Flag Fruit Pizza

Sweet Flag Fruit Pizza is the perfect patriotic dessert for your BBQ, potluck or Fourth of July party! This semi-homemade recipe looks so cute on any table. Plus this dessert is simple enough the kids can help decorate.

 

I love bringing a fun showstopping dish to a party, and this flag fruit pizza hits all of those notes. This dessert is the perfect way to be a little extra patriotic with this fun American Flag.

Why We Love Flag Fruit Pizza

• So Fun For A Party – This flag fruit pizza is so patriotic, and it’s perfect when we’re celebrating the 4th of July, Memorial Day or Labor Day. It’s the perfect dessert to celebrate veterans and is great for any USA crowd.
• Easy To Make – This cookie is semi-homemade using store-bought cookie dough. This means you can spend your time on the fun part, decorating!
• Make Dessert With The Kids – Kids love to help decorate this giant cookie! Set them to work frosting, adding the blueberries, and laying the rows of strawberries!

Honestly I have celebrated 4th of July in the USA in at least a half a dozen states, maybe more. You’ll never go wrong showing up in any state to a 4th of July party or BBQ with this giant fruit pizza cookie. Everyone will be excited and impressed by this dessert, and I bet no one will even know it’s semi-homemade.

Ingredients For Flag Fruit Pizza

• sugar cookie dough softened, store-bought sugar cookie dough. You can use a dry pack of sugar cookie dough that you add the ingredients according to the package. Allow refrigerated dough to sit on the counter for about 20 minutes before spreading it on the pan to make it easier to spread. If you leave the cookie dough out too long, it can
• cream cheese softened, I prefer full fat cream cheese for this recipe
• butter softened, salted
• powdered sugar
• vanilla extract
• strawberries fresh 1 pound is about 4 cups of whole strawberries. I don’t recommend using frozen strawberries as they will get mushy.
• blueberries fresh, 6 ounces is about 3/4 cups. I don’t recommend using frozen blueberries as they will get mushy.

How To Make Flag Fruit Pizza

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 10 x 15 inch rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper, or oil the pan generously.
2. Rub a teaspoon of oil onto your hands and spread cookie dough out evenly on the greased pan. This will keep the dough from sticking and make it easier to spread. It will feel like there isn’t quite enough, but trust the process and keep working it into the pan until it is spread evenly.

3. Bake cookie dough for 17-18 minutes or until the crust just starts to turn a light golden brown around the edges. Let the cookie cool on the pan, about 15 minutes.
4. While the sugar cookie cools, add the cream cheese and butter together in a large bowl and cream together with an electric mixer until smooth. Add one cup of the powdered sugar plus the vanilla to the mixture, then again beat with an electric mixer until smooth.

5. Add the second cup of powdered sugar to the frosting mixture and again beat until smooth. Pour in the third and last cup of powdered sugar and beat until you have a smooth frosting. Spread about 2/3 of the cream cheese frosting evenly on the cookie crust once the cookie is cool to the touch.

6. Rinse and dry the blueberries and strawberries. Create a rectangle of blueberries for stars in the upper left corner of the large cookie.

7. Remove the stems from the strawberries using a hulling tool or a knife. Slice strawberries into ¼ inch slices. To get more slices per strawberry cut the strawberry vertically. Layer strawberries in four rows to create the flag strips. Place the remaining frosting in a frosting pipkin bag with a star tip. (see notes in the recipe card in the bottom of the page) Pipe frosting between strawberry rows to create white stripes.

8. Place the entire pan in the fridge for at least 20 minutes to chill. Slice into 15 pieces then serve and enjoy!

Fruit Pizza Variation Ideas

Fresh raspberries or fresh cherries with the pits removed can be swapped for the strawberry slices. Raspberries do taste delicious but don’t tend to hold up as well as strawberries in the heat if the dessert will be outside at a potluck or bbq. Cherries do hold up pretty well, I would remove the pits and slice them in half. Red grapes can also be sliced and swapped.

Blackberries can be swapped for the blueberries.

Can I Use Anything Else To Decorate Besides Fruit?

You can use candy instead of the blueberries and strawberries. M&M’s are a great way to fill in both the red and blue decorations. Red licorice, gummy red berries or any soft red gummy candy could be used for the red stripes. Any soft blue candy could be used for the blue rectangle.

You can also simply decorate with red, white and blue frosting, simply double the frosting recipe.

Sprinkles can also be used to decorate the blue and red parts of the cake, but you may need a few more then you think to make it look more solid in color.

Can I Make This Fruit Pizza Ahead Of Time?

You can make this about 12 hours in advance. Any more then 12 hours and I make everything else except for the strawberries, and add the sliced strawberries right before serving. This helps the strawberries to taste extra fresh.

How Long Will Flag Fruit Pizza Last?

This fruit pizza does taste best if enjoyed within 12-24 hours because of the fresh fruit. Store any leftovers in a covered container in the refrigerator to keep the fruit fresher.