Patriotic Fruit Pizza: The Perfect Summertime Dessert

Patriotic Fruit Pizza 🙂

I thought it would be a good idea to roundup some great summertime desserts and also share my very favorite warm weather dessert. Have y’all ever made a fruit pizza? It is simply one of my very favorite desserts in general. It’s especially great for warm weather because it’s not too heavy. Best part? It’s SO easy to make! I have seen others make it and use the traditional sugar cookies as the crust, topping it with nothing more than vanilla icing from the grocery. But y’all! The specialty spread (and it’s only three ingredients) we make to go on top of the sugar cookies is phenomenal! You can top it with strawberries and blueberries for a patriotic creation or simply top it with your favorite fruits (I love to do kiwi, strawberry, bananas and pineapple). You can make it in no time (I just recommend allowing it to set in the fridge for a few hours before serving).

Fruit Pizza

What You’ll Need (I always double it, and what’s listed below are the ingredients doubled. Simple half them if you don’t want to double.):

Two Rolls of Sugar Cookie Dough

Two 8 oz. Bars of Cream Cheese

8 oz. Tub of Cool Whip

16. oz Confectioners Sugar (whole box)

Step One:

Slice rolls of cookie dough onto a greased cookie sheet (I do not recommend using foil. It was my only option when we made it at the beach in the photos above. Simply grease the cookie sheet well before laying out the cookie dough). Once the dough is on the cookie sheet, use your knuckles to press the dough together. Bake until golden (usually about 11 minutes).

Step Two:

Mix cream cheese, cool whip and confectioners sugar together with a hand mixer. Once cookie layer is mostly cooled, spread mixture on top. Place in refrigerator (can even do steps one and two the night before).

Step Three:

Decorate Pizza with your favorite fruits! Someone also also mentioned adding chocolate chips on top is yummy! You could also add bananas to the patriotic variation. Enjoy 🙂