Watermelon Pizza
Updated Jul 05, 2025
Watermelon Fruit Pizza with a ricotta and cream cheese icing sweetened with honey and topped with fresh fruit! Takes all of 15 minutes to make.
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watermelon pizza is fun to make!
I love a good fruit pizza, but once summer hits, this watermelon pizza is the one I’m making. It’s easy, it looks fun, and my kids will eat it without complaining so that’s a win. I usually pull a watermelon pizza out when we have people over or if I’ve got fruit to use up that isn’t getting eaten fast enough.
The ricotta, whipped cream cheese, and honey combo is mellow and creamy, kind of like a shortcut fruit dip. You just spread it on a thick watermelon slice and pile on whatever fruit you’ve got. I’ve used strawberries, blueberries, kiwi, and whatever else is in the fridge.
Happy Cooking!
– Yumna
Watermelon Pizza Ingredients
- Watermelon: A large seedless watermelon is best for this recipe, but you can always use a personal size or mini watermelon if that’s all you have on hand.
- Cream cheese: I use full-fat whipped cream cheese, but you can use light or even fat-free. And if you’re not a cream cheese fan, try swapping for whipped cottage cheese or Greek yogurt.
- Ricotta cheese: Whole milk ricotta is best, but you could use part skim if you like!
- Honey: I like using honey to sweeten the whipped cream cheese and ricotta icing, but agave or maple syrup will also do (avoid granulated sweeteners).
- Fruit Topping: Kiwi, blueberries, and strawberries are my favorite toppings for this watermelon pizza, but use any fruit you like. Sliced peaches, bananas, raspberries, or mango pieces will also be delicious.
How to Make Watermelon Pizza
Cut The Watermelon
Build The Watermelon Pizza
Watermelon Fruit Pizza Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 large watermelon slice about 1 inch thick,cut from the center of the melon
- ½ cup ricotta cheese
- ¼ cup cream cheese whipped
- 1 tablespoon honey
- Strawberries sliced, for topping
- Blueberries for topping
- Kiwi sliced, for topping
- Fresh mint for garnish
- 1 tablespoon shredded coconut for topping
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix the ricotta, cream cheese and honey together until combined.
- Spread the ricotta mixture over the watermelon and cut into 8 equal slices.
- Top the slices of watermelon with strawberries, blueberries, kiwi and mint. Sprinkle the shredded coconut and serve immediately.
Notes
- For best results, top the watermelon with ther ricotta mixture immediately before consuming. And enjoy within a few hours.
- To make this vegan, you can mix coconut cream with shredded coconut as the base “sauce” and then add any toppings of choice.
Nutrition
Nutrition information provided is an estimate. It will vary based on cooking method and specific ingredients used.
Recipe Tips
- Cut your watermelon properly. Feel free to check out my tips on how to cut a watermelon. You only need the middle section of the watermelon, but the tutorial will help you cut it properly and then slice the remaining halves for snacking later.
- Don’t add too many toppings. It can get messy if you’re loading toppings on top of each other, so keep them thinly sliced and make sure to stick each one directly to the ricotta mixture.
- Use a large, seedless watermelon. It’s easier to work with, and you don’t have to worry about seeds getting in the way!
More Fruit Dessert Recipes
- Summer Fruit Salad
- Watermelon Blueberry Salad
- Grilled Fruit Kabobs
- Watermelon Cucumber Salad
- Fruit Pizza
- Fruit Ice Cubes
- Vegan Lemon Bars
- Frozen Yogurt Bark
- Fruit & Yogurt Parfait
- Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
This Watermelon Pizza recipe was originally published on August 25, 2018. The recipe has not been modified but the post now includes new step-by-step photos for how to make the watermelon pizza.
Comments
I made it with Greek yogurt mixed with pistachio butter maple syrup banana n blueberry
Topped with graham crumps
It was soooo good loll
Love the sound of that! Yum!!
This was soooo delicious! I was a little hesitant but so glad I made it.
I’m so glad you made it too! Yay!
You inspired me to prepare food
Aww, that’s amazing! Thank you!
So yummy! Made this for a nice weekend summer treat. Very refreshing for those hot summer days. Easy to make and a great idea for summer! Thank you!
Thank you so much! Glad it hit the spot on a hot summer day!
Made the watermelon pizza with what I had in my fridge and taste sooo gooood πππππ I wanna add the picture but I think there is no option. Iβm gonna add emoji of what I used ππ«ππ₯
That makes me so happy to hear! You are welcome to join my Facebook group (called Feel Good Foodies: A Community!) where we share photos of recipes we’ve made!
Yum! Made this with some fresh picked strawberries and blueberries! So refreshing
That sounds perfect! Yay!
Delicious recipe so
Much fun to make ! Now I have made
It twice !!!
Thank you so much! I love that!
Easy peasy watermelonsqueezy π
Oh and sooooo good!
Such a refreshing take on watermelon as dessert. I added some lime zest on top and it was the perfect amount of sweet and tart! Iβll be adding this to my summer dessert line up π
Thank you so much! It definitely deserves a spot on that line up!
Absolutely delicious, I never thought of having watermelon other than by itself but the strawberry cream cheese I used on top was great! Thanks Yumna
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed this new combo!
I never thought that watermelon and cheese would be a good combination, but this recipe surprised me in a good way!
A tasty and easy to make dessert for super hot days.
So glad you tried it and enjoyed!
Super fun to make, delicious to eat and a big hit with everyone!
I made this watermelon pizza for my prayer group social we had on Saturday. It was a hit, everyone not only liked the look of the pizza, but the taste as well. Not a slice of the two pizzas I made was left. For the icing, I only used cream cheese (mixed berry whipped cream cheese, sweet enough for us). My husband’s family came over on the Sunday and I made it for them. It was a hit there too. One said that it will be his new way to eat watermelon.
That’s amazing! So glad it was a hit with both groups!
This is the PERFECT summer treat. Very easy to make and it was a hit with my family. Refreshing and definitely will make again.
Thank you! That’s perfect!
Made the Watermelon Pizza today for our family brunch. It was good and a crowd hit, not one slice was left.
That’s amazing! I’m so glad to hear it!
it came out so well! i topped it up with some roasted walnuts as im allergic to coconut ahaha.
next time ill try it with some granola!
Yay! The walnuts are a great idea. Sounds good!
This was so good
Thank you!!
This is not only the most delicious recipe it is beautiful when you serve it !
Thank you so much!
This was the easiest recipe Iβve made all year and by far the best tasting one!
That made my day to hear! Thank you so much!
So refreshing with the mint and all the fresh summer fruits! I used coconut yogurt instead of the ricotta because of a dairy allergy. It worked out great π
I’m so glad you thought so! That’s perfect!
Hi, so I plan on making this at our next BBQ. I was curious, do you think mascarpone cheese would be a good substitute for the ricotta? Why or why not?
I think it’ll work because it’s a common substitute for ricotta!
This was so much fun!! We randomly had all
Of the ingredients and it was super easy to make. My toddler and one year old had an absolute blast making and eating this! This will be on repeat all summer! Thanks for the idea !!! So refreshing and fun!
Aww, I’m glad to hear it! That’s perfect. Yay!!
Perfect for summertime! Thanks for sharing!
Lucky for you it’s summertime there now! haha
Watermelon with shredded coconut. Who can skip that
This is such a fun idea for summertime, love it!