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.
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.
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.
- 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.
- 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 your choice of cheesecake or cream cheese filling over the cookie.
- 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.
- 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-shaped sugar cookie topped with strawberry cream cheese and decorated with colorful fruit.
- 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
- 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
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In a mixing bowl cream together butter and sugar.
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Add the egg and mix until well combined.
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Add the vanilla and almond extract and mix until combined.
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Mix flour and salt together and add it to the mixing bowl.
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Mix just until combined.
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Place a piece of parchment paper on top of your cutting board.
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Roll your dough out to ⅜" thickness.
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Lay the butterfly template over the dough and cut out around it.
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Remove excess dough and save for another use.
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Refrigerate butterfly cookie for at least 30 minutes.
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Meanwhile, preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.
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Bake for 16-22 minutes until golden brown around the edges.
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Cool completely.
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Spread strawberry cream cheese over the cookie.
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Top the cookie with diced fruit using green grapes
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for the body, bananas for its eyes, pineapple, strawberries, peaches, and kiwi slices for the wings.
This pizza can be kept for two days in the refrigerator but tastes best the day it's made.
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Anonymous says
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!
Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
Hi Lucy,
What is GCSE ICT?
Maria Ipiotis says
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 😉
Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
Thanks, Maria. I hope you have fun making your butterfly fruit pizza. I look forward to seeing your pictures =)
Maria Ipiotis says
You & your site is amazing! Going to attempt this for my baby shower... wish me luck <3
The Monko says
This is wonderful. I made my son a butterfly shaped fruit snack this week but it was no way and beautiful as this.
Mindie Hilton says
Featuring on Thursday at Bacon Time!
Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
Thanks for the feature, Mindy!
Recipes We Love says
I LOVE this... I will be making this or a version. I am going to share on FB too just love it.
Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
Thanks for sharing and have fun making your own decorated fruit pizza.
Cindy B. says
This is such a beautiful idea, I love all your creations!! Thanks for sharing.
Jenny @ The NY Melrose Family says
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.
Kelly at Little Wonders' Days says
This is soooo cute! Nice work! Visiting from TGIF.
pizza hampton says
i definitely love this!
will surely make something like this together with my kids for our weekend pass time. thanks 🙂
themustardseed says
What a cute idea! Love it!!
Glenda Gee says
That looks absolutely wonderful. A resfreshing change.
Faygie Fellig says
love this! so fresh and beautiful. you are amazing with your creativity!
Nann from At Nann's Table says
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
Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
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.
CJ - Food Stories says
My gosh, I can't believe how creative you are. Your concoctions are gorgeous!
Trish - Sweetology101 says
what a PERFECT idea for my co-worker's baby shower coming up!
Patricia Calef says
How do people eat it? Do they carve a piece away? I'm worrying that the cookie will crumble.
Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
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.
Patricia Calef says
Perfect thanks. I just came from an office staff meeting about a retirement party and this will go over huge.
Sue says
This butterfly fruit pizza is so cute! My grandkids will love it! One granddaughter especially loves butterflies:) Time to pin!
Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com says
Adorable! My kids would love this!
Coon with Spoon says
Wow how lovely!! Looks really cute, fruity and delicious!
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