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This easy fruit pizza has all the things. It’s deliciously refreshing, pretty to look at, and surprisingly simple. With a soft cookie crust is topped with a cream cheese frosting and fresh fruit – it’s the perfect dessert!
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Fruit Pizza is a dessert pizza made with a sugar cookie crust, a cream cheese frosting layer, and fresh fruit toppings. My first experience with “fruit pizza” was at a Pampered Chef party years ago. I loved it! It is an especially yummy treat in the summer when the fresh fruits are easily available from your own garden or farmer’s markets. We live in an area where there are delicious fresh peaches available in the late summer. I could eat a whole fruit pizza with just fresh peaches!
Fruit Pizza Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Crust
The Pampered Chef recipe calls for store bought refrigerated sugar cookie dough. It definitely saves some time doing it this way, but, if I have time, I prefer homemade cookie dough. See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
- Unsalted butter
- Granulated sugar and brown sugar
- Eggs
- From the pantry: vanilla extract, baking powder, salt, flour
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Cream cheese
- Powdered sugar
The Best Fresh Fruit Toppings
- Fresh berries: strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries
- Tree fruits: peaches, apples, pears, bananas, cherries, mangoes, clementine or orange slices. Apples and bananas can brown quickly. To avoid this, toss them with some lemon juice before adding to the pizza.
- Other: Kiwi fruit, grapes, pineapple
- Fruits to avoid: Canned fruits and melons don’t work well because of their high water content. If canned fruit is your only option, be sure to drain the fruit well and pat with a paper towel before adding it to the pizza. No one wants a soggy fruit pizza crust!
How to Make Fruit Pizza
Making a fruit pizza is an easy 3 step process. First, make the cookie crust, let it chill, then roll it out and bake it on a pizza pan or stone. Second, make the cream cheese frosting. Then top with fresh fruit, slice, and serve. Click here to jump to the Fruit Pizza Recipe card for the full list of instructions.
IMPORTANT TIP: Make sure you chill the dough! It will be easier to work with, and the cookie dough will hold its shape better as it bakes if it is chilled.
Decorating Designs
Here are just a few ideas for decorating your sugar cookie fruit pizza. This is the fun part! Let the creativity flow and get the kids in on it.
Flower Petals: Peaches, strawberries, apple slices, pear slices, and mandarin oranges are perfect for flowers on your pizza. Use a raspberry, blackberry or blueberry for the center.
Sunrise: Make a sunrise by rolling on a 14-inch pizza pan and using fresh pineapple, oranges, and strawberries.
American Flag Fruit Pizza: Use a jelly roll pan to make a rectangle pizza. Then use strawberries and blueberries for a festive 4th of July fruit pizza.
Rainbow: Use fruits in all the colors of the rainbow to make a beautiful rainbow pattern: red (raspberries), orange (peach or orange slices), yellow (bananas), green (kiwi), blue (blueberries), purple (grapes).
Caramel Apple Pizza: Use apple slices to decorate the top of the pizza, then drizzle with caramel and sprinkle with chopped nuts (optional).
Frequently Asked Questions
Most fruit pizzas have a sugar cookie dough crust. For a quick and easy crust, you can use store bought refrigerated cookie dough. You can also make your own crust using our sugar cookie dough recipe.
A fruit tart is prepared in a tart pan and has more of a pastry dough crust. It is filled with a sweet custard or cream and topped with fruit. A fruit pizza is made on a pizza pan, and is shaped like a pizza. The spread is usually a cream cheese or frosting-like topping that is topped with fresh fruit.
A cream cheese frosting is spread on top of a fruit pizza, which is then topped with fresh fruit like peaches, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, kiwi, apple slices, grapes, etc.
Rave Reviews
“The prettiest and most fresh dessert ever. Loved using the fruit I had on hand to make this dessert. We have all berries at the moment. Can’t wait to try your caramel apple version!” – Lisalia
“I highly recommend making the cookie dough rather than using store-bought cookie dough. It was delicious and quick to make. This was the best dessert I have ever made for a family gathering.” – Geri
Fruit Pizza Recipe
Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Pizza Crust
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 cups flour
Frosting Layer
- 8 oz package cream cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Fresh Fruit Toppings:
- Strawberries
- Fresh Peaches
- Blueberries
- Kiwi Fruit
- Raspberries
Instructions
Sugar Cookie Pizza Crust
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. For the crust, cream butter and sugars together. Mix in eggs and vanilla extract and beat well.
- Add dry ingredients. Form dough into a large ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
- With a rolling pin, roll dough out in a large circle and gently place on a pizza pan or stone sprayed with non-stick cooking spray or greased. You can also use your hands to press the dough evenly on the pizza pan or stone. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Pull out of the oven when the edges and top start to lightly brown. Let cool completely.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Mix cream cheese and powdered sugar together until smooth. If you want a sweeter frosting, you can add more powdered sugar.
- Spread on cooled sugar cookie crust.
Fresh Fruit Layer
- Use fresh fruit to create fun patterns and designs!
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Notes
Recipe Tips:
- Prep time does not include the one hour it takes to refrigerate cookie dough. Don’t skip this step! The dough will be easier to work with and hold its shape if it is chilled properly.
- To save time, you can use store bought refrigerated sugar cookie dough.
Nutrition Information
More Fresh Fruit Recipes
Have leftover fruit from your pizza? Use it to make our Easy Fruit Salad for a refreshing side dish for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Or try these mini-fruit tarts or our creamy fruit salad.
- Easy Phyllo Fruit Cups – These Easy Phyllo Fruit Cups only take about 15 minute to make. A light dessert idea that is simple enough for kids and fancy enough for party guests.
- Grilled Fruit Kabobs with Key Lime Yogurt Dip – Grilled Fruit Kabobs with Key Lime Yogurt Dip are a win at any BBQ. The grill really enhances the flavor of pineapples, bananas, strawberries, and melons.
- Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon and Sugar Chips – This fruit salsa is so addicting and delicious. The chips are baked so that makes it a little healthier, right?
- Easy Fruit Dip – This Easy Fruit Dip has only 4 ingredients and takes just a few minutes to whip together. It is smooth and creamy with a hint of citrus. It complements the flavor of every kind of fruit.
I love this recipe but, I cut the sugar in half in both recipes and I added about a 1/3 of lemon curd I buy from World Market. It didn’t make a real sweet dessert which, my family loves.
This is a great substitution idea! I love lemon curd. I’ll have to try this fro myself. I don’t have a World Market close by, but I do like the lemon curd at Trader Joe’s. Thank you for sharing this!
Easy to make and delicious!
I made this without refrigerating the dough. I used a rolling pin to roll dough onto a stone pizza pan sprayed with olive oil cooking spray. I’d post a picture, but don’t see that option.
My grandkids love my punch bowl cake, I will make them this fruit pizza and I’m so sure they will want seconds.. Thank all of ya’ll for sharing…….
You are welcome! What is punch bowl cake? Please share!
I highly recommend making the cookie dough rather than using store-bought cookie dough. It was delicious and quick to make. This was the best dessert I have ever made for a family gathering.
The kids loved it! Was super simple to make and they have fun putting on the toppings!
This is my bestie’s favorite dessert ever! I’m going to have to surprise her with this!
I’d like to make the fruit pizza as an appetizer instead of a dessert. Any ideas what could be used for the crust instead of a sugar cookie?
Maybe puff pastry? Or pie crust?
I have made with crescent rolls before- but everyone prefers the sugar cookie- just depends on what you put on for toppings I think!