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This easy fruit pizza is made with a lightened-up sugar cookie crust and topped with fluffy cream cheese frosting and colorful fresh fruit. The perfect rainbow dessert for spring or summer!
Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizza
I brought fruit pizza to my daughter’s class party a while back and shared a photo on my Instagram and everyone wanted the recipe. This is it! You can use any fruit you like—I usually use my favorites and try to keep it colorful but if you don’t feel like cutting fruit, just use berries! (For more of my favorite fruit dessert recipes, see my Blueberry Banana Cake, Crepes with Berries and Cream and 5-Ingredient Almond Cake with Fresh Berries. They’re all fresh and delicious!)
Why This Fruit Pizza Is the Perfect Party Dessert
You just can’t go wrong with a sweet white chocolate chip sugar cookie base combined with the rainbow of seasonal fruit and tangy cream cheese topping.
- The prettiest treat. With all the colorful fruit on top, this fruit pizza is a show-stopper! It’s perfect for any spring or summer get-together. (And this Red White + Blue Fruit Pizza is my favorite for serving at 4th of July cookouts!)
- Easy to customize. One of the best things about this dessert is that you can easily change up the fruit toppings based on your personal preferences or what’s in season.
- Kid-friendly. Kids don’t just love eating this fruit pizza—they love helping make it too! Older kids can help frost the cookies while younger kids will have fun adding the fruit on top.
What You’ll Need
Here’s the simple list of ingredients you’ll need to make fruit pizza. Scroll down to the recipe card below for exact measurements.
For the Sugar Cookie Crust:
- All-purpose unbleached flour – You can swap in a 1:1 gluten-free flour to make this a gluten-free fruit pizza recipe.
- Baking soda – Helps the sugar cookie “crust” rise.
- Salt – Enhances the overall flavor.
- Ground cinnamon – For a warm, cozy flavor.
- Sugar – I use a combination of granulated and brown sugar.
- Unsalted butter – Be sure to use unsalted butter, since we’re adding our own salt to the dough.
- Egg whites – Whites alone still bind the ingredients together while reducing the fat content.
- Unsweetened apple sauce – We can get away with using less butter by swapping in apple sauce for some of it.
- Vanilla extract – If you’d like, you can use half vanilla extract and half almond extract.
- White chocolate chips or chopped white chocolate – I tried this fruit pizza with and without the white chocolate and liked it better with it. But if you’re not a fan, you can leave it out and increase the sugar slightly. (The recipe below and nutritional info includes the white chocolate.)
For the Frosting:
- Cream cheese – I use 1/3 less fat cream cheese for a lighter option; let this soften before you get started.
- Powdered sugar – Also known as confectioners’ sugar.
- Vanilla extract – Adds a nice flavor to the frosting. Use pure vanilla extract, not imitation.
To Assemble:
- Mango – When they’re not in season, peaches, nectarines, or apricots are great substitutes.
- Kiwis – Halved green grapes will work too!
- Berries – I use strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries. Be sure they’re dried well!
How to Make Fruit Pizza
Here’s how easy it is to make fruit pizza with sugar cookie crust. See the recipe card below for printable instructions.
- Prepare. Preheat your oven to 350°F and coat your baking pan with cooking spray.
- Mix the dry ingredients. Stir together the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a mixing bowl.
- Mix the wet ingredients. Whisk the sugars with the butter, egg whites, applesauce and vanilla in a second bowl.
- Finish the dough. Fold the dry ingredients into the bowl with the wet ingredients. Then, fold in the white chocolate.
- Bake. Spread the batter into the pan and bake for 14 to 16 minutes, or until the edges are golden. Cool completely before frosting.
- Make the frosting. Use an electric mixer to beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- Cut. Use a large knife to cut the bars into 15 large squares, then cut each square in half diagonally, creating triangles.
- Decorate. Spread the frosting onto each cookie, then add the fresh fruit.
Tips and Variations
These extra pointers and variations will help you make sure your fruit pizza turns out perfect.
- Add water if needed. If after combining the wet and dry ingredients the dough feels crumbly, you can add more water a splash at a time until it comes together.
- Don’t over-bake. You want a soft, chewy crust for fruit pizza, so be sure not to leave it in the oven too long. The edges should be just starting to turn golden brown.
- Make them ahead of time. You can make the sugar cookie crust a day or two in advance; the frosting will also last in the fridge for a few days. You can frost and refrigerate the crust up to 2 days in advance too, but I don’t recommend adding the fruit until the day you’re serving this.
Proper Storage
With the fresh fruit and cream cheese topping, this fruit pizza is best stored in the refrigerator. Store it in an airtight container to keep it fresh and refrigerate for 3 to 4 days (depending on the fruit you use).
More Fresh Fruit Recipes
Fruit Pizza
This easy fruit pizza is made with a lightened-up sugar cookie crust and topped with fluffy cream cheese frosting and colorful fresh fruit!
Yield: servings
Serving Size: 1 bar
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose unbleached flour, Gold Medal
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup brown sugar, unpacked
- 1/4 cup melted unsalted butter
- 2 large egg whites
- 1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup white chocolate chips or chopped white chocolate
For the Frosting:
- 8 oz 1/3 less fat cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
To Assemble:
- 1 large mango, diced
- 3 diced kiwis
- 1 cup sliced strawberries
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 cup raspberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a 9 x 13 x 1.375 inch non-stick baking pan (quarter sheet pan) with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and stir to blend.
- In another bowl, whisk the sugars with the butter, egg whites, applesauce and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a spatula in two additions until the batter is very well blended. If the batter looks more “crumbly” than smooth, add just a drop of water at a time (ONLY if needed) until it smooths out.
- Fold in the white chocolate chips.
- Spread the batter onto the baking pan using the back of a measuring cup to smooth evenly.
- Bake 14 to 16 minutes, until the edges are golden and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Don't over-bake or your bars will be dry. Let it cool completely before removing from the pan. Once cool transfer to a cutting board.
- Meanwhile, prepare the frosting; in a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla until well-blended.
- Cut the bars into 15 large squares (5 cuts by 3 cuts with the knife). Then cut each square in half diagonally to create triangles. Spread the frosting in a thin, even layer over the surface of the cookie, leaving a small margin around the edges. Layer the fresh fruit over the frosting.
- Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Last Step:
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Serving: 1 bar, Calories: 140 kcal, Carbohydrates: 24 g, Protein: 2 g, Fat: 5 g, Saturated Fat: 1 g, Cholesterol: 10 mg, Sodium: 72 mg, Fiber: 1 g, Sugar: 17 g
This was so good. I will probably also be taking it to parties/cook outs.
I love this idea for my brother- in-law’s memorial, I am sure it will be a hit.!! 😄
Would this work with almond flour or a similar substitute?
Hi I am so looking forward to trying this recipe, fruit pizza has always been one of our favorites! I was wondering your thoughts on substituting the sugar for Splenda?
Yes that would work!
Family loved them
I am so glad!!
How funny! I recently looked for my old fruit pizza recipe (from decades ago), that I was going to make for a party. Ended up making something else instead, but now I’m anxious to try your lightened-up version!
Without testing, I can’t be sure it would work.
These have become a family favorite! Made them again last night. Yum!
I just got these out of the oven! They look wonderful! I'm making them for our dessert tonight after dinner!
Great fruit pizza idea! I can't wait to try this out 🙂
I made these and thought they were delicious. My dough wasn't crumbly at all so I checked the recipe and turns out I used 1/4 pound of melted butter instead of 1/4 cup! So, they were delicious but not-so-skinny. Trying again tonight with the original recipe. Thank you!
These were delicious! It was impossible to eat just one. I used a rectangular cake pan – I don't know if that's the same as a quarter sheet pan, but it worked. My batter was very sticky, so I couldn't get a flat top, but that didn't matter since it didn't affect the taste. I used various berries because that's what we like and everyone loved them. Thanks for the recipe!
Great Jay!
I made these for Mother's day yesterday as well and everyone loved them… My co-workers are enjoying the leftovers today 🙂
So happy everyone loved them!
I made this yesterday for mother's day and it was absolutely delicious – a HUGE hit! Everyone said it was perfect for a spring/summer barbecue. How far in advance can you make/assemble this?
You could probably make the cookie a day or 2 in advance and keep them in an airtight container, but I would assemble them the same day you are eating and keep them refrigerated.
I made this last night. Was great! I used two round cake pans since I don't have a quarter sheet and it was just enough! Mine didn't stick at all but I sprayed and them used a paper towel to make sure I spread the oil really well.
I also left out the chocolate chips but I didn't bother adding more sugar. Its plenty sweet enough! I also used half white wheat flour.
I cut each round into 8 slices, making 16 total servings which is more realistic than 30 (sorry Gina), especially when serving guests. Fantastic!!!
Thanks and glad you enjoyed!
I just made these. They are delicious, but the cookie crust stuck to the pan really bad. I even sprayed it, a lot. Just used the pieces, but wondering if there is a trick to not having it stick so badly to the pan. Any ideas?
I don't know, I had no issue with mine sticking, maybe a silicone liner would help prevent that next time.
I used aluminum foil on the pan and sprayed it with Pam. The bars came right out to cool and then cut nicely.
I am trying to save this to my ZipList. Every time I do this, it says that I've added the Roasted Strawberry Bread. That was the first recipe I saved from your website. But it doesn't seem to be saving the Fruit Pizza?
Hello and have a lovely weekend,
I like your blog.
And nice idéa to bake a fruit pizza:-)
I must try another day.
We wil make this healty dessert tonight:
http://mariahoffbeck.blogspot.dk/2014/05/lkker-og-nem-rabarbercrumble.html
enjoy the weekend.
Emil
My bars just came out of the oven! I had trouble with the batter sticking to things as I was trying to spread it in the pan so I sprayed a little cooking spray on my hand and flattened it.
Hey, how thick should you spread out the mixture onto the baking sheet? Also would this work okay if I were to use a rounded pan (so like an actual pizza shape?) Want to make this for my mom! Thanks for sharing btw!
More wondering if this rises a lot also?
It doesn't rise much, I used a quarter sheet pan which isn't very high, it's probably less than 1 inch. A rounded pan should work but the baking time would probably need to be adjusted.
Not a white chocolate fan, can I substitute dark choc chips instead?
I'm sure they would taste great with a strawberry or raspberry topping!
This would be great with strawberries and blueberries an American flag pattern for a Memorial or July 4th picnic! Wonder if you could remove the crust from the pan then frost and decorate? Just an idea…
Ooop, looks like you're supposed to remove it from the pan already. Somehow I missed that in the photo. All the better!
Yes, it's easier to cut it, then frost it, but you could make it one large bar.
I put aluminum foil in my pan and the whole pan of bars lifted right out of the pan!
Hi – I'm going to make this without the white chocolate chips – how much additional sugar would you recommend? Thanks! Nikki
I used 3/4 cup granulated sugar without the white chips.
I actually just made these last night without the white chips, and I used a little extra cinnamon with 3/4 cup granulated AND 3/4 cup light brown sugar. They came out fantastic, and my co-workers RAVED about them. It came out to 3 points+ per piece instead of 4. Thank you Gina, you're a Godsend!
Thank you!
Does the fruit stick to the frosting? Looks like they'd roll off if you tried to pick them up…
Yes, the cream cheese frosting keep it in place.
Wow you took this to the next level with the white chocolate! I've been thinking about doing a fruit pizza for a while now but never considered the white chocolate, mmmmm so good!
It makes it in my opinion!
This looks absolutely amazing! No wonder people asked for the recipe, thanks so much for sharing, this is a feast and a half 😀 x
Gina, these look great. I can't wait to try them out!
Fruit pizza?! That looks amazing. I shall bookmark this for the summer when there are fresh berries in abundance.
I love fruit pizzas!! I have made them before with a sugar cookie type base, but I like your idea better…
Oh I can't wait to try this with a batch of strawberries. Yum!
This looks so good! What a fun recipe!
That dessert looks like the food representation of summer. I love the white chocolate chips, few people seem to have them in recipes and they're so delicious.
This is such a great idea! I've never had fruit pizza before but I think this would be a great party appetizer!
This sounds awesome. Maybe I'll make some for Mother's Day brunch on Sunday 🙂
I can't wait to try these!!
Thanks Shelley!
olija, I am sure some vanilla flavored frosting would be good or even just cool whip instead of the cream cheese frosting.
I don't care for Mango, so I will be substituting peaches.
Any gluten free recommendations?
I have made fruit pizza before just with premade sugar cookie dough from the store, but this looks like a healthier version. I wonder what the points would be if the chocolate chips were removed.
I'm with you Melissa. I've only ever had these with premade sugar cookie dough. What a healthy looking alternative!!
My hubby doesn't like cream cheese. What substitute you would recommend?
Try Tofutti cream cheese. It's a Soy alternative. It taste nothing like cream cheese and is extremely delicious!
Great idea, or someone suggested frosting.
I made with a mixture of cream and powdered sugar.. And came out yummm.. Try that.. if u would like to avoid cheese..
I would recommend a substitute husband!
I just wanna say Thank YOU! This appears to be so delicious.
OMG, look lovely. But who could eat just one!
I am SO going to try this for the weekend! Thank you!
I've made a fruit pizza before (delicious) but never with a "crust" like yours. Thank you!!!
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Love these. So cute and great for parties 🙂
Thanks Amanda!
Can these be made the day before or do they get soggy?'
If they get soggy, can you at least ice them the day before?
This looks so delicious! I can't wait to make it. Thank you for the great recipe Gina!