Make pizza healthier with these Air Fryer Zucchini Pizza Bites! They’re delightful mini pizzas that can serve as an appetizer, snack, or even light meal.

overhead view of ready to eat air fryer zucchini pizza bites on a wooden serving tray topped with mozzarella cheese and mini pepperoni

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Why You Will Love These Air Fryer Zucchini Pizza Bites

Underneath the pepperoni, cheese, and sauce, there’s a hidden slice of zucchini. It’s like a little healthy surprise in your pizza, so you can totally feel good about indulging! 😉
They can be served as an appetizer, snack, or light meal. They’re great for parties and get-togethers too!
This is an easy air fryer recipe. They can also be made in the oven, but the air fryer texture can’t be beat.

Ingredients Needed for Zucchini Pizza Bites

Ingredient quantities for this easy homemade zucchini recipe are located in the recipe card at the end of the post.

Zucchini
Marinara sauce
Shredded mozzarella cheese
Mini pepperoni slices (optional)
Non-stick cooking spray
Salt and pepper
Italian seasoning

Ingredient Notes

For the best melt, I highly recommend shredding your mozzarella cheese by hand (pre-shredded cheese often contains anti-caking agents that make it harder to melt fully). This is my favorite grater!
Get creative with your mini pizza toppings—anything goes! (yes, even pineapple)
Can’t find mini pepperoni? No problem! Just cut regular-sized pepperoni into quarters.

How To Make Zucchini Pizza Bites (Quick Overview)

The steps below are just a quick overview of how to make the recipe. The full process in detail is located in the recipe card at the end of the post.

overhead view of step one through four for how to make air fryer zucchini pizza bites

Photo 1: Lay out the zucchini slices in the air fryer in a single layer (depending on the size of your air fryer, it’s highly likely you’ll need to do this in batches). Cook for 5 minutes.
Photo 2: Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
Photo 3: Add marinara sauce.
Photo 4: Add some Italian seasoning and the mozzarella cheese. (I like to kind of sloppily add the cheese to give it an extra-gooey look, but you can add your cheese a lot neater if you’d like!) If you’re throwing in pepperoni, you can add it now too.
Bake until the cheese is fully melted.

overhead view of steps five and six for how to make air fryer zucchini pizza bites

Photo 5: This is what cheese-only zucchini pizza bites look like…
Photo 6: and these are cheese with pepperoni! 🍕
Take your mini pizzas out of the air fryer and place them on a plate, then repeat the process until you’ve made all the slices or run out of toppings.

Looking for an Air Fryer?

If you’re looking for an air fryer, I can’t recommend the Ninja Foodi enough. It’s not only an air fryer but also a pressure cooker, slow cooker, dehydrator, and more! I love it and use it daily.

Here’s the Air Fryer I Use!

More Italian Recipes

Make Italian meatballs for parties, events, and as one of your football game day foods.
And don’t forget you can make this easy meatball casserole for your fun party events as well!
This meatball and pasta bake is simple to prepare and delicious. Great for weeknights!
Italian meatloaf is a fun recipe to change things up if you want a different type of meatloaf. This one is topped with delicious mozzarella cheese and bursting with Italian flavors.
Italian sausage is a delicious dish that can be paired up with a lot of different recipes, including many breakfast recipes.

overhead view of homemade meatballs in skillet mixed with marinara sauce and topped with shredded parmesan — **Meatballs**

overhead view of meatball casserole topped with cheese in a glass casserole dish on a white marble countertop and clean white dishtowel laying next to it — **Meatballs**

Check out that side view 😍👇

sideview of ready to serve air fryer zucchini pizza bites on a wooden serving tray

More Air Fryer Recipes

Nothing beats crispy, delicious chicken thighs in the air fryer! Want to switch up the flavor? Try this air fryer garlic parmesan chicken instead.
Or, make chicken wings in the air fryer. These are some of the crispiest chicken wings you may ever make!
You can whip up some delicious buffalo wings in the air fryer too! And while you’re at it, don’t miss out on the mouth-watering air fryer lemon pepper chicken wings.
Make these sweet potato fries in the air fryer for a crispy and delicious side dish!
Need a football game day menu idea? Try these chicken legs in the air fryer.

overhead view of three cooked air fryer crispy brown chicken thighs on a white serving plate — **Air Fryer Chicken Thighs**

overhead view of air fryer garlic parmesan chicken thighs on a white plate ready to serve — **Air Fryer Chicken Thighs**

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