This Fruit Pizza is one dessert that our mom and aunts are especially famous for… not only because it’s heaven in a dessert, but because they’ve made it for decades for countless family gatherings and holidays.
This Fruit Pizza has a soft sugar cookie crust, creamy pineapple flavored frosting, and fresh fruit on top. It’s so delicious and is the one dessert I request each Mother’s Day.
If you’re a fan of fruity desserts, we know you will love this one. It’s great for BBQs and summer gatherings and is especially fantastic since the fruit is totally customizable.
For more desserts topped with fresh fruit, try our Fruit Pizza Cookies, No Bake Cheesecake and Strawberry Shortcake Bars.
Why we think you’ll love it:
- Top with your favorites. Completely customize it with the fruit and fresh berries that YOU love. The possibilities of fruit toppings are endless!
- Frosting. The sweet and tangy cream cheese and pineapple frosting is magical. It pairs perfectly with the sugar cookie crust!
- For a last-minute treat. Make the sugar cookie base and freeze it for a quick summer dessert when the craving strikes!
Fruit Pizza Ingredients
Crust
- Sugar (¾ cup): Sweetens the cookie crust and helps create a tender texture.
- Unsalted butter (½ cup): Adds richness and buttery flavor.
- Egg (1): Binds the cookie dough and adds structure.
- All-purpose flour (1¼ cups + 2 tablespoons): Forms the base of the crust.
- Cream of tartar (1 teaspoon): Adds the classic tang found in sugar cookies and helps create a soft texture.
- Baking soda (½ teaspoon): Helps the crust rise slightly.
- Salt (⅛ teaspoon): Balances sweetness and enhances flavor.
Toppings
- Fresh fruit toppings: Adds color, freshness, and natural sweetness. We use bananas, strawberries, kiwis, blackberries, pineapples, and blueberries. Most soft fresh fruit can work well on this fruit pizza. Try apricots, peaches, mangoes, sliced grapes, mandarin oranges, or thinly sliced apples. Treat the slices of fruit with lemon juice or Ball’s Fresh Fruit powder before placing them on the pizza to prevent browning.
Frosting
- Cream cheese (8 ounces, softened): Forms the creamy base of the frosting.
- Powdered sugar (½ cup): Sweetens the frosting while keeping it smooth.
- Pineapple juice or vanilla extract (2 tablespoons): Adds flavor and helps create a spreadable frosting.
How to Make Fruit Pizza
PREP. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
BATTER. In a medium bowl, cream sugar, butter, and egg with a hand mixer. In another bowl, mix flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt.
Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and mix until well combined.
Dip your hands in flour and spread the dough onto a lightly greased pizza pan until it is approximately ¼ inch thick. Leave 1–2 inches around the edges of the pan for dough to expand.
BAKE. Bake for 10 minutes, then let cool.
FROSTING. While the crust cools, make the frosting. In a medium bowl, cream package of cream cheese, sugar, and pineapple juice with the hand mixer. Spread over a cooled cookie crust.
SERVE. Right before serving, add the desired fruit in the preferred pattern. Dip bananas in pineapple juice to keep them from getting dark fast.
Keep refrigerated for up to 3 hours until ready to serve.
Holiday Customizations
- For Memorial Day or the Fourth of July use red fruit like strawberries or raspberries, blueberries, and bananas.
- Christmas, use red fruit with kiwis and accent with a bright fruit like mandarin oranges or pineapple.
- OR Make a rainbow, start at the center with red fruit and work outward, or line the perimeter with red and work inward. Use layers of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple fruits.Use different colored fruit to create stripes, circles/spiral patterns, or medallion patterns.
Kristyn’s Recipe Tips
- Treat the slices of fruit with lemon juice or Ball’s Fresh Fruit powder before placing them on the pizza to prevent browning. Add bananas right before serving.
- Let the cookie crust cool completely before frosting.
- Serve the same day for the freshest fruit.
- Chill the pizza briefly before slicing for cleaner cuts. Use a round pizza cutter to slice this colorful fruit pizza. A large kitchen knife will also work.
- Instead of the cream cheese frosting, use different flavored pudding, Nutella, Lemon Curd, or your favorite Yogurt Fruit Dip.
Fruit Pizza Recipe
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Ingredients
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 egg
- 1¼ cups + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Toppings
- bananas, strawberries, kiwis, blackberries, pineapples, blueberries
Frosting
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons pineapple juice, or vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a medium bowl, cream sugar, butter, and egg with a hand mixer.
- In another bowl, mix flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture and mix until well combined.
- Dip hands in flour and spread dough onto a lightly greased pizza pan until it is approximately ¼ inch thick. Leave 1–2 inches around the edges of the pan for dough to expand.
- Bake for 10 minutes, then let cool.
- While crust cools, make the frosting. In a medium bowl, cream together cream cheese, sugar, and pineapple juice with the hand mixer. Spread over cooled cookie crust.
- Right before serving, add desired fruit in the pattern you prefer. Dip bananas in pineapple juice to keep them from getting dark fast.
- Keep refrigerated for up to 3 hours until ready to serve.
Notes
- Treat the slices of fruit with lemon juice or Ball’s Fresh Fruit powder before placing them on the pizza to prevent browning. Add bananas right before serving.
- Let the cookie crust cool completely before frosting.
- Serve the same day for the freshest fruit.
- Chill the pizza briefly before slicing for cleaner cuts. Use a round pizza cutter to slice this colorful fruit pizza. A large kitchen knife will also work.
- Instead of the cream cheese frosting, use different flavored pudding, Nutella, Lemon Curd, or your favorite Yogurt Fruit Dip.
- Crust – cook, cool and cover. Store at room temperature.
- Frosting – store in an airtight container in the fridge.
- Sliced fruit – store in separate containers in the fridge. Be cautious of fruits that become soggy or brown quickly. I suggest not cutting those until you assemble the pizza.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe FAQ
Prepare the ingredients a day beforehand, but don’t assemble the fruit pizza recipe until 2-3 hours before serving.
Crust – cook, cool, and cover. Store at room temperature.
Frosting – keep it in an airtight container in the fridge.
Sliced fruit – store it in separate containers in the fridge. Be cautious of fruits that become soggy or brown quickly. I suggest not cutting those until you assemble the pizza.
Leftover fruit pizza can be covered and stored in the fridge for a day or two. The fruit and crust will become softer the longer it’s stored, so it’s best to eat leftovers fairly quickly.
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This recipe was first shared August, 2013.
Just made this last night. It is a beautiful and tasty dessert! Thank you for the nutritional information.
Love fruit pizza!!!!!!!! Made it for Christmas in the shape of a wreath.
SO good! Made it into a flag for the 4th of July! We all loved it!! 🙂
I made this pizza for our special Easter dinner. The kids loved it. The adults loved it. It was absolute perfection! We will be making this for our upcoming summer festivities.
Oh I’m so glad to hear that! Thanks so much for sharing!
Kristyn, I’ve been making this to raves for about 20 years. The only difference is that mine is topped with an orange juice glaze which ties all the flavors together. Yummy! Thanks for sharing & for all the great recipes – I love the Lil Luna site!
Oh wow!! Fruit pizza is definitely a crowd favorite. The orange juice glaze sounds tasty! So glad you enjoy the recipes. 🙂
This is one of my of my summer desserts. It’s super easy to add my families favorite fruits and I never have leftovers.
I used already made cookie dough and bought already sliced fruit from a local store. Easiest dessert I ever made for my grandchildren. The hardest part was the “frosting”.
That’s a great way to make this recipe even simpler! Thanks for sharing! Hope you all enjoyed the fruit pizza! 🙂
Fruit pizza is my favorite!! My family devours it. I get asked to make it all the time & this recipe makes the perfect fruit pizza!
This the best dessert ever. I feel like it is a little bit healthier too because it has fruit on it…lol. So yummy!
Fruit is always a good option for dessert, right?! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
This is our favorite treat in the summer time! I love using all the rainbow fruits!