American Flag Fruit Pizza

If you're looking for a show-stopping treat that pays tribute to the red, white, and blue, then look no further than this American Flag Fruit Pizza.

This delectable dessert combines the classic flavors of a sugar cookie crust, luscious cream cheese frosting, and a colorful array of fresh fruits.

It's a delightful way to add a touch of sweetness to your 4th of July festivities!

Ingredients Needed

How to Make This 4th of July Fruit Pizza

The "crust" of this pizza is made with sugar cookie dough. If you want to get fancy, go ahead and make your own, but I use the pre-made dough. It used to come in a tube, now I always seem to find it as a package of pre-cut squares.

To make a flag, I want a rectangular shape, so I use a 10x15-inch baking sheet. Line it with parchment paper and space the cookie dough pieces evenly on the parchment.

When I make fruit pizza in a 12-inch circle, I can press the dough pieces with my fingers to spread them out and form an even crust. With this larger pan, that takes too long, so I switched to using a rolling pin.

Simply place another sheet of parchment paper on top of the dough, then use a rolling pin to roll and spread the dough pieces until they meet and form an even layer.

It is easier to do this by sliding the crust out of the pan, including the bottom piece of parchment paper. Once you are done rolling, slide it back into the pan before removing the top piece of paper.

At this point, you can press with your fingers to fill in any remaining gaps in the dough.

Bake the crust until it is very lightly golden brown.

Decorating the Fruit Pizza

Start with the "frosting". Beat room temperature cream cheese with sugar and vanilla, using an electric mixer, until light and fluffy. Add the Cool Whip and beat until it is well mixed.

Spread the frosting evenly on the cooled cookie crust.

The fruits you need are blueberries and strawberries. The blueberries only need to be washed; the strawberries we slice.

You can of course slice the strawberries with a knife, but I have found that using an egg slicer works really well. It's a fast and easy way to get perfectly even slices of strawberries.

Make a blue rectangle in the upper left corner of the pizza with the blueberries.

Then, use slices of strawberries to make red stripes, leaving a white gap between as the white stripes.

You can place the strawberry slices flat lengthwise, or overlap as I did.

The one thing with using an egg slicer is that you will always have small end pieces. I couldn't bear for these to go to waste, so I used them for the bottom stripe on the flag.

If you don't like this look, you can of course just use the perfect slices and save these pieces for adding to something else (like some cookie butter overnight oats, for example).

Adding Glaze

To give the fruit a glossy look, I like to brush it with apricot preserves. Apple jelly works as well.

I also consider this optional, since I've made fruit pizza many times and realized last minute that I had no jam or jelly in the house. People will still eat and love it!

Variation Idea

If you want to go even more "extra", you can make the white stripes more pronounced. I did this with additional Cool Whip.

Just add the Cool Whip to a pastry bag with a tip and pipe it in between the red stripes. It's another fun way to really jazz up the presentation!

One note: I used an 8-ounce container of Cool Whip for the frosting, and about half of a second container for the stripes. Which is a lot of Cool Whip.

I recommend that if you want the stripes, add only half the Cool Whip to the frosting and reserve the other half for the stripes.

Also, you can make other flags! Check out this rainbow flag I made to celebrate Pride month:

Storage

If you have any leftovers, store the fruit pizza in the fridge. Cover it tightly with plastic wrap or transfer it to an airtight container.

It can be stored for up to two days, but it's best within the first day. After that, the cookie crust starts to lose its texture.

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