Is this the most indulgent food trend yet? Home cooks are now making COB LOAVES in Kmart air fryers - complete with bacon and oozing cheese
- Australians are now making delicious cob loaves in their air fryers at home
- Multiple home cooks shared their own recipes to a popular Facebook group
- In addition to sour cream and cheese, some used bacon, onion and capsicum
Thousands of home cooks are showing off their inventive cob loaf creations using the popular Kmart air fryer after the indulgent trend started taking off in Facebook foodie groups.
While the edible bread bowl is usually filled with sour cream and French onion soup mix, Australians are now adding bacon, garlic, capsicum, onion and grated cheese to take the snack to another level.
'Made my first air fryer cheese and bacon cob - so much better then the oven!' one woman wrote online alongside two photos of her tasty cob loaf.

Thousands of home cooks are showing off their inventive cob loaf creations using the popular Kmart air fryer after the indulgent trend started taking off in Facebook foodie groups


To fill the bread loaf, one woman used cream cheese, cream, sour cream, grated cheese, diced bacon, onion, a handful of shallots and salt and pepper to season (pictured)
'I used the 3.2 litre air fryer, cooked for five minutes on 180 [degrees Celsius], took out and mixed and cooked for another five minutes on 170 [degrees].'
For this recipe, the woman used cream cheese, cream, sour cream, grated cheese, diced bacon, onion, a handful of shallots and salt and pepper to season.
Others in the Facebook group quickly commented on the post and were surprised the idea hadn't been shared sooner.
'Oh my god, I had no idea you can make cob in the fryer,' one woman said.
'There is nothing this machine can't do,' another added, and a third said: 'This idea would be perfect for camping!'

Others part of the Facebook group quickly commented on the post and were surprised the idea hadn't been shared sooner


Another woman who noticed the cooking trend online tried it for herself and shared the results on the page too

She cooked the cob loaf in her 5.4 litre air fryer and used bacon pieces, sour cream, cheese and a packet of French onion soup

The loaf only took 20 minutes to make
Another woman cooked the cob loaf in her 5.4 litre air fryer and used bacon pieces, sour cream, cheese and a packet of French onion soup.
The loaf only took 20 minutes to make.
A third woman who also shared her cob loaf creation online used sourdough bread and said it tasted incredible.
For her filling she used sauteed bacon, onion, capsicum, sour cream, French onion soup mix, corn and baby spinach.