Grilled Fruit Pizza

An oatmeal cookie crust is the base for this Grilled Fruit Pizza. The crust is slightly sweet, which is provides the perfect balance to the sweet, grilled fruit. A creamy yogurt topping pulls everything together!

A fruit pizza must have three components — a “crust,” a creamy topping and fresh fruit. These components can vary in so many ways. The crust can be pizza dough, a sugar cookie crust,  crescent roll dough, pie crust, puff pastry or oatmeal cookie dough as I have done here.

For the frosting, you will use two 8 ounce packages of non-fat Greek yogurt cream cheese spread and a half cup of plain Greek yogurt, along with powdered sugar.

I love using Greek yogurt. It’s easy to lighten up recipes like dips, dressings and salads by using Greek yogurt. Replace Greek yogurt for higher-calorie ingredients like oils, mayonnaise and creams. It adds creaminess and tang, too! Adding Greek yogurt to recipes doesn’t sacrifice flavor, but it does add protein. This added protein can help prevent unnecessary snacking and over-eating!

I chose to use tropical fruits, like mangos, pineapples, white peaches and strawberries as my fruit topping. The fruits were cut, then lightly grilled to bring out their natural sweetness and juices. Feel free to play around with the fruits! Nectarines, plums, mandarin oranges and apricots would taste fantastic too!

You can make fruit pizza up to one day ahead of time and store it (tightly covered) in the refrigerator. Store leftovers for up to three days. If you are preparing in advance, I would suggest storing the fruit separately, then topping the pizza with the fruit just before serving. This will prevent the fruit juices from “leaking” and coloring your cream cheese topping.

Love cold pizza appetizers? Dessert Pizza Pinwheels and Cold Veggie Pizza are simple to make and feature a delicious Greek yogurt-based topping too!