Fruit Pizza Beach Ball | Hungry Happenings (2024)

Published: Jul 6, '11 · Modified: Sep 4, '23 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

Make a sweet and refreshing Fruit Pizza Beach Ball for your summer party. This jumbo cookie is topped with lemon cheesecake filling and an assortment of fresh summer fruit and it's decorated to look like a beach ball.

If you are looking for a dessert to bring to a pool party or to a cookout at the beach, this is it! This beach ball-themed fruit pizza is sure to be a huge hit at your party.

What's not to love? It has a sugar cookie crust topped with a no-bake cheesecake filling, and strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, kiwi, bananas, peaches, and raspberries. Yum!

Arranging the fruit on this giant cookie will take some time, so I've made the rest of the recipe super easy. I used a tube of sugar cookie dough and a simple cream cheese topping.

Ingredients

• Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Dough - If you prefer to use a homemade cookie recipe, check out my Butterfly Fruit Pizza Recipe for a delicious from-scratch sugar cookie recipe.
• Philadelphia Ready-to-Eat Cheesecake Filling - If you cannot find this delicious ready-made cheesecake filling, you can make a simple filling using cream cheese and sugar or see the alternative fillings below the step-by-step tutorial.
• lemon curd - I use use a jar of store-bought lemon curd but homemade would be great too.
• frozen whipped toppingthawed (Cool Whip)
• blueberriesor blackberries, purple grapes
• raspberriesor red grapes, watermelon, strawberries, currants
• pineappleor yellow melon, yellow peaches
• kiwior honeydew melon
• apricotsor cantaloupe, oranges, ripe peaches
• bananaor pears, apples tossed with some lemon or lime juice

Supplies Needed to Make a Beach Ball Fruit Pizza

• 12" round non-stick pizza pan
• large cutting board, serving platter, or cake board
• offset spatula or rubber spatula

Instructions

Bake the crust.

Press a tube of sugar cookie dough into a 12-inch round pizza pan.

Flatten it into an even layer and bake it at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 14-16 minutes until the top is lightly golden brown.

Remove from the oven and let the cookie crust cool completely.

Make the filling.

Stir a jar of lemon curd into the Cheesecake Filling.

Then, fold in thawed frozen whipped topping.

See the end of the post for alternatives to the Philadelphia Cream Cheese topping.

Top the cookie.

If needed, trim off around the edge of the cookie. You can use those cookie crumbs along with some more cookie or graham cracker crumbs to sprinkle around the beach ball fruit pizza to make it look like it's sitting in the sand.

Set the cookie on a cookie platter and sprinkle the "sand" around it.

Spread the cream cheese filling over the top.

Decorate with fruit.

Use a spoon to drawthe outline of the beach ball panels in the cheesecake filling.

Start by arranging the cut strawberries in the middle of the fruit pizza.

Then arrange each color of fruit in the panels around the center of the beach ball.

Once your beach ball fruit pizza is complete, chill it inthe refrigerator for at least one hour and up to six hours.

Display your beach ball prominently on your food table, so all of your guests can marvel at your edible art. Just before serving, cut the beach ball with a sharp knife into 12-16 slices. Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Substitutions

You can use other cheesecake fillings if you cannot find the Philadelphia Ready-to-Eat No-Bake Cheesecake in your grocery store.

The recipe that will taste themost like a true cheesecake when mixed with the lemon curd would be frommy Pastry Crowns filled with Cheesecake Mousse recipe.

If you'd prefer a quick and easy no-bakecheesecake filling without lemon curd in it be sure to check out my Patriotic Cheesecakes Topped withRaspberry Gelee.

You can also just beat 8 ounces of cream cheese with ½ cup of sugar to make it really easy.

Storage

This fruit pizza beach ball is best served the day it is made once it has been topped with fruit. Store it in the refrigerator for up to 6 hours before serving. Just know that some fruit will keep longer than others. You may want to wait until closer to serving to add the strawberries and bananas.

You can make the cookie up to 3 days in advance and keep it at room temperature. Make the lemon filling up to 3 days in advance and keep it in the refrigerator.

Related Recipes

If you are looking for more recipes to make for your beach party, be sure to check these out.

Beach Ball Pie•Starfish S'mores
Chicken Nuggets Starfish •Fruit Pizza Watermelon
Cake Pop Corn Dogs •Peanut Butter Fudge Starfish

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