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Fruit Pizza Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

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Polly Conner
By: Polly ConnerPosted: 5/28/24Updated: 2/13/25

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Fruit Pizza Cookies are a great dessert idea for groups of people. Each person has a blast customizing their sugar cookie topped with their pick of fresh fruit. Use our cream cheese frosting to make it extra decadent.

Fruit Pizza Cookies  with kiwi, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries on top. this …


 
Table of Contents
  • Why You’ll Love this Recipe
  • What Ingredients Do You Need for Fruit Pizza Cookies?
  • FAQs
  • More Cookie Recipes
  • Fruit Pizza Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Need More Meal Ideas for Groups of People?

Why You’ll Love this Recipe

  • It’s a fun twist on fruit pizza. I even prefer Fruit Pizza Cookies more than the big ol’ fruit pizza because they can be customized.
  • Perfect recipe for groups of people. I recently had them out at our Super Bowl party of 20+ people and we still had leftovers.
  • They are customizable. Each person can pick and choose what goes on their fruit pizza cookie. Some even chose to forego the fruit and just have the cookie with frosting!
  • It’s an easy dessert to prep ahead of time. That way you won’t find yourself bogged down with prepping these while people are in your home.

You also might like our Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies or Cheesecake Brownies!

What Ingredients Do You Need for Fruit Pizza Cookies?

There are three primary ingredients you need for a fruit pizza cookie.

Ingredients for fruit pizza cookies laid out on platters and labeled.

1. The Sugar Cookie

While you can make your own from scratch using the recipe below (or try our Cream Cheese Sugar Cookie), you can also just buy sugar cookies from your store. This will cost a bit more money but is a huge time saver!

2. The Cream Cheese Frosting

Using plain vanilla frosting on top of a sugar cookie topped with fruit is just a bit too much sweetness going on. Cream cheese frosting is the perfect ingredient to balance all of that out. Similar to our Chocolate Buttercream Frosting, this one comes together SO easily with just a few ingredients:

  • Cream cheese
  • Butter
  • Powdered Sugar
  • Vanilla

You can prep this ahead of time and store in the fridge until you are ready to serve your fruit pizza cookies.

3. Chopped Fruit

Perhaps the most important ingredient in fruit pizza cookies: the fruit! You’ll want to make sure the fruit you choose is chopped up small enough to sprinkle onto a cookie. This is probably the most time-consuming part of making fruit pizza cookies but you can also do this way in advance so it doesn’t feel like such a task. Here are some fruits that work well:

  • Kiwi
  • Blueberries
  • Raspberries
  • Strawberries
  • Peaches
  • Blackberries
  • Clementines

If you end up with extra fruit, bonus! Simply freeze it and use it in any of our delicious smoothie recipes.

Hand grabbing a fruit pizza cookie with dishes of fruit on the table.

FAQs

Do I have to use cream cheese frosting?

No. You can use any icing of your choice. I think the cream cheese flavor goes best with them though.

Can I use store-bought cookies?

Yes, any type of sugar cookie will work.

How can I prep this in advance?

All ingredients can be prepped and stored in airtight containers in advance. I’d recommend storing the fruit separately so they don’t blend into each other.

Can I freeze the ingredients?

The cookies and frosting will freeze just fine. However, the fruit will lose it’s texture so I don’t recommend freezing that.

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Fruit Pizza Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

These fruit pizza cookies will be the hit of your next gathering! Delicious sugar cookies, yummy cream cheese icing, and your favorite fruit makes this a great dessert for groups of people!

Yield: 18–24 1x
Prep: 15 minutesCook: 10 minutesTotal: 25 minutes
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Ingredients

Cookie Ingredients:

  • 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Icing Ingredients:

  • 2 (8-oz.) packages cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 3 cups confectioner’s sugar
  • 1 to 2 teaspoon vanilla extract (to taste)

Fruit:

  • 4+ cups of diced fresh fruit of any kind. The more colorful the better!

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Instructions

  1. For the cookies, preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and baking powder.
  2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes). Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually add the dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined.
  3. Roll rounded walnut sized amounts of dough into balls and place on cookie sheet.
  4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are set and lightly golden. Let stand on cookie sheet 2 minutes before moving to wire racks to cool completely.
  5. To prepare the frosting, mix the cream cheese and butter together in a medium bowl until smooth and creamy. (I warmed mine a bit to make it smoother.) Add vanilla.
  6. Gradually add the confectioner’s sugar until frosting reaches desired consistency. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.

Notes/Tips

  • If you are making this for a party, I’d recommend making an example and setting it on display so people know what to do.
  • You could also try our Cream Cheese Sugar Cookie as a base.
  • You can use large sugar cookies to give more room for decorating. 
  • Cookies can be prepped and frozen ahead of time. 
  • Be sure to chop the fruit into small pieces.
© Author: Polly Conner
Cuisine: American Method: Bake

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  1. hannah says

    Posted on 3/16/23 at 3:11 pm

    made for a baby shower and everyone loved them! had to bake them for about 14 minutes tho

    Reply
    • Carla from Thriving HomeCarla from Thriving Home says

      Posted on 3/16/23 at 3:58 pm

      Hi Hannah. So glad everyone loved them. The thickness of the cookie, your altitude, and other factors can affect baking time for sure. Thanks for letting others know what worked for you.

      Reply
  2. Caramia Sommers says

    Posted on 8/12/22 at 12:16 pm

    They came out perfect! I just added a little yellow food coloring to frosting for a pop. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Rachel Tiemeyer says

      Posted on 8/13/22 at 8:30 am

      Great to hear. Thanks so much for the feedback!

      Reply
  3. Mom24 says

    Posted on 5/8/19 at 12:08 pm

    Just made these. Delicious. First of all it’s a great cookie all on its own. Kuddos. Secondly, my recommendation would be if you’re making fruit pizzas to make them much larger than described, so bigger than a walnut. 😉 I cut the frosting recipe in half and had plenty for a full recipe of cookies. Made them for teacher appreciation, I was proud to serve them. Also, I pressed apricot preserves through a sieve, mixed with a bit of water and brushed over the finished pizzas, added some shine to them. Highly recommend this recipe.

    Reply
    • Rachel says

      Posted on 5/8/19 at 1:26 pm

      Thanks for the review and suggestions, Mom24. So glad you liked them!

      Reply
  4. Mom24 says

    Posted on 5/7/19 at 11:55 am

    No salt?

    Reply
  5. Danielle says

    Posted on 6/1/17 at 8:46 am

    Another idea for the frosting (also works as a fruit dip) is 8 oz. cream cheese mixed with a jar of marshmallow crème. SO delicious!

    Reply
    • PollyPolly says

      Posted on 6/2/17 at 8:45 am

      Yum!

      Reply
  6. Patti Corbett says

    Posted on 6/5/16 at 12:14 pm

    I was looking for a fun idea for my daughter’s graduation party (I always just buy an ice cream cake). I didn’t taste it ahead of time and I was hoping it would be great and this recipe did not disappoint. I made 1 & 1/2 x the recipe and it made about 32 cookies (no need to increase the frosting recipe). We used fresh peaches, blueberries, raspberries, and kiwi. They were so delicious, especially the peaches. Everyone kept going back for more and I was worried I would run out. I even had one for breakfast this morning. Definitely a crowd pleaser — my extended family said this should be a tradition from now on! Thanks!

    Reply
    • PollyPolly says

      Posted on 6/6/16 at 9:35 am

      Yeah! Love hearing that!

      Reply
  7. Kristal Gerdes says

    Posted on 8/7/14 at 3:20 pm

    I love making fruit pizzas. I use a graham cracker or an oatmeal cobbler crust and use yogurt as my “frosting” and then pile it high with fruits. The kids love it and I love the healthy aspect of it.

    Reply
  8. Leah says

    Posted on 7/31/14 at 6:55 pm

    Wondering how many calories a cookie and 1 Tbsp frosting would be?

    Reply
  9. Becky says

    Posted on 5/12/14 at 4:34 pm

    I love this idea and have decided to do this for a bridal shower. Do you have any idea how many cookies your frosting recipe covers? I need to make enough for 100 cookies and really don’t have a clue how many batches of frosting I should do. Any suggestions? Thanks!

    Reply
    • PollyPolly says

      Posted on 5/12/14 at 6:57 pm

      I haven’t made this in about a year but from what I remember there was lots of icing leftover from my batch of 24. If I were you, I would double the batch. That should be plenty!

      Reply
      • Becky says

        Posted on 5/12/14 at 9:21 pm

        Thank you so much!

  10. Life with Kaishon says

    Posted on 11/7/13 at 10:18 am

    What a great idea! Thanks so much for sharing!

    Reply

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