Looking for a fun and fruity twist on traditional cookies? Try these delicious fruit pizza cookies, a delightful combination of a soft sugar cookie base topped with colorful fruits that will leave you craving more.
Are you ready to indulge in a sweet treat that combines the best of both worlds? Look no further than fruit pizza cookies!
These delectable treats offer all the flavors and textures of a classic fruit pizza, but in convenient and bite-sized cookie form.
With a buttery sugar cookie base, creamy frosting, and an array of colorful fresh fruits on top, these cookies are not only visually stunning but also incredibly delicious.
We started making these a few years ago (and even posted this terrible video version) with cinnamon cream cheese.
But we have since played around with a bunch of different variations before finding the one. And trust us. You can really never go wrong with this fruit pizza cookies recipe.
The fruit pizza cookies are similar to our grilled fruit pizza. But think of this as a sweeter dessert version!
Ingredients Needed To Make Mini Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizzas
Your favorite sugar cookie dough recipe
Mascarpone cheese — Cream cheese frosting is a popular “sauce” for your dessert pizza. However, we prefer mascarpone cheese since its sweeter and creamier. We used 2 8-oz containers.
Confectioners’ sugar — Also referred to as powdered sugar
Vanilla extract or vanilla bean
Your choices of fruit for toppings
Mini dark chocolate chips of yogurt chips — Optional for toppings
Lemon juice — Just to keep the fruit from turning before serving!
Can I Use Store Bought Sugar Cookie Dough?
Yes! And we highly recommend it to save you on time. You can whip up these mini sugar cookie fruit pizzas in under 30 minutes!
Yes! And we highly recommend it to save you on time. You can whip up these mini sugar cookie fruit pizzas in under 30 minutes!
We always use store bought refrigerated Pillsbury Ready to Bake Sugar Cookie Dough. It comes in a tube, and you roll it out and bake it. Or they are also available already pre-cut.
This easy fruit pizza hack allows you to focus on the fruit garnishes. Of course, if you truly want to make this from scratch, we have a failproof sugar cookie recipe too.
Homemade Sugar Cookie Recipe
Of course, if you truly want to make the cookie crust from scratch, we have an easy sugar cookie recipe also.
Ingredients for sugar cookies:
— 1 cup unsalted butter softened
— 1 cup white granulated sugar
— 3 cup all-purpose flour
— 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
— 1 teaspoon almond extract
— 2 teaspoon baking powder
— 1 egg
To make your sugar cookie dough:
In a large mixing bowl for your wet ingredients, cream together the softened butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg, vanilla and almond extract, and beat until well combined.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour and baking powder. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until a soft dough forms.
Please be aware that this recipe yields more than 24 cookies.
What Fruit Toppings Can You Use?
There are so many fruit choices. Our favorite to top the sugar cookie fruit pizzas are
— Sliced strawberries
— Blueberries
— Raspberries
— Mandarin oranges
For this particular time, we left out the mandarin oranges since golden yellow raspberries were in season!
We also love having a colorful palette. So you can definitely make these themed mini fruit pizzas for special holidays like a 4th of July dessert or Christmas dessert.
Whatever fruit you choose, using fresh fruit is key!
How to Make Fruit Pizza Cookies
1 — For the sugar cookie crust: Bake the cookies in the preheated oven on a baking sheet with parchment paper until the edges turn lightly golden. And let it cool completely, otherwise the cheese topping will melt and curdle.
2 — For the fruit pizza frosting: In a mixing bowl, beat the the mascarpone cheese, confectioners sugar, and vanilla together until fluffy. Then, spread a generous dollop of the cheese frosting on top of each cookie.
3 — Add and arrange your toppings any way that you would like.
4 — Give the fruit a quick squeeze of lemon juice on top to keep them from turning brown before serving.
Fruit Pizza Recipe Notes and Tips
Chill before serving:
For the best taste and texture, refrigerate the fruit pizza cookies for about 30 minutes before serving. This allows the cream cheese frosting to set and enhances the overall flavors.
Let them come to room temperature just a bit before eating. You want a whipped topping and not very runny “cheese”.
How to create one large pizza:
These are great for parties since their mini pizzas. But if you want one large sugar cookie fruit pizza to slice and serve, just bake your sugar cookie in a 12-inch pizza pan.
How to store fruit pizza cookies:
Store any leftover mini cookie pizza in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They can be enjoyed for up to 2-3 days, although they are best when consumed fresh.
More Mini Desserts and Appetizers To Try
We love all things in mini bite sizes. If you are looking for more mini desserts and appetizers, check out a few favorite recipes from the archives —
- Dessert Cheese & Crackers
- Mini Confetti Print Cakes
- Raspberry Smoothie Bowl Bites
- Mini Butter Cookie Tarts
- Crockpot Meatballs
- Chocolate Dipped Pretzels & Candy Apples
- Mini Mochi Cakes
- Chocolate Fruit Cheese Cups
Fruit Pizza Cookies Recipe
Equipment
- Baking sheet
- Large mixing bowl
- Hand or stand mixer
Ingredients
- 16 oz sugar cookie dough
- 16 oz mascarpone cheese
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean
- Fresh fruit of your choice (blueberries, strawberries, kiwi, raspberries, etc.)
- Mini dark chocolate chips or yogurt chips optional
- Lemon juice optional to keep fruit from browning
Nutrition
Notes
Instructions
- For the sugar cookie crust: Bake the cookies in the preheated oven on a baking sheet with parchment paper until the edges turn lightly golden. And let it cool completely, otherw ise the cheese topping will melt and curdle.
- For the fruit pizza frosting: Mix the mascarpone cheese, confectioners sugar, and vanilla together in a bowl. Beat until fluffy. Then, spread a generous dollop of the cream cheese frosting on top of each cookie.
- Rinse and slice your fruits as necessary.
- Add and arrange your toppings any way that you would like.
- Give the fruit a quick squeeze of lemon juice on top to keep them from turning brown before serving.
Are these a crunchy sugar coolie or a soft sugar cookie
Hi Teresa! We used the Pillsbury ready bake squares for the sugar cookie. We would say they’re a good in between of crunchy and soft. You could bake it longer if you want them crunchy. Since there are “toppings” we wouldn’t recommend too soft of a sugar cookie. If you want to control the hardness, we would recommend making them from scratch. (Additional butter makes cookies softer.) Hope this answered your question!
Would this be an icing you can make ahead? Just wondering about the consistency. They look beautiful!
Amazing! little sugar cookie pizzas are gorgeous! I will try to make it! yummy!
How cute! :) Love the use of kiwis!
Always love a good fruit pizza! I like to use pie crust when I make these, so I can get a larger pizza…because I’m a (fruit pizza) monster. Haha. ANYWAY, love these Ash.
YUM! Fruit pizza is one of my very favorite summer desserts!
Paige
http://thehappyflammily.com
My simplest recipe is to bake a cake box mixture and then putting some batter in a ice cream cone. Cute enough for any occasion!