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Mini Patriotic Fruit Pizzas

Mini fruit pizzas made with round sugar cookie bases, a sweet cream cheese frosting, and red-white-blue fruit arranged in a star or flag pattern. Cool, assemble, and chill for easy party dessert mini bites with a glossy optional apricot glaze.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
cooling 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 12 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 190
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Mini cookie bases and frosting
  • 1 tube refrigerated sugar cookie dough
  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • 0.5 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
Red-white-blue fruit toppings
  • 1 cup fresh strawberries thinly sliced
  • 1 cup fresh blueberries
  • 0.5 cup fresh raspberries
Optional glaze
  • 2 tbsp apricot jam mixed with water for glaze
  • 1 tbsp water mixed with apricot jam for glaze (optional)

Equipment

  • 1 sheet pan

Method
 

Bake the sugar cookie bases
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F, then slice the refrigerated sugar cookie dough into 1/2-inch rounds and place them on parchment-lined baking sheets. Keep spacing between rounds so they bake evenly.
  2. Bake at 350°F for 8–10 minutes until the edges are golden but the centers still look slightly underdone. This helps the cookies stay sturdy after cooling.
  3. Cool the baked cookies completely before frosting. Let them reach room temperature so the cream cheese frosting spreads without melting.
Make the cream cheese frosting
  1. Beat the softened cream cheese with powdered sugar and vanilla extract until completely smooth. Stop and scrape the bowl so there are no lumps.
Assemble and decorate
  1. Spread a generous layer of cream cheese frosting over each cooled cookie, leaving a small border. Press gently so the frosting layer looks even and filled in.
  2. Decorate each mini pizza with thinly sliced strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries in a flag stripe pattern, star shape, or scattered design. Arrange the fruit so the colors read clearly in an overhead pattern.
  3. Warm the apricot jam with water until it loosens, then brush fruit lightly with the glaze for a glossy finish (optional). Refrigerate until ready to serve so the topping sets.
  4. Refrigerate the assembled mini pizzas for 30 minutes before serving. Serve chilled for clean slices and firm, not runny, frosting.

Notes

Pro tip: cool the cookies fully before spreading frosting so the cream cheese layer stays smooth and doesn’t slide. Store assembled mini fruit pizzas covered in the refrigerator for up to 3 days; the cookie base may soften slightly. Freezing is not recommended because the fruit and frosting texture changes. For a lighter option, use reduced-fat cream cheese and a smaller amount of powdered sugar for a less sweet frosting.