This is the best fruit pizza recipe with a soft sugar cookie crust, cream cheese frosting, and fresh fruit on top. It’s an easy summer dessert that is colorful and crowd-pleasing!

Unsliced fruit pizza on pizza baking sheet.

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Easy Fruit Pizza

Fruit pizza, aka sugar cookie fruit pizza, is my favorite fruit dessert. The buttery sugar cookie crust topped with tangy cream cheese frosting and fresh fruit is light, sweet and fresh. It’s tastes likes a mix between a fruit tart and a sugar cookie bar!

While I love a warm chocolate chip cookie pizza, this fruit pizza is the perfect giant cookie dessert for long summer days. Add your fruits and designs, use homemade dough or pre-made and it’s perfect for summertime BBQ’s or a 4th of July dessert.

Ingredient Notes

Sugar cookie dough, strawberries, kiwi, pineapple, blueberries, raspberries, mandarin oranges, cream cheese, cool whip and sugar.

Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.

  • Sure cookie dough: I used easy premade Pillsbury sugar cookie dough, but any store bought dough works. If you prefer from scratch, try my homemade sugar cookie recipe.
  • Fruit pizza frosting: Softened cream cheese, homemade Cool Whip (or thawed frozen whipped topping), vanilla extract and granulated sugar.
  • Fresh fruit: For the best fruit pizza, I used a combination of berries including strawberries, raspberries and blueberries, mandarin oranges, kiwi and pineapple.

How to Make Fruit Pizza

Slice or drain fruit and set on paper towels to absorb excess juices. In a large mixer bowl, whip together softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Fold in Cool Whip then chill.

Cream cheese and cool whip combined in a bowl.

Press the sugar cookie dough into the pizza pan. Pierce dough a couple times with a fork then bake at 350°F for 8-10 minutes, until edges are lightly golden. Cool sugar cookie crust completely.

Baked sugar cookie dough on a pizza pan.

Using a rubber spatula, spread an even layer of your chilled frosting over the cooled sugar cookie base. Top with fresh fruit!

Assembled fruit pizza on counter.

Toppings for Fruit Pizza

You can use any type of fruit for this recipe! Drain canned fruit fully in a strainer and pat dry with a paper towel to avoid a soggy crust. Fruits such as apples or bananas will brown quickly so toss them with lemon juice.

  • Strawberries
  • Kiwi
  • Mandarin oranges
  • Raspberries
  • Blueberries
  • Blackberries
  • Bananas
  • Mangoes
  • Grapes
  • Pineapple
  • Peaches or peach pie filling

Fun Designs and Decorations

  • If you’re looking for a festive Memorial Day or Independence Day dessert, turn this dessert into a patriotic 4th of July fruit pizza!
  • For brunch, make a sunrise design by using fresh oranges, strawberries and pineapple. Finish it off with some lemon zest for a refreshing taste.
  • Shape into an oval shape for an Easter egg or make a rainbow shape.
  • Can also be turned into individual fruit pizza cookies or bars.
A slice of fruit pizza on a white plate.

Other fresh fruit recipes we love to make include this rainbow fruit platter, fruit kabobs and during the spring this fruit tray for Easter.

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Assembled fruit pizza on counter.

Fruit Pizza Recipe

5 from 64 votes
Recipe by: Jamielyn Nye
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 12
This is the best fruit pizza recipe with a soft sugar cookie crust, cream cheese frosting, and fresh fruit on top. It's an easy summer dessert that is colorful and crowd-pleasing!
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Ingredients 

  • 4 ounces cream cheese , softened
  • 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 8 ounces Cool Whip , softened
  • 1 (1-pound) package premade Pillsbury sugar cookie dough , can also use homemade cookie dough
  • 1 (15-ounce) can mandarin oranges
  • 2 kiwis
  • 1 pound strawberries
  • 1 pint raspberries
  • ½ pint blueberries
  • 1 (15-ounce) can pineapple , or use freshly cut pineapple

Instructions

  • Prep. Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly grease a round glass pizza pan.
  • Cream cheese frosting. In a large bowl, whip together 4 ounces cream cheese, 2 Tablespoons sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Fold in 8 ounces Cool Whip. Chill until ready to use.
  • Press the dough into the pan, about 1/8 inch thick. Pierce several times with a fork.
  • Bake 10 to 15 minutes, or until edges are lightly golden. Let cool completely.
  • While the cookie is cooling, drain the fruit and set on paper towels to absorb excess juices.
  • Assemble. Using a rubber spatula, spread an even layer of frosting over the cooled cookie dough crust. Arrange fruit in fun patterns. Keep chilled until ready to serve.

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Notes

Cookie dough: I use premade sugar cookie dough for convenience, however homemade cookie dough works great too.
Make ahead: Prepare the cookie crust and frosting up to 1 day in advance. Store the cookie in an airtight container at room temperature and the frosting in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Frost and assemble the day of serving.
Substitutions: Feel free to substitute any of the fruit toppings with mango, blackberries, grapes, bananas and more.
Make a flag fruit pizza:
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a 9×13- or 15-inch rimmed baking sheet with nonstick spray.
  2. Press cookie dough into baking sheet, then pierce a couple times with a fork.
  3. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until edges are lightly golden. Let cool.
  4. Spread frosting on top and decorate with blueberries for the stars and strawberries for the stripes.
TIP: If you want to make the actual number of stars and stripes, you may want to try doubling the recipe and baking in a big sheet pan.
Storage: Keep leftovers stored in an airtight container in the fridge up to 3 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 324kcal, Carbohydrates: 52g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 12g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 5g, Cholesterol: 17mg, Sodium: 156mg, Potassium: 349mg, Fiber: 6g, Sugar: 33g, Vitamin A: 477IU, Vitamin C: 72mg, Calcium: 73mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.

Tips and Variations

FAQs

Can fruit pizza be made ahead?

Bake the crust and prepare frosting. Wrap crust in plastic wrap to keep fresh. Store frosting in a container in the fridge. When ready to assemble, spread frosting and add fruit.

Should leftover fruit pizza be refrigerated?

While it is best to serve within 24 hours of assembling it can be tightly covered and stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. The sugar cookie crust will begin to soften and the fruit won’t be as fresh, but it will still taste good.