This 4th of July Fruit Pizza is a patriotic dessert that’s easy to make and perfect for Fourth of July parties! The red, white, and blue dessert is fun and festive, and makes for a delicious summer treat.
For patriotic holidays like Memorial Day and the July 4th, we love to make red, white, and blue desserts. Making a 4th of July Dessert Board is always a fun idea, and 4th of July Oreos are delicious! This sugar cookie fruit pizza is an easy recipe that’s great for summer holidays.
With a soft sugar cookie crust, cream cheese mixture as topping, and fresh berries, it’s the perfect holiday dessert recipe.
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🌟 Why this recipe works
This patriotic pizza is a surefire winner for any Independence Day party!
- Easy – The steps to make this red, white, and blue dessert are simple. It’s a fantastic, easy recipe that the kids can help you make!
- Fast – You can whip up this 4th of July dessert in 30 minutes or less.
- Fun & Festive – With a festive American flag theme, this fruit pizza brings the fun to any party.
- Delicious – The fresh blueberries, fresh strawberries, and fresh raspberries mixed with sugar cookies and a sweet cream cheese layer topping are a delicious flavor combo that’s hard to resist!
🛒 Ingredient notes
You only need a few simple ingredients to make this fourth of July fruit pizza:
- Sugar cookie dough – You can make your own sugar cookie dough. Or, to save time, we use packaged sugar cookie dough. You can find it in most grocery store refrigerated aisles.
- Topping- The sugar cookie dough is topped with a mixture of softened cream cheese, vanilla, powdered sugar, and
- Fresh fruit – to create the flag pizza, use blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries.
✅ Step-by-step instructions
The full ingredient list and instructions are listed in the printable recipe card below. Here are quick step-by-step photo instructions to help you as you make this fruit pizza recipe.
First, preheat your oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, and set aside.
- Roll out the prepared sugar cookie dough into a large thin square, about 1/4″ to 1/2″ thickness.
- Bake the sugar cookie dough according to package directions.
- While the cookie dough is baking, make the cream cheese mixture.
4. After the cookie dough has fully baked and cooled. spread the cream cheese mixture of the entire top of the dough.
5. Place blueberries in neat rows to create the corner design of the flag.
6. Then place rows of sliced strawberries and raspberries to create the “stripes” of the American flag.
👩🏻🍳 Recipe FAQs
If you don’t want to make or use a sugar cookie base for this delicious recipe, you could make a graham cracker crust or a shortbread crust. The graham cracker crust would create a much thinner fruit pizza, while the shortbread crust would create a thicker pizza.
American flag fruit pizza is best enjoyed the day it is made. After that, the sugar cookie base starts to soften. Also, the fruit starts to get dry. However, you can store this tasty dessert in the refrigerator for up to three days. Make sure it is either sliced and stored in an airtight container or wrapped in plastic wrap.
You can also use store-bought cream cheese frosting.
🍽 Serving ideas
Serve slices of this patriotic fruit pizza with a scoop of ice cream.
🍷 🥂 Wine pairings
Enjoy this red, white, and blue dessert recipe with some sparkling wine, like Prosecco!
4th of July Fruit Pizza
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 package (16.5 ounces) sugar cookie dough
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 8 ounces cool whip
- ¼ cup confectioner's sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)
- 1 cup raspberries, sliced in half
- 1 cup strawberries, hulled and sliced
Instructions
- First, preheat your oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, and set aside.
- Roll out the prepared sugar cookie dough into a large thin square, about 1/4″ to 1/2″ thickness.
- Bake the sugar cookie dough according to package directions.
- While the cookie dough is baking, make the cream cheese mixture. In a stand mixer or a large mixing bowl using a hand mixer, beat the softened cream cheese until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Then gently fold in the cool whip topping and mix in the vanilla. Set aside.
- After the cookie dough has fully baked and cooled, spread the cream cheese mixture of the entire top of the dough.
- Place blueberries in neat rows to create the corner design of the flag.
- Then place rows of sliced strawberries and raspberries to create the "stripes" of the American flag.
- Slice into squares and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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