bites.

To this day, I always have a box inside my freezer just for when the craving for bite sized bagels hits me. It doesn't hit often but when it does I used to pop a few inside my oven but now I toss a few inside my air fryer.

Air fryer pizza bites are addictive, mouth-watering cheesy little morsels. A guilty pleasure for me for sure. They just might become one for you too!

What are Bagel Bites?

Bagel Bites are a brand name product produced by Ore-Ida or more specifically, a Kraft Heinz company. They are a box of frozen mini or baby bagels covered in a flavorful pizza sauce, cheese, or a blend of cheeses and some of your favorite pizza toppings like pepperoni and sausage.

The history can be traced back to the early 70s when the pizza bagel was invented. Bruce Treitman claims to have invented them at one of the stores in his family's west coast chain of bakeries, Western Bagel. Katz Bagel Bakery in Massachusetts also claims to have made the first pizza bagel in 1974.

We may never know who actually invented the first pizza bagel, but we do know exactly who invented Bagel Bites. They're the brain child of Stanely Garczynski and Bob Mosher.

The two invented these bites using tiny, custom-made bagels in the mid 1980s. The tiny snack was an immediate and overwhelming success, and in only a couple of years, the pair had sold their invention to a larger company.

In 1991, Heinz bought the company and began mass marketing their Bagel Bites in supermarkets across North America. Today, you can get these tasty snacks in a variety of flavors.

Flavors

Ore Ida Bagel Bites currently come in six different flavors. Three Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese, Cheese and Pepperoni, Supreme (three cheeses, pepperoni, red and green peppers), Sausage and Pepperoni and for a limited time Extreme Nacho (ground beef, nacho cheese, mozzarella cheese, red and green peppers).

They come in 9, 18, 24, 40, and 72 counts and must be kept frozen until cooking. No matter which way you do it.

Directions

And here we are. Bagel Bites cooking instructions. There are all kinds of ways that you can make them, so I've broken it down into the different ways that you can make these snacks.

We'll start with air fryer Bagel Bites, then move on to oven, microwave, toaster oven, and finally, convection oven.

You'll notice that each set of instructions involves slightly different cooking times, but they all come out deliciously done with any of these methods.

Instructions

How Long to Cook Bagel Bites in Air Fryer?

After coating your air fryer basket with cooking spray, place the frozen bites you want to eat in a single, even layer and cook at 375 degrees F for 6-8 minutes or cooked through. Check on your pizza bagels at the five-minute mark to confirm cook time as every air fryer is different and you don't want these to burn.

Once cooked, remove bagel bites from the air fryer and allow to stand for a minute to cool because toppings will be hot.
Serve and enjoy every bite. These taste great.
Once you calculate the exact cooking time on your air fryer, reduce the cooking time by a minute once the air fryer is heated and the first batch is made

Bagel Bites Oven Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (218 C).
Arrange frozen bagel bites about ½ inch apart on a baking sheet or shallow pan (or 1 centimeter). The exact distance doesn't matter you just don't want them to be touching ideally.
Place baking sheet on upper middle rack inside your oven and bake for 12-14 minutes.
Allow bagels to rest for a minute before serving. The toppings get hot.

Microwave

Discard plastic wrapper that surrounds crisping tray and place frozen Bagel Bites inside tray or use a microwaveable plate, and make sure cheese and toppings are facing up.
Put inside your microwave and cook for 2 minutes 10 seconds on HIGH
Allow bagels to rest for a minute before serving. The toppings get hot.

Toaster Oven

Preheat to 400 degrees F (204 C).
Arrange all frozen Bagel Bites on toaster oven tray and place inside your toaster oven.
Bake for 14 minutes and allow to stand for a minute before serving as toppings get hot.

Convection Oven

Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F.
Place frozen Bagel Bites on an ungreased rimmed baking sheet, about ½ inch or 1 centimeter apart. It's important that your Bagel Bites do not touch for best results.
Place rimmed baking sheet on middle rack and bake for 10 - 12 minutes.
Remove from oven and allow to stand for a minute before serving because the toppings are hot.