Fruit Pizza Bites

Fruit Pizza Bites are a mini version of the delicious, classic fruit pizza dessert. With a soft sugar cookie base, creamy filling and fresh fruit on top, they’re easy to serve and oh SO cute!

A classic fruit pizza is always a hit – potlucks, birthday parties, summer cookouts, etc.! But have you ever brought one to a party and realized you forgot a knife and spatula?! (Not saying I have….but also not saying I haven’t….haha)

Turn a giant fruit pizza into cute little bite-sized desserts and you won’t have to worry about the utensils! And let’s be honest, anything in “mini” form is way more cute….and allows you to have several with no shame at all! 😉

Homemade or “Semi-Homemade”…it’s up to you!

Ingredients Needed

• Sugar Cookie Dough – As you can see in the photos above, this recipe can be made with homemade OR store-bought cookie dough. Both are equally delicious! The homemade version is made with standard dry ingredients, butter, egg, vanilla and sugar.
• Cream Cheese – You can use regular or the light “Neufchatel” cream cheese.
• Sour Cream – Sounds strange, but the addition of the sour cream helps balance out the sweetness in these little treats! Regular or “light” sour cream is fine.
• Vanilla Extract
• Powdered Sugar – aka Confectioners Sugar
• Whipped Topping – You can use store-bought (Cool Whip) or make your own.
• Fruit – It wouldn’t be fruit pizza without it! I’ll share my favorites below.

Best Fruits for Fruit Pizza

There are SO many options! My favorites to use are berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries), halved grapes, drained canned mandarin oranges and kiwi.  

There are a few things to keep in mind…

• Steer clear of watery fruits, such as melon, as it’ll make the pizza soggy quickly.
• Use caution with bananas, peaches and apples as these fruits will brown over time. Either skip them all-together, wait until serving to add them, or brush the top with a glaze.
• Think about what’s in season for peak flavor and texture!
• If you choose to use canned fruits, be sure to drain them and pat dry.

How to Make Fruit Pizza Bites

Start by making the little sugar cookie cups. There are two ways to do so…

1. Make a homemade dough and roll into 1/2 tablespoon balls and press into the bottom of a mini muffin tin.
2. Use a premade dough (I use the Pillsbury 16 ounce 24-cookie package) and cut each “ball” of dough in half.

Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are a light golden brown. Don’t over-bake. Press a vanilla extract cap or a similar sized cap or measuring spoon into the center of each cookie. This will allow a little more room for filling!

Let the cool for 15 minutes before removing the cookies to a wire rack. (I find it easiest to kind of twist the cookies and the pull them out).

Next you’ll make the filling. The most important thing here is to make sure the cream cheese is nice and softened before you mix it up (or you’ll have chunks of it in the filling!).

Stir the cream cheese until smooth then add the sour cream, powdered sugar and vanilla. Once smooth you’ll fold in the whipped topping and that’s the filling! Super easy and SO delicious.

Now you can use a piping bag or a resealable baggie with a corner snipped off to pipe the filling into the cooled cookies. Top with fruit and serve or refrigerate til later!

Frequently Asked Questions

Other Fruity Desserts You’ll Love

• Fruit-Topped Cheesecake Cups
• Berry Cobbler with Cake Mix
• Pineapple Bars
• Orange Creamsicle Cake
• Baked Dessert Pizza
• Raspberry Cake
• Berry Trifle