Name: Air Fryer Apple Chips
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 16 min
Total time: 23 min
Ingredients: 1-2 medium sized apples (Red Delicious or Honeycrisp work best); Cinnamon (optional)

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These no oil Air Fryer Apple Chips are crispy and delicious. It’s the perfect quick and healthy snack for any day of the week.

air fryer apple chips laying in air fryer basket

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They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. I don’t know how true that is but I do know I love me some apples. Whether it’s a nice juicy apple on its own, an apple pie, or fried apples with morning breakfast, I love that amazing fruit.

I love using my air fryer for quick snacks, like these air fryer chickpeas. So it just made sense that I’d use my air fryer to make crispy apple chips. After testing different temps, different air fryers, and different apples, I finally perfected the best way to make apple chips in an Air Fryer.

Now you may wonder why even make apple chips in an air fryer? Here’s why:

It’s faster. My apple chips are ready for snacking in just 20 minutes. Dehydrating them or oven baking them can and will take longer than the air fryer. These are perfect for a quick snack.
The finished apples are nice and crispy, not chewy. Seriously, you can hear the crunch when you take a bite.
It’s cheap! I like to use red and delicious apples to make my apple chips. They are pretty cheap and yummy.

In order to make this recipe you will need the following tools:

An Air Fryer
A Mandolin
A low metal rack to cover the apple chips to stop them from flying around. I use the one in the accessory kit.

How to Make Apple Chips in an Air Fryer

First, you’ll prepare the apples. I use a mandolin on the thinest setting (2.5mm) to slice my apple chips quite thinly. This is one of those recipes that you’ll need a mandolin. If you can slice an apple as thin as a mandolin can than I’m truly impressed. I cannot.

I don’t worry about peeling or coring the apple, you want the skin on them and somehow, after slicing with a mandolin, the seeds kind of just fall out anyway.

If you don't have a mandolin, your slices may be slighly thicker and you will need to adjust the cook time a bit.

Place your apples in the air fryer basket, trying your best to get them in a single layer. Depending on the size of your Air Fryer, there may be some overlap. That’s ok as we are going to rotate the apple slices during air frying.

Place the rack over the apples so that they don’t fly up into the fan while they are air frying.

sliced apples in air fryer basket under rack

Close your Air Fryer basket and set it on 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 16 minutes. About every 5 minutes, open the basket and flip and rotate the apples.

Once your timer is done, the apple slices will not feel crisp but hardened, with a little flexibility. Remove the apples from the Air Fryer basket and lay them on a plate. Allow them to cool for 5-10 minutes and they will crisp up.

Perfect!

You can eat these as is or add a sprinkle of cinnamon if you like. I truly just eat these as is without anything added and they are simply amazing.

Need a recipe for Apple Chips baked in an oven?

Here’s an oven baked apple chips recipe to follow.

Recipe Notes and Tips:

I usually stick to one apple for this recipe in order not to overlap my apple slices too much. I’ve also done it with two smaller sized apples.
The apple chips can be stored in an airtight container. However, they are usually gone as soon as they are cooled. They are pretty addictive.
Store or eat the apple chips as soon as they crisp up. If you leave them in the air for too long, they will soften again.

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4.50 from 12 votes

Air Fryer Apple Chips

These apple chips are easy, healthy, and delicious and have no oil in the recipe. They are the perfect air fryer snack for any occasion.

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword air fryer apple chips, apple chips

Prep Time 2

Cook Time 16

Cool Time 5

Total Time 23

Servings people

Calories 95kcal

Author Tanya

Ingredients

1-2 medium sized apples Red Delicious or Honeycrisp work best
Cinnamon optional

Instructions

Use a mandolin on the thinest setting (2.5mm) and slice the apples.
Place apples in the air fryer basket. Sprinkle with cinnamon if using. Use a metal rack to cover the apple slices so they don’t fly up into the fan while cooking.
Cook on 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 16 minutes, flipping and rotating the apples every 5 minutes.
After 16 minutes, remove the apples and allow them to cool for 5-10 minutes on a plate until they crisp up. Enjoy.

Suggested Tools

Air Fryer

Mandolin

Air Fryer Accessory Kit

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Notes

The apples will still feel flexible after the 16 minute cook time. They will crisp up once they cool down. I usually stick to one apple for this recipe in order not to overlap my apple slices too much. I’ve also done it with two smaller sized apples.
The apple chips can be stored in an airtight container. However, they are usually gone as soon as they are cooled. They are pretty addictive.
Store or eat the apple chips as soon as they crisp up. If you leave them in the air for too long, they will soften again.

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