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Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Smokies make the perfect appetizer! These small sausages and two other simple ingredients are all that you need! Perfect for football season and parties, this is literally the perfect party food.
If this is your first time making these lil smokies, you’re in for a treat. They’re one of my favorite recipes because they’re an easy appetizer and the best way to make party foods or the perfect game-day snack.
If you are looking for another easy snack, you will love air fryer popcorn!
Making a yummy appetizer like this takes less time than the majority of other snacks, and it makes clean-up a breeze! It’s one of my family favorites – and soon to be yours as well.
Love bacon, but want a healthier option? Try this delicious air fryer turkey bacon! For more delicious bacon wrapped snacks, try these air fryer bacon wrapped asparagus too.
Check out our other favorite bacon wrapped recipes made in the air fryer.
Ingredients:
- Package of Little Smokies
- Bacon
- Brown sugar
How to make Bacon Wrapped Smokies in Air Fryer
- Cut bacon strips into thirds.
- Wrap each smokie with a piece of bacon and then secure it with a toothpick.
- Add brown sugar to a large bowl. Toss bacon-wrapped smokies with bacon, coating each piece.
- Place smokies in the air fryer basket. Air fry at 380 degrees F for 10-12 minutes until bacon is crispy.
Variations
Add BBQ sauce – If you want to take the flavor of these bacon-wrapped little smokies over the top, you can add some BBQ sauce on top of the slice of bacon after these air fryer pigs have cooked.
Add heat – While this little smokies recipe already has great flavor, you can add a sprinkle of cayenne pepper to the top of these little sausages for some spiciness.
Use hot dogs – If you don’t have cocktail sausages for this recipe, you can wrap thick-cut bacon around cut-up hot dogs and make another yummy version of this classic recipe. Either make an absolutely scrumptious appetizer.
Use turkey bacon – If you want to cut down on the fat content on these air fryer bacon-wrapped little smokies, you can use turkey bacon in place of the other type.
If you love bacon or jalapenos, try this air fryer Texas Twinkie recipe, air fryer jalapeno popper egg rolls, or these air fryer pickle poppers.
Common Questions
Adding the brown sugar makes it not low carb, but if you want to use a different sweetener or switch out for a little bit of BBQ sauce that is keto-friendly, you can easily make these mini sausages low carb!
Regular bacon is fine to use for great recipes like this, but you do want to think about making sure that the bacon that you use is going to hold shape as it’s wrapped and cooked. The best part about this recipe is that first bite of crispy bacon and meat, so making sure that the bacon reaches all the way around and holds in place while cooking is key.
I recommend that you use thicker bacon to make this air fryer bacon wrapped lit’l smokies so that the bacon doesn’t tear, break, or fall off during the cooking process. Center-cut bacon is a good choice, too!
This is one of those air fryer recipes that will likely have leftovers. Let the lil’ smokies cool down all the way, and then store them in an airtight container.
Keep the container in the fridge and eat the leftovers within 1-2 days.
Make sure that you reheat in the microwave all the way through before eating so that you get those strips of bacon nice and hot again! You can also reheat them in the air fryer for a couple of minutes as well to get them hot and delicious.
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Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Smokies
Equipment
- 1 Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 1 package Little Smokies
- 1 pound bacon
- ½ cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Cut bacon strips into thirds.
- Wrap each smokie with a piece of bacon and then secure with a toothpick.
- Add brown sugar to a large bowl. Toss bacon wrapped smokies with bacon, coating each piece.
- Place smokies in the air fryer basket. Air fry at 380 degrees F for 10-12 minutes until bacon is crispy.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
