Slice jalapeños lengthwise. Remove seeds and veins. Drizzle olive oil over jalapeno slices and rub them to thoroughly coat.
Spray the air fryer basket with olive oil nonstick cooking spray. Place jalapeño halves into air fryer basket.
Air fry jalapeño halves at 400ºF for 4 minutes. (Air fryer does not need to be preheated first.) Let cool 5 minutes or until cool enough to handle. Place them upside down on a paper towel to drain any excess liquid or oil.
In a bowl, mix together cream cheese, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper until smooth. This might be easiest with an electric hand mixer.
Stir in 1/2 cup shredded cheese, chopped bacon (reserving about 2 Tablespoons to top the jalapeño poppers with), and sliced green onions.
Fill all jalapeño halves evenly with the cream cheese mixture. Then top jalapeños with the rest of the shredded cheese and the reserved chopped bacon.
Place all the jalapeños in an even layer inside the air fryer basket.
Air fry at 400ºF for 5 minutes (you do not need to preheat the air fryer first.)
Then serve and enjoy!
Notes
Note: It’s really important when working with fresh jalapeños that you either wear gloves or wash hands thoroughly after handling them. Do not touch your face (especially your eyes) while working with jalapeños.
You can use the packaged bacon pieces instead of frying up bacon.