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    Home » Recipes » Summer Fun

    Butterfly Fruit Pizza

    Published: Jul 8, '20 · Modified: Jul 9, '20 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Cover a butterfly-shaped cookie with flavored cream cheese and a colorful assortment of fresh fruit to create this fun Butterfly Fruit Pizza. This sweet summer dessert tastes as amazing as it looks.

    Butterfly fruit pizza topped with pineapple, grapes, strawberries,peaches, banana, and kiwi and decorated with chocolate chip eyes.

    A large cookie makes a wonderful canvas for frosted art or a bright arrangement of fruit.

    Over the years I've had so much fun making and decorating fruit pizzas to share with you including:

    • Strawberry Kiwi Fruit Pizza Watermelon - my most popular fruit pizza that looks like watermelon slices
    • Fruit Pizza Beach Ball - the perfect dessert for a beach or pool party
    • Fruit Pizza Flowers - daisy cookies look so colorful topped with raspberries and blueberries
    • Fruit Pizza Strawberries - giant strawberry-shaped cookies topped with strawberries and a drizzle of chocolate
    • Playing Card Fruit Pizza - makes a fun gameday dessert
    • Uncle Sam Hat Fruit Pizza - red, white, and blue fruit pizza perfect for any patriotic party
    • Swirly Pop Fruit Pizza - fun lollipop cookies topped with colorful fruit

    Butterflies come in so many beautiful colors and have countless types of patterns on their wings and I knew that I could make a beautiful fruit pizza butterfly.

    I started by finding a simple butterfly coloring page (here) as a guide then cut out sugar cookie dough using the template, baked it, topped it with flavored cream cheese and fruit.

    Make a butterfly fruit pizza by topping a butterfly shaped cookie with flavored cream cheese and fruit.

    Using strawberry-flavored cream cheese was easy but I have to admit that I prefer the no-bake cheesecake fluff topping that I used to make my Strawberry Kiwi Fruit Pizza Watermelon.

    Butterfly Fruit Pizza (serves 8-12)

    Sugar Cookie Crust Ingredients:

    • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
    • 1 cup powdered sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 ½ teaspoons almond extract
    • 2 ½ cups flour, plus more to dust cutting board
    • ½ teaspoon salt

    Toppings:

    • 6 ounces strawberry cream cheese*
    • diced fruit (pineapple, green grapes, strawberries, peaches, kiwi, or any other fruits you like)
    • 2 banana slices
    • black food gel

    *If you prefer a sweeter flavored topping stir ¼ cup sugar into the fruit-flavored cream cheese.

    Or mix 4 ounces cream cheese, ½ cup powdered sugar, ½ cup whipped topping, and 1 teaspoon vanilla together for a sweet cream cheese fluff topping.

    Supplies:

    • parchment paper
    • cutting board
    • rolling pin
    • knife or pizza wheel
    • butterfly coloring page - use this one or any you like

    Instructions:

    • In a mixing bowl cream together butter and sugar.
    • Add the egg and mix until well combined.
    • Add the vanilla and almond extract and mix until combined.
    • Mix flour and salt together and add it to the mixing bowl.
    • Mix just until combined.

    use butterfly coloring pages as a template to cut out a butterfly cookie crust for your fruit pizza

     

    • Increase the size of your coloring page so that it is 8" tall and about 16" wide.
    • You'll need to print it out on two pieces of paper, then cut it out and past the two pieces together.
    • Place a piece of parchment paper on top of your cutting board.
    • Roll your dough out to ⅜" thickness.
    • Lay the butterfly template over the dough and cut out around it.

    bake the butterfly shaped cookie crust to make your fruit pizza

    • Remove excess dough and save for another use.
    • Refrigerate butterfly cookie for at least 30 minutes.
    • Bake in a preheated 375-degree oven for 16-22 minutes until golden brown around the edges and baked all the way through in the center.
    • Cool completely.

    spread strawberry cream cheese over top of the butterfly cookie crust before topping it with fruit

    • Spread your choice of cheesecake or cream cheese filling over the cookie.

    top the butterfly cookie with green grape slices for the body, peaches for the bottom of the wings, strawberries around the edge and pineapple to fill out the wings before adding banana slice eyes and kiwi slice spots

    • Top with fruit to create a beautiful butterfly wing pattern.
    • I used green grapes to create it's the body, bananas for its eyes, pineapple, strawberries, peaches, for the wings.

    Use black gel to add a smile to the butterfly fruit pizza.

    • I added two kiwi slices to create large spots on my butterfly wings, then I piped some black food gel to make pupils and a smile.
    • Serve or refrigerate up to 8 hours for the best flavor.
    • This pizza can be kept for two days in the refrigerator but tastes best the day it's made.

    RECIPE

    Originally published April 12, 2012.

    Butterfly fruit pizza topped with pineapple, grapes, strawberries,peaches, banana, and kiwi and decorated with chocolate chip eyes.
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    Butterfly Fruit Pizza
    Prep Time
    45 mins
     

    Butterfly-shaped sugar cookie topped with strawberry cream cheese and decorated with colorful fruit.

    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: cookie, fruit, fruit pizza
    Servings: 12
    Author: Beth
    Ingredients
    Sugar Cookie Crust Ingredients:
    • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
    • 1 cup powdered sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 ½ teaspoons almond extract
    • 2 ½ cups flour plus more to dust cutting board
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    Toppings:
    • 6 ounces strawberry cream cheese
    • 3-4 cups diced fruit pineapple, green grapes, strawberries, peaches, kiwi, or any other fruits you like
    • 2 banana slices
    • black food gel
    Instructions
    1. In a mixing bowl cream together butter and sugar.
    2. Add the egg and mix until well combined.
    3. Add the vanilla and almond extract and mix until combined.
    4. Mix flour and salt together and add it to the mixing bowl.
    5. Mix just until combined.
    6. Place a piece of parchment paper on top of your cutting board.
    7. Roll your dough out to ⅜" thickness.
    8. Lay the butterfly template over the dough and cut out around it.
    9. Remove excess dough and save for another use.
    10. Refrigerate butterfly cookie for at least 30 minutes.
    11. Meanwhile, preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.
    12. Bake for 16-22 minutes until golden brown around the edges.
    13. Cool completely.
    14. Spread strawberry cream cheese over the cookie.
    15. Top the cookie with diced fruit using green grapes
    16. for the body, bananas for its eyes, pineapple, strawberries, peaches, and kiwi slices for the wings.
    Recipe Notes

    This pizza can be kept for two days in the refrigerator but tastes best the day it's made. 

    Embrace the beautiful weather that we are having and make some of these gorgeous and scrumptious Summer Fun Recipes.

    This summer beat the heat by spending time in the kitchen creating cute food for a party or an afternoon snack. See over 100 Summer Fun Recipes that will make any pool party, summer picnic, or lazy afternoon more exciting. 

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    1. Anonymous

      April 09, 2013 at 8:52 am

      Hi, I'm Lucy Entwistle- I am doing GCSE ICT and would really like to use the image of you're fruit butterfly on a website that I have to design. Neither the website or my coursework will go live, thanks!

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

        April 09, 2013 at 1:35 pm

        Hi Lucy,

        What is GCSE ICT?

        Reply
    2. Maria Ipiotis

      August 22, 2012 at 5:16 am

      You & your site are amazing!!! Going to attempt this for my baby shower. Your tutorial is awesome...I hope I make you proud when I send the photo 😉

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

        August 22, 2012 at 11:06 am

        Thanks, Maria. I hope you have fun making your butterfly fruit pizza. I look forward to seeing your pictures =)

        Reply
    3. Maria Ipiotis

      August 22, 2012 at 5:15 am

      You & your site is amazing! Going to attempt this for my baby shower... wish me luck <3

      Reply
    4. The Monko

      May 19, 2012 at 12:16 pm

      This is wonderful. I made my son a butterfly shaped fruit snack this week but it was no way and beautiful as this.

      Reply
    5. Mindie Hilton

      May 16, 2012 at 3:18 pm

      Featuring on Thursday at Bacon Time!

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

        May 16, 2012 at 10:10 pm

        Thanks for the feature, Mindy!

        Reply
    6. Recipes We Love

      May 14, 2012 at 8:24 pm

      I LOVE this... I will be making this or a version. I am going to share on FB too just love it.

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

        May 15, 2012 at 12:14 pm

        Thanks for sharing and have fun making your own decorated fruit pizza.

        Reply
    7. Cindy B.

      May 14, 2012 at 4:10 pm

      This is such a beautiful idea, I love all your creations!! Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
    8. Jenny @ The NY Melrose Family

      May 14, 2012 at 12:43 am

      This is amazing! My daughter would love this. She's two and adores butterflies. I'm a new follower. I host a weekly link party on Wednesday's and I'd love for you to join in.

      Reply
    9. Kelly at Little Wonders' Days

      May 11, 2012 at 11:47 pm

      This is soooo cute! Nice work! Visiting from TGIF.

      Reply
    10. pizza hampton

      April 25, 2012 at 8:48 am

      i definitely love this!

      will surely make something like this together with my kids for our weekend pass time. thanks 🙂

      Reply
    11. themustardseed

      April 22, 2012 at 6:07 pm

      What a cute idea! Love it!!

      Reply
    12. Glenda Gee

      April 21, 2012 at 8:41 am

      That looks absolutely wonderful. A resfreshing change.

      Reply
    13. Faygie Fellig

      April 20, 2012 at 1:41 am

      love this! so fresh and beautiful. you are amazing with your creativity!

      Reply
    14. Nann from At Nann's Table

      April 19, 2012 at 10:02 pm

      Beth this is REALLY cute. Leave it to you to come up with this fun idea. I too make a killer strawberry pizza but I've never put it into a shape but its always oblong or round. It is many of my grandchildrens' (I have 34) favorite. I too make a crust etc. etc. But I do LOVE your idea for the butterfly and I know the Grands would all love it too. I'm going to show it to two of the 12 yr old grand girls and I bet you they will want to make it this weekend. Just too too cute!! Thanks for sharing your adorable idea.

      Nann

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

        April 20, 2012 at 1:35 am

        Hi Nann, Wow, 34 grandchildren! You must have some really crazy holiday celebrations. Oh, when I was 12, I would have really loved making this butterfly. I actually made a butterfly cake for a contest at my junior high school. It lost to a carrot cake, but I had a great time making it anyway. I'd love to know what recipe you use for your strawberry pizza crust. I've been trying some different crusts and haven't come up with just the perfect one yet and am sure I'll try more in the future.

        Reply
    15. CJ - Food Stories

      April 19, 2012 at 8:18 pm

      My gosh, I can't believe how creative you are. Your concoctions are gorgeous!

      Reply
    16. Trish - Sweetology101

      April 19, 2012 at 6:37 pm

      what a PERFECT idea for my co-worker's baby shower coming up!

      Reply
    17. Patricia Calef

      April 19, 2012 at 5:36 pm

      How do people eat it? Do they carve a piece away? I'm worrying that the cookie will crumble.

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

        April 19, 2012 at 6:21 pm

        Hi Patricia,

        I was able to slice it with a knife. I think the cream cheese and fruit help to soften the cookie enough that it doesn't crumble when cut.

        Reply
      • Patricia Calef

        April 19, 2012 at 7:16 pm

        Perfect thanks. I just came from an office staff meeting about a retirement party and this will go over huge.

        Reply
    18. Sue

      April 19, 2012 at 4:30 pm

      This butterfly fruit pizza is so cute! My grandkids will love it! One granddaughter especially loves butterflies:) Time to pin!

      Reply
    19. Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com

      April 18, 2012 at 9:08 pm

      Adorable! My kids would love this!

      Reply
    20. Coon with Spoon

      April 18, 2012 at 7:23 pm

      Wow how lovely!! Looks really cute, fruity and delicious!
      Greetings

      Reply
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