TikTok's Two-Minute Air-Fryer Cookie Hack Is Leaving People Upset

Some TikTok food hacks are creative enough to blow our minds and give us new perspectives, but not every viral hack can be a winner. This seems to be true for TikTok's latest food fascination: a two-minute cookie you can apparently bake in an air fryer.

While cookie enthusiasts on TikTok loved learning to put their holiday sugar cookies in a waffle iron, they aren't huge fans of the latest cookie hack — and that's a massive understatement. Two-minute cookies seem to answer every busy baker's biggest conundrum: too many cookie recipes and not enough time to make them. But based on the response the viral video is receiving, devoted bakers won't rush to pull out their air fryers the next time they want to whip up a batch of cookies. Are these two-minute air-fryer cookies too good to be true? According to TikTok users, they may very well be (per Insider).

TikTok isn't taking @brazilianfoodie's air fryer cookie video all that well. It seems to be for good reason, too — when a video promises baked cookies in two minutes, we definitely expect them to come out, well, fully cooked.

To many TikTok users, the cookies shown in the video, which are presented as "dough-lumps-turned-cookies" on an air fryer, don't look all that appetizing, but that's far from the only issue they have with the video. Countless users have commented that the cookies don't appear to be thoroughly cooked after the two-minute timeframe. Some commenters have taken their frustrations further, warning of the dangers of eating raw cookie dough. ("Free salmonella," commented one particularly blunt user). The video's overlay text, "When you learn to make cookies in the air fryer and it takes 2 [minutes] instead of 30," also doesn't make sense to avid bakers, who've pointed out that making cookies nearly always takes significantly less than 30 minutes. TikTok clearly feels collectively duped by the promise of tasty cookies in two minutes, but can you make cookies in an air fryer at all?

While this particular cookie recipe might be a disappointment, bakers shouldn't count out the merits of air-fryer cookies. As it turns out, you absolutely can make cookies in an air fryer — and if you bake them correctly, they'll cook through like they're supposed to.

Air fryers are one of the most popular kitchen tools right now, so air fryer cookie recipes abound. It's just important to get your air-fryer cookie recipes from a reputable source with clear directions. This is an excellent alternative to oven-baked cookies for those who don't own an oven (or who want to switch up their cookie-baking technique). And the cookies will bake more quickly — an air-fryer cookie averages five minutes, while an oven-baked cookie will usually be done in 9-11 minutes. If you choose to air-fry cookies, keep a close watch on them and make sure that you lower the temperature a bit from what you would use for an oven-baked cookie. The cookies may not take only two minutes like the viral TikTok suggests, but they'll probably be safer and tastier too.