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Fruit pizza is an all-time favorite that starts with a sugar cookie crust and is topped with a cream cheese pineapple frosting and your favorite fruit!
It’s a Top 3 for me!
My mom and aunts are famous for many desserts and one they’ve made for decades that they are especially famous for is today’s fruit pizza (along with Homemade Cinnamon Rolls, Banana Bars, and our Cinnamon Bread Recipe)!
I’ve always loved this dessert as a child, but now I’m obsessed and request it for Mother’s Day each year (and make it for every summer gathering).
With it’s soft and tasty crust, light frosting and delicious fruit on top, it’s hard to beat. I can honestly say it’s one of my TOP 3 desserts on the whole site.
Why we 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!
Ingredients
PREP TIME: 20 minutes
COOK TIME: 10 minutes
Crust
- ¾ cup granulated 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 – Most soft fresh fruit can work well on this fruit pizza. Try apricots, peaches, mangoes, sliced grapes, mandarin oranges, or thinly sliced apples.
Frosting
- 1 (8-ounce) package of cream cheese – softened
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons pineapple juice – or flavor using vanilla extract or almond extract
PRO TIP: Prevent Fruit from Browning
Treat the slices of fruit with lemon juice or Ball’s Fresh Fruit powder before placing them on the pizza to prevent browning.
How to Make Fruit Pizza
- PREP. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- BATTER. In a medium bowl, cream ¾ cup sugar, ½ cup butter, and 1 egg with a hand mixer.
- In another bowl, mix 1¼ cups + 2 tablespoons flour, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar, ½ teaspoon baking soda, and ⅛ teaspoon 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. Bake for 10 minutes, then let cool.
- FROSTING. While crust cools, make the frosting. In a medium bowl, cream 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, ½ cup sugar, and 2 tablespoons pineapple juice with the hand mixer. Spread over 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.
More Like This
- Fruit-topped desserts: Fruit Pizza Cookies, Fruit Tart, Mini Fruit Tarts
- Dessert with fruit: Berry Pie, Classic Strawberry Shortcake, Cherry Bars, Lemon Raspberry Cake, Strawberry Cake
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Fruit Pizza
Fruit pizza is an all-time favorite that starts with a sugar cookie crust and is completely customizable with your favorite fruit.
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.
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Notes
Make ahead of time. Prepare the ingredients a day beforehand, but don’t assemble the pizza until 2-3 hours before serving. 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.
STORE. Leftover pizza can be covered and stored in the fridge for a day or two. The fruit and crust will become more and more mushy the longer it’s stored, so it’s best to eat leftovers fairly quickly.
Pressed for time. If you do not have time to make a homemade crust, you can easily grab a package of sugar cookie dough from the market. Press the dough into the pan and bake at 375°F for about 13 minutes.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice, Calories: 362kcal, Carbohydrates: 58g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 13g, Saturated Fat: 8g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Trans Fat: 0.5g, Cholesterol: 51mg, Sodium: 116mg, Potassium: 122mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 27g, Vitamin A: 386IU, Vitamin C: 0.4mg, Calcium: 14mg, Iron: 2mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe FAQ
the best way to cut fruit pizza?
- Use a round pizza cutter to slice this colorful fruit pizza. A large kitchen knife will also work.
What other frosting flavors can I use?
- Instead of the cream cheese frosting, use different flavored pudding, Nutella, Lemon Curd, or your favorite Yogurt Fruit Dip.
What are some fun ways I can decorate a fruit pizza?
- For holidays. Use the various fruits to create beautiful designs on the pizza. Patriotic. Perfect for Memorial Day or the Fourth of July. Use red fruit like strawberries or raspberries, blueberries, and bananas.
- Christmas. Red fruit with kiwis and accent with a bright fruit like mandarin oranges or pineapple.
- 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.
- Different designs. Use different colored fruit to create stripes, circles/spiral patterns, or medallion patterns.
Make fruit pizza ahead of time?
- 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.
How to store a fruit 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.
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!