This easy and delicious Crescent Roll Fruit Pizza is made with a cream cheese frosting base and topped with an assortment of fresh or canned fruit. It's a simple, yet elegant recipe you will be making over and over again!
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Table of Contents
- Recipe at a Glance
- Crescent Roll Fruit Pizza
- Tips for Choosing Fruit
- Main Ingredients Needed
- Substitutions and Variations
- Step-by-Step Instructions
- Insider Tips from My Kitchen to Yours
- Storing, Freezing, and Prep-Ahead Tips
- More Refrigerated Dough Recipes to Love
- LOVE this recipe? SAVE it for Later!
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Recipe at a Glance
Prep: 15 min | Cook/Bake: 10 min | Difficulty: Easy | Servings: 12
Main Ingredients: Crescent rolls, cream cheese, Cool Whip, fresh fruit
Why You’ll Love It: The crescent roll crust bakes up light and flaky, while the creamy topping and colorful fruit make this dessert easy to customize with your favorite seasonal fruits.
Best For: Summer gatherings, potlucks, holiday celebrations, and family desserts.
Equipment Needed: 12-inch round pizza pan, pastry roller
Crescent Roll Fruit Pizza
One of the reasons I love this recipe is how easy the crescent roll crust is to prepare. The baked crust is light, flaky, and pairs perfectly with the sweet cream cheese topping and fresh fruit.
If you enjoy desserts made with refrigerated crescent rolls, be sure to try my Crescent Roll Fruit Tart It's a family favorite that I've been making for years and one my daughter often requests instead of a traditional birthday cake.
Tips for Choosing Fruit
The best fruit pizza starts with fruit that is fresh, colorful, and not overly juicy.
- If using canned fruit, drain it well and pat it dry with paper towels before adding it to the pizza.
- Choose fruits that hold their shape and won't release too much liquid while sitting on the cream cheese layer.
- Watermelon can be used, but it's best added just before serving since it contains a lot of moisture.
- Bananas and apples are delicious toppings, but they can brown quickly. Add them right before serving for the freshest appearance.
- Berries, peaches, kiwi, grapes, and mandarin oranges are all great choices because they stay fresh for several hours after assembling the pizza.
Main Ingredients Needed
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Substitutions and Variations
There are plenty of ways to customize this fruit pizza recipe based on the fruit you have on hand or the type of crust you prefer.
- Swap the peaches for kiwi, raspberries, mandarin oranges, grapes, or additional berries.
- Fresh strawberries and blueberries hold up well after assembling, while bananas and apples are best added just before serving.
- If using canned fruit, drain it thoroughly and pat it dry to prevent excess moisture from softening the cream cheese layer.
- For a cookie-style crust, use refrigerated sugar cookie dough as I did in my Fruit Cookie Pizza and Flag Fruit Sugar Cookie Pizza. Slightly underbake the cookie crust so it stays soft and easy to slice.
- Pizza dough also works well as a base. Simply prebake the crust before adding the cream cheese topping and fruit, similar to my Easter Egg Fruit Pizza
- For holiday brunches and parties, make individual fruit pizzas using sugar cookie dough for a fun single-serving dessert option.
Step-by-Step Instructions
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Step 1: Unroll and separate the crescent rolls. Lay them flat on top of a round 12" pizza pan pressing the seams together to create one large round pizza dough crust. Use a pastry roller to help.
Step 2: Bake in a preheated 350° F oven for about 12 to 15 minutes or until the crust is golden brown. Allow it to cool completely before adding the cream cheese frosting.
Step 3: Beat together softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth. Gently fold in whipped topping, then spread the mixture over cooked and cooled crescent rolls.
Step 4: Finally, add the fruit and arrange in a decorative pattern. Serve immediately. This recipe is best served within an hour or so of making as the fruit juices can bleed into the cream cheese layer.
Insider Tips from My Kitchen to Yours
✔️ DO let the crescent roll crust cool completely before spreading on the cream cheese topping so it stays smooth and creamy.
❌ DO NOT add very juicy fruit or undrained canned fruit, as the extra moisture can make the topping and crust soggy.
Storing, Freezing, and Prep-Ahead Tips
Refrigerator: This recipe will store in the refrigerator for about a day; however, it's best served the day you prepare it.
Freezer: I do not recommend freezing this recipe.
Prep-Ahead: Bake the crescent roll crust up to 24 hours in advance. Once cooled, wrap it in foil and refrigerate. Prepare the fruit ahead of time, but wait to assemble the pizza until just before serving to keep the topping fresh and creamy.
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Crescent Roll Fruit Pizza
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Ingredients
- 1 8-count refrigerated crescent rolls
- 1 cup sugar
- 8 ounce cream cheese softened
- ½ cup Cool Whip Whipped Topping defrosted
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 15.25 ounce canned peach slices, drained
- 1 banana sliced
- ½ cup strawberries
- ½ cup blueberries
Method
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Unroll the crescent rolls and separate them.
- Place them on top of the pizza pan. Press the seams together to form one circle of crescent roll dough. Use a pastry roller if you need help pressing the seams together.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until it is golden brown.
- Allow to cool completely while you prepare the cream cheese layer.
- In a mixing bowl, using either a hand-held mixer or a stand mixer, combine the softened cream cheese, sugar and vanilla extract.
- Gently fold in the whipped topping using either a wooden spoon or a rubber spatula.
- Once the crescent roll crust has cooled completely, even spread the cream cheese mixture on top.
- Add the assorted fruit on top in a decorative pattern.
- Serve immediately.
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Tips
- Let the crescent roll crust cool completely before adding the cream cheese topping.
- Drain canned fruit well and pat it dry to help prevent excess moisture.
- Add bananas and other quick-browning fruits just before serving for the best appearance.
Storage & Make Ahead
- Store leftover fruit pizza covered in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
- For best results, keep the crust, topping, and fruit separate until ready to serve.
- The baked crescent roll crust can be made up to 24 hours in advance and refrigerated.
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