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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What a great idea! I’ve never taken the plunge on getting a muffin top pan because it seemed like it wasn’t versatile enough for my very small kitchen. But these little desserts are so cute that I might have to take the plunge!
The perfect summer dessert! I can see serving these way brunch too (my father always said that if it included fruit, it wasn’t really dessert 😉 but that was his opinion)
Those looks so dainty and tempting! A lovely treat.
cheers,
Rosa
These are so cute and festive for Memorial Day!
Love! These are so cute, my kind of dessert!
Love the idea of individual pizzas! Great for the 4th with blueberries and strawberries!
So fun for Memorial Day! Love it!
Fruit pizzas are so good! Love your summery treat here!!
What a fun and cute idea! I bet these would be gobbled up fast. 🙂
Such a fun idea and I just bought a muffin top pan.
Yes!!!! What a great idea to use the muffin top pan. I love fruit desserts and I love how easy these are!
These are one of my favorite desserts! Yours are just gorgeous. Love your blog
Love the idea of making them individual! Kids would love making their own!
I agree I love my muffin top pan and this is a great way to use it. This is a treat that kids and adults would love and it is perfect for summer. I love the idea.
These are so pretty! Love this idea!
yay- so cute! Love the red white and blue!
Mmm…great idea!
These look fantastic! They will definitely be my go-to dessert for the summer holidays with the great seasonal berries!
these are so beautiful! i love the colors and that you can interchange all different types of fruit 🙂
These are just so bright and beautiful!! And I love that I can sneak fruit into my son’s dessert. Definitely making these for our Memorial Day cookout!!
Love!
I’ve seen these fruit pizzas floating around the web, but usually they’re not mini. Since I love all things mini, these are definitely going on my to-make list. Thanks for sharing!
Yum! Your mini fruit pizza’s look incredible!!
These are soooo pretty! I love the idea of the cookie dough crust. Pretty and delicious.
Perfect for a party!!
I can’t believe it’s already time for Memorial Day already! I haven’t given it even 1 minutes thought…
Your fruit pizzas are red, white, and blue for Memorial Day and July 4th!
These are so precious! They’d be a great Fourth of July treat too! 😀
very very pretty!
These are so pretty, Maria! What a fun dessert these would be for any summertime barbecue.
Mini tart pies without having to use mini tart pans, which I don’t have! Love it!
YUM! My muffin top pan is en route, can’t wait to get it and make these!
Love these Maria!! 🙂 So cute and I bet they taste fabulous!! 🙂 We all need to bring treats to Seattle and have a PJ party in the room!! 🙂
Love that idea! Can’t wait to see you! xo
I agree. A dessert is a MUST for any gathering or even just a dinner or picnic for two. These fruit pizzas look so tasty!
I love that these are so easy and pretty. I think my daughter could absolutely make these on her own and would enjoy playing with the designs of the fruit on top. Fun!
fruit pizzas are one of my favorites, yet I rarely think to make them! these look perfect!!
I love anything miniature and these are simply adorable!
Absolutely adorable!
These are adorable! Such a great summer treat that tastes great and provides you with a little extra fiber in your day.
There is no reason not to make a cookie sheet pan of sugar cookies, and cut into bite sized squares ! You will get more than 12 that way as well ! I’m all for being frugal and not buying special equipment if not needed ~
Love these for the weekend!!!
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:)
GET. OUT.
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!