Take a bite out of summer with this watermelon pizza! It’s made with refreshing watermelon wedges that are topped with lightly sweet yogurt cream cheese and sprinkled with fresh fruit.
Why this recipe works
This colorful fruity concoction is a healthy alternative to regular pizza and is rich in vitamins and minerals. It’s similar to our fruit pizza, but uses watermelon as the base.
Watermelon pizza can be served as an appetizer or as a light summer dessert. We like to keep things simple and not overly sweet so the fruit has all the room to shine, so we opted for our cream cheese fruit dip to use as a spread for the watermelon. It’s light, airy, creamy, and makes the best accompaniment for this dish!
Ingredients you will need
Get all measurements, ingredients, and instructions in the printable version at the end of this post.
TOPPING – There are so many fruit options you can go with here. The ones we chose to top our watermelon wedges with are strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, mandarin oranges, kiwi, and pineapple. Feel free to add or subtract the fruit to your liking.
SPREAD – To let the fruit shine in all their glory, we wanted to keep the “sauce” for the watermelon pizza lightly sweet and complimentary. It’s made with cream cheese, greek yogurt, powdered sugar, almond extract, and whipped cream all folded together.
How to Make Watermelon Pizza
These step by step photos and instructions are here to help you visualize how to make this recipe. You can Jump to Recipe to get the printable version of this recipe, complete with measurements and instructions at the bottom.
- Beat softened cream cheese and greek yogurt together in a bowl using a hand mixer set to medium speed.
- Beat the heavy cream, powdered sugar, and almond extract together until medium peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture until soft and fluffy.
- Peel, separate, and halve the mandarins. Peel and slice kiwi. Hull and slice the strawberries.
- Slice your watermelon into 3 1-inch thick rounds.
- Top watermelon slices with the cream cheese mixture using a rubber spatula to spread evenly.
- Line the perimeter of the cream cheese layer with blueberries.
- Top with pineapple, kiwi, strawberries, mandarins, blackberries, and raspberries.
- Use a sharp kitchen knife to slice into 6 wedges. Repeat the process for all three watermelon slices.
Frequently Asked Questions & Expert Tips
The sky is the limit when it comes to topping your watermelon pizza. Think fresh, seasonal berries and fruits. Some additional fruit options include cherries, peaches, mango, and sliced grapes.
You can make the spread one day ahead of time if you’d like, but we would suggest waiting to assemble the watermelon pizza until the day of. You may also slice your watermelon one day ahead then wrap it tightly in suran wrap or store it in an air tight container kept it in the refrigerator.
Serving Suggestions
Serve this watermelon pizza as an appetizer or dessert. Add some more pizzaz and use fruit stamps to make fun shapes out of the kiwi, pineapple, or strawberries! This recipe makes 3 watermelon pizzas with 6 slices each. You can easily double this recipe to make more pizzas for a crowd, or simply double the cream cheese topping to use as dip for extra fruit on the side.
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Watermelon Pizza
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Print It Rate ItIngredients
- 3 strawberries large, sliced
- ½ cup blackberries
- 2 mandarin oranges peeled and seperated
- ¼ cup blueberries
- â…“ cup raspberries
- ¼ cup pineapple chopped or sliced
- 1 kiwi large, peeled and diced
- 3 slices watermelon 1 inch thick slices
Cream Cheese Topping
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- ½ cup Greek yogurt plain
- 2 Tbsp powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp almond extract
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream whipped to medium peaks
Things You’ll Need
Before You Begin
- This recipe makes 3 watermelon pizzas. If you only want one pizza, save the extra cream cheese and yogurt mixture to dip the extra fruit in on the side.
Instructions
- Beat softened cream cheese and greek yogurt together in a bowl using a hand mixer set to medium speed.
- Beat the heavy cream, powdered sugar, and almond extract together until medium peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture until soft and fluffy.
- Peel, separate, and halve the mandarins. Peel and slice kiwi. Hull and slice the strawberries.
- Slice your watermelon into 3 1-inch thick rounds.
- Top watermelon slices with the cream cheese mixture using a rubber spatula to spread evenly.
- Line the perimeter of the cream cheese layer with blueberries.
- Top with pineapple, kiwi, oranges, strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries.
- Use a sharp kitchen knife to slice the watermelon round into 6 wedges. Repeat the process for all three watermelon slices.
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