Name: Fruit Pizza icing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 8 ounces cream cheese (softened); ⅓ cup powdered sugar; 1 tablespoon vanilla

This fruit pizza icing is such an easy and quick recipe and is the perfect topping for your dessert pizza. It’s also great on cookies and so many other bakes!

Quick and easy to make, this cream cheese frosting for fruit pizza spreads easily and is the perfect accompaniment to one of our favorite summer time desserts.

A fruit pizza decorated with fruit pizza icing and sliced berries.

One of my mom’s summer favorites was fruit pizza. For a little twist, I made a create your own fruit pizza bar. This icing goes on so smooth and is the perfect base for any fruit.

It’s so quick and easy to make a batch, and remember, it has so many other fun uses too!

Table of Contents

Why You’ll Love this Cream Cheese Frosting for Fruit Pizza

So easy
Only three ingredients
Sweet but not-too-sweet
Easy to customize

Fruit Pizza Icing Ingredients

Cream Cheese – Be sure to soften your cream cheese before you use it. This will help it to combine more easily with the other ingredients for a wonderfully smooth icing.
Sugar – powdered sugar
Vanilla – Pure vanilla extract has a much better flavor than imitation, so buy that if you can. It’s also really easy to make your own batch of vanilla extract.

A fruit pizza with fruit pizzing icing in a white dish, blue towel in background.

Variations

I love the subtle flavor of vanilla in this frosting. It’s not overpowering, but light and fragrant and it works so well with whatever fruit you choose to top your pizza with.

If you like a tangier icing, you can easily substitute the vanilla for lemon, lime or orange juice if you like.

How To Make Fruit Pizza Icing

Combine ingredients.
Mix until smooth.

This has to be one of the easiest recipes on my site!

What Else Can You Use Fruit Pizza Icing On?

This cream cheese frosting is so creamy and delicious, and it’s versatile enough to be used on lots of other desserts, cookies and cakes. Try it with:

A mini fruit pizza topped with icing and a blackberry

Tips

You can make this fruit pizza icing in a stand mixer or mix it by hand. Just make sure that all of the ingredients are well combined so you have a smooth icing.
This icing is best when you use a full fat cream cheese, but you can substitute it with low fat if you prefer, it will still work well.
Use a block of cream cheese not a cream cheese spread. Spread contains too much liquid and can result in a runny icing.

Make it Ahead

When I make this icing, I often make a big batch as it has a fairly long shelf life. Once you have made it, transfer it to an air tight container or a bowl covered with plastic wrap and it will keep for up to three days.

How to Store

Room Temperature – This cream cheese frosting for fruit pizza spread best when it’s at room temperature. It can sit out for up to two hours while serving.
Refrigerator – This frosting will last at least three days in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Freezer – You can also freeze the cream cheese icing for up to one month and thaw it in the fridge overnight.

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