Mini Fruit Pizzas
Updated April 30, 2020
Next Monday is Memorial Day. If you are grilling out, going on a picnic, or attending a party, I have the perfect dessert for you. Yes, you need dessert, it is a holiday, dessert is a must:) These Mini Fruit Pizzas are perfect for any party or get together. They are fun to make and pretty to serve. Plus, everyone loves getting their own fruit pizza. You don’t have to share!
To make the Mini Fruit Pizzas, I used my Muffin Top Pan. I love this pan! It makes the best big cookies…or Mini Fruit Pizzas:) I used sugar cookie dough as my pizza crust. I pressed the cookie dough into the pan and baked the pizzas for about 8 minutes. When the pizzas were cool, I frosted them with cream cheese frosting that has a hint of lemon. I decorated the pizzas with strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries. Feel free to use your favorite fruit-kiwi, mandarin oranges, raspberries, peaches, and mango are also great toppings.
These Mini Fruit Pizzas are a great summer dessert. Make them for Memorial Day or the 4th of July…or just because you want a special dessert. And get the kids to help, they will love decorating their own pizza. Making Mini Fruit Pizzas sounds like a fun summer activity to me! I think I will make and eat them all summer long:) Hey, there is fruit involved so they are healthy:) Enjoy!
Mini Fruit Pizzas
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 1 8 ounce package of cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Fruit for Decorating:
- Strawberries sliced
- Blueberries
- Blackberries
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a muffin top pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- 2. With a mixer, cream the butter and sugar together. Add the egg, lemon zest, and vanilla. Mix until well combined.
- 3. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt.
- 4. Add flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix until just combined.
- 5. Press about ¼ cup of cookie dough into muffin top pan. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until pizzas are slightly golden brown. Let the pizzas cool for 2-3 minutes in the pan. Remove to a wire cooling rack and cool completely.
- 6. While the cookies are cooling, make the frosting. Using a mixer, beat the cream cheese, sugars, lemon juice, and lemon zest together until smooth. Spread frosting over mini fruit pizzas.
- 7. Arrange fruit on each mini fruit pizza. Chill until ready to serve.
- Note-if you don't have a muffin top pan, you can make a large pizza by using a pizza pan. Feel free to use your favorite fruits-kiwi, mango, raspberries, mandarin oranges, peaches, and bananas are also great toppings!
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I have so many great summer memories of my mother making fruit pizza! Your mini version and recipe looks yummy!
And I think you and some other blogger friends are slowly convincing me that I need that muffin top pan. 😉
You NEED a muffin top pan:)
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These are adorable and couldn’t be more festive!
i love using my muffin top pan as well! super adorable fruit pizzas!
These little fruit pizzas are adorable, Maria! They would be such a big hit at my neighborhood happy hours. Saving to try soon! Also, I’m having a ChicWrap giveaway today that you should enter!
These are so beautiful! I’ve seriously contemplated getting one of those muffin top pans… I might have to break down and do it!
These are so pretty Maria – perfect for a Memorial Day get together!
Beautiful and looks very fresh and simple! I think this would be perfect for a fourth of july bbq 🙂
J’adore fruity pizzas!!
These are so cute Maria, I love the idea!
i love fruit pizzas…. and these are a perfect entry into the summer!
Maria – I love these! They would be perfect for a Memoria Day bbq with blueberries & strawberries. They are so simple, who wouldn’t love these little bites?
I think you basically just disguised a frosted cookie in pie form, you cookie fiend, you! That’s okay…I totally love these! So cute!
These are beautiful! Love the photography and can’t wait to try this recipe over the weekend.
xo
What a neat idea and adorable too! 🙂
Yum!
Yum!
YUM!!!
I could eat half a dozen of these. 😀 I LOVE fruit!
those are really cute! I wish I could make them but I don’t have the right pan. 🙁 Are there any ways you could make it differently?
oh so cute, and kids would love to make their own!
Fruit pizzas are the best, aren’t they? Love these, Maria!
These are so cute and perfect for summer!
so festive, Maria! love it!
They look beautiful and delicious!
years ago i wish i learned about muffin top pans for tart crusts. they make the best. sometimes they poof, but pie weights help
Fruit pizza is always one of my favorites! And what a great idea to use your muffin top pan for the sugar cookies!
These look great. I’m going to make them this weekend!
These are just too cute!!
I had my first taste of dessert pizza last week, and it was BOMB. this is the perfect opportunity to make some for my own! THANK YOU!
T
They’re beautiful!
love how adorable these look!
These are adorable, Maria! 🙂 I love fruit pizza!
I’ve never made dessert pizzas before but these ones look adorable!
These are so cute! Love the presentation!
These are so sweet!
We love fruit pizzas and these mini ones are great! We’d love for you to link up to our Finished Friday blog party.
Thanks so much for linking up Maria! I featured your post in my wrap up http://tidymom.net/2012/summer-ideas/
Have a safe and fabulous holiday weekend!
This is so easy and festive. I love your display. Thanks for sharing!
So cute, Maria; I need to make these for my picnic tomorrow for the kiddies.
Excited to see you in Seattle next week. Muahh
What other kind of pan can I use?? Can I make these as regular sugar cookies on a cookie sheet??
Yes, you can make them on a regular cookie sheet.
I apologize if I’m missing this, what is the yield of this recipe? Thanks!