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This Easy Fruit Pizza is the ultimate crowd-pleaser. It is sweet, deliciously refreshing, and beautiful to look at. With a soft, buttery homemade cookie crust (worth the extra few minutes!), a tangy cream cheese frosting, and customized with your favorite fresh fruit, this simple dessert is perfect for summer parties, holidays, or a simple weekend treat!
5 Star Reviews from Our Readers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“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
“Absolutely delicious! The homemade cookie crust makes all the difference—soft, chewy, and perfectly sweet. I’ll never go back to store-bought again.” – Melissa
“The kids loved it! Was super simple to make and they have fun putting on the toppings!” – Suzy
The Easiest Summer Dessert
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!
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Ingredients You’ll Need
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!
Step by Step Instructions for Easy Fruit Pizza
- Preheat oven to 375°F and cream together the butter and sugars; add eggs and vanilla, and beat well.
- Add dry ingredients to form the dough, shape into a ball, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Roll out the dough into a large circle and place it on a greased pizza pan or stone, pressing evenly.
- Bake for 12–15 minutes, until edges are lightly golden, then let the crust cool completely.
- Mix cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth, then spread over the cooled cookie crust.
- Top with fresh fruit and arrange in fun patterns or designs as desired.
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 Ideas
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.
Make sure the cookie crust is completely cooled before adding frosting and fruit. Also, avoid using fruits with high water content (like melons), and pat juicy fruits dry with a paper towel before adding them.
You can make the cookie crust and frosting up to a couple days in advance. Assemble the fruit pizza the day you plan to serve it for the best texture and freshness. If needed, you can assemble it a few hours ahead and refrigerate until serving.
Fresh fruit works best for fruit pizza. Frozen fruit can become mushy when thawed, and canned fruit has more moisture, which can lead to a soggy crust. If you must use canned fruit, drain it well and pat it dry.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator. It’s best eaten within 1–2 days, as the fruit will start to soften and the crust may lose its crispness.
More Fresh Fruit Recipes
Have leftover fruit from your pizza? From delicious desserts to refreshing salads and side dishes, try these recipes featuring fresh fruit:
Have you tried this Easy Fruit Pizza? I’d love to hear what you think! Drop a comment below and let me know how it turned out, or if you put your own spin on it. 🍓
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.
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!
The prettiest and most fresh dessert ever. LOVED using the fruit I had on hand to make this dessert. We hvae all berries at the moment. Can’t wait to try your caramel apple version!
Can you freeze this. Barbhood50@yahoo.com
Yes! You can cover with plastic wrap and freeze until you are ready to serve. Allow to thaw 10-20 minutes before serving. Hope this helps!
Honestly I didn’t really love the crust on this recipe. The cookie held up well but was a little dry and bland and it was not over cooked at all. Take your favorite sugar cookie recipe that you know is good and perfectly sweet and use that recipe. I personally feel like it wasn’t sweet enough nor moist enough.
That fruit pizza is gorgeous. Bonus…looks so much easier to make than a regular fruit tart. And looks like it will taste just as good.
Totally agree 😉 Thanks!
Could I use a 9×13 cake pan ? I have a very small oven.
Yes, you definitely can use a cake pan instead. Just keep an eye on it to make sure it is cooking through how you want it to.
Can i put cool whip in when making the crust?
You can definitely try it, I think it would be a great option if you are looking to make it more of a whipped topping. Let us know how it turns out!
Does cream cheese have to be room temp or can it be cold before mixing with powder sugar?
It is best when softened (at room temp)
It should be close as close to room temperature as possible. If not, it will have clumps in it when mixed with the sugar. Thanks for asking!
I don’t have a pizza pan the dig or a stone. Can I just put it on a cookie sheet
Definitely!
Absolutely! That would work just fine.
Is that a 12 or 16 inch pizza pan? Can’t wait to try this. Looks yummy!
Hi Shirley, the pizza pan I used is actually 15 inches. I think a 16 inch would work great. Thanks for asking!
Would love to have your recipe book.
Thank you, Barbara. We are talking with our publisher about a reprint. We are hoping to have it available again soon.
What are the amounts to use, for the strawberries, blueberries, and kiwi?.
Hi Karen, you can use as much or as little as you would like. I usually purchase the smallest container of strawberries and blueberries, and I usually use 3-4 kiwi depending on the size. Thanks!
How well do these hold up in the refrigerator overnight? Will the crust soggy?
It does get a little softer, but not soggy. Make sure the fruit is as dry as possible if you are going to refrigerate it overnight. Thanks for asking!
I have had this before and love it. Now I can make my own and impress others , thank you for the recipe.
You’re welcome! 🙂
Looks good but I noticed the cook had peeled the kiwi- my granddaughter taught me to loosen it with a spoon and the kiwi slides right out then you can slice it! Saves time !
I also remember this recipe from a Pampered Chef party some years ago and I never forgot it. I have been looking for it ever since I lost my original copy of it. Thank the heavens I found it! This is exactly the one I remember, too. Thank YOU for posting it!!! Thank you also for clearing up what a cube of butter is. I had never heard it called that before.
I am so glad you found the recipe you were looking for! 😀 Hope it is as tasty as you remember!
I notice a lot of “pins” give measurements that we here in Australia are not familiar with. We don’t buy butter by the cube or the stick, can you please give weight measurements? Many thanks.
A cube or stick = 1/2 cup of butter or 4 oz. Hope this helps!
Can you keep the cookie dough refrigerated for longer than an hour? Even overnight? Or does it make it dry out? Just wondering if I can make this ahead of time for Easter so the day of won’t be so hectic! Thanks!
Yes, you can make it ahead. Take the dough out of the refrigerator and let it sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before you roll it out. Keep it wrapped in the plastic wrap until you are ready to use it. Thanks for asking!
What is one cube of butter? Is it one stick or 4 sticks, making a cube of them. I want to make this for a swim party today. It looks amazing!!
It is one stick or 1/2 cup.
whew had this recipe out and all ready to go – re-read and thought what is one cube thank you for the question and clarification
Wow, what an attractive pizza! If you don’t mind, I plant to use your design on my fruit tarts as well.
Thank you so much! Please feel free to use our fruit designs any time 😉
Love to try new recipes & this is so helpful. Plus love Fruit & Vegies.
That sounds wonderful!