Festive Fruit Pizza

Take fruit to the next level for all your summer BBQs with a colorful fruit pizza.  I made this one with a chocolate cream cheese "sauce", but you could readily omit the cocoa or try a whipped cream variation.  It's super simple to change up every element of this easy-to-assemble treat, so the possibilities are endless!

Ingredients:

Crust

• Double the recipe for almond cookies.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Layer

• 3 Tablespoons cocoa
• 3 tablespoons sugar or Splenda or 'Just Like Sugar'
• 4 ounces fat-free cream cheese, broken into chunks
• 1/4 cup of heavy cream, plus 8 tablespoons
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Fruit Layer

• Assorted fruit, sliced if appropriate, as desired.

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spritz a round pan or tart pan with non-stick buttery spray.
• Combine all ingredients as per almond cookie recipe.
• Spread evenly in pan.  The mixture is fairly sticky, so it may be easiest to spread it with your fingers.
• Bake for 15 minutes and set aside to cool.
• While the crust is baking and cooling, prepare chocolate cream cheese layer.
• Whisk cocoa and sugar/Splenda together.
• Combine cocoa mixture and all other ingredients in a blender.
• Whip until fully blended.  
• Keep chilled in refrigerator until ready to assemble pizza.
• On cooled crust, evenly spread chocolate cream cheese mixture.
• Layer fruit on top.
• Keep chilled until ready to serve.