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Ready to make breakfast fun? This Breakfast Cereal Fruit Pizza turns your morning routine into something worth smiling about, and it’s the kind of treat that just feels like summer.
Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, honestly I’ll make it for lunch and dinner too. But there’s something about summer mornings especially that call for something a little more playful. When the days are long and the kids are home, I love finding new ways to serve breakfast, and turning honey-toasted cereal into a fruit pizza crust is one of my favorite tricks.
Life’s simple joys are meant to be shared, and this one is perfect for that. It’s light, it’s colorful, and it comes together without ever turning on the oven, which makes it an easy win on a hot morning. You can make the whole thing the night before and surprise your family with it when they wake up, or set it out for a lazy weekend brunch on the patio.
The crust starts with melting butter and marshmallows together, then stirring in the cereal until every piece is coated. Press the mixture firmly into a buttered pizza pan using the back of a buttered spoon (or buttered hands work great too), then let it cool completely.
The topping is a simple cream cheese spread, just cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla beaten until fluffy, spread over the cooled crust.
The fruit is where the season really shines. I like strawberries, kiwi, and blueberries for their bright summer colors, but this works with whatever’s ripe and in season, peaches, raspberries, even mango. A brush of warmed apple jelly over the top gives it a beautiful shine and helps everything stay put when you slice it.
Cut it into wedges with a pizza cutter for the full effect, and serve. It’s the kind of dessert-for-breakfast that makes summer mornings feel a little more special. Any leftovers keep well in the fridge, if there are any.
Want more cereal inspiration? Find unique recipes for cereal anytime!
Breakfast Cereal Fruit Pizza
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1 bag (10 1/2 oz) miniature marshmallows (6 cups)
- 5 cups Malt-O-Meal Cereals Golden O’s
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced
- 1 cup quartered fresh strawberries
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
- 1/2 cup apple jelly (optional)
Directions
- Butter round pizza or serving pan.
- In large microwavable bowl, microwave butter and marshmallows uncovered on high for about 2 minutes. Stir mixture after every minute, until smooth.
- Immediately stir in cereal until evenly coated.
- Using the buttered back of a spoon or your hands that you’ve buttered, press the cereal mixture firmly on prepared pan.
- Let cereal mixture cool.
- In small bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Spread mixture over cooled crust.
- Arrange fruit over cream cheese.
- Warm and stir jelly until smooth. Brush over fruit. (optional)
- To serve, slice into wedges. Cover and refrigerate any remaining pizza.