This Peanut Butter Apple Cookie Pizza is a delicious fall dessert that is loaded with all the toppings. The cookie crust with a creamy topping, crunchy apples, and peanut butter cups will have everyone asking for another slice.
Now that we are officially into the fall season, I want cool weather all the time. Bright colored leaves, chilly mornings, sweatshirts, jeans, bonfires, apple orchards...I want it all.
But life in Florida does not accommodate those wants, so I have my air conditioner cranked down low and a sweatshirt on pretending that it is fall here while I sip on a White Chocolate Pumpkin Latte. Yes, I know I'm all kinds of strange. It's ok.
Then I made the mistake of doing some housework. Every six months or so, I have to deep clean the kids bathroom because teenagers just do not clean as thoroughly as adults. Bye, bye being chilly. But at least the bathroom looks better.
Now I'm back in the kitchen baking up a storm with some more apples. This month I have been all about apple desserts. This Apple Crisp Cheesecake started the apple madness, and now I can't get enough apple treats in my life.
Since I just had a few extra apples to use before they were tossed into the fruit drawer never to be seen again, I decided to make an easy cookie pizza for dessert.
This is a semi-homemade dessert because I used a roll of refrigerated cookie dough. If you are feeling a bit domestic, go ahead and make homemade cookie dough. I was kind of over the domestic part since I did house cleaning for the day.
How to make a Peanut Butter Apple Pizza:
- Open the roll of cookie dough and slice it into pieces. Press the circles into a 10 inch circle on a pizza pan. Bake and cool.
- Beat the cream cheese and sugar until creamy. Add peanut butter and cinnamon and beat again.
- Fold in some Cool Whip to make it light and fluffy. Feel free to make homemade whipped cream and use that instead, if you prefer.
- Spread the peanut butter topping evenly on the cooled cookie pizza.
- Top with apple chunks and mini peanut butter cups.
- Drizzle with melted chocolate. Let it set before cutting into slices. (full recipe below)
Apple chunks, peanut butter cups, and the drizzle of dark chocolate made this peanut butter cookie pizza one of my new favorite desserts. Thank goodness we were sharing it with friends because I couldn't stop eating it.
More easy apple desserts you may like:
Fluffernutter Apple Nachos - apples topped with marshmallow cream, peanut butter, and Reese’s peanut butter cups make a fun after school snack.
Candy Apple Cookie Cups - a creamy apple and candy bar filling adds the perfect topping to homemade cookie cups.
Cinnamon Sugar Apple Cheesecake Danish - a creamy apple cheesecake layer baked between cinnamon sugar coated crescent rolls is a very good idea.
Apple Snickers Cheesecake Trifle - layers of crunchy apples, creamy cheesecake, and candy bars make this trifle an impressive no bake dessert.
Skinny Apple Blueberry Salsa - apple chunks and dried blueberries tossed in a sweet orange yogurt tastes so good with cinnamon chips.
Recipe
Peanut Butter Apple Pizza
This Peanut Butter Apple Cookie Pizza is a delicious fall dessert that is loaded with all the toppings. The cookie crust, creamy topping, crunchy apples, and peanut butter cups will have everyone asking for another slice.
Ingredients
- 1 - 16 ounce roll refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough
- 1 - 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup Cool Whip
- 2 cups apple chunks
- ¼ cup lemon lime soda
- 1 cup unwrapped mini Reese's peanut butter cups
- ¼ cup dark chocolate melting wafers
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Open the cookie dough roll and cut into slices. Press the slices evenly into a 10 inch circle on a pizza pan. Bake for 15-17 minutes. Cool completely.
- In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar until creamy.
- Add the peanut butter and cinnamon and beat again.
- Fold the Cool Whip into the mixture gently. Spread the mixture evenly over the top of the cooled cookie pizza.
- Place the apple chunks in a bowl and pour the soda over them. Toss gently to make sure all the apples are coated. Drain off any excess soda.
- Gently place the apple chunks and peanut butter cups over the filling.
- Melt the chocolate wafers according to the package directions. Stir until melted and creamy.
- Spoon into a small ziplock bag with one tip cut off. Drizzle over the entire cookie pizza. Keep refrigerated. Cut into 16 wedges.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 385Total Fat: 22gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 359mgCarbohydrates: 42gFiber: 3gSugar: 17gProtein: 7g
*The post for this Peanut Butter Apple Cookie Pizza was first published September 24, 2013. The photos were re-edited, and the post was republished on September 18, 2019.
Ilona @ Ilona's Passion
Sweet pizza!
Chels R.
I adore apples and pizza-this is such a great idea! I'm loving all the recipes from this week!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you Chels!! 😉
Flower Patch Farmgirl
I'm SO making this for Siley's birthday! Thanks. 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker
Aww, yaaaay! Let me know how it turns out for you!! 🙂
Jess @ On Sugar Mountain
OMG LOOK AT THIS PIZZA!! I can accept the break from salted caramel (I GUESS) because now I have awesome apple-ness happening. This looks absolutely fantastic Jocelyn. 😀
Jocelyn Brubaker
Haha! You're too funny Jess! 😉 Thank you so much!!
Nicole @ Young, Broke and Hungry
Loving the idea of apple week and this recipe is a great way to start it off.
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you Nicole!! 😉
Becca @ Crumbs and Chaos
All in the name of research 😉 Love the looks of this easy dessert!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Haha, thanks Becca!! 😉
Mary Frances @ The Sweet {Tooth} Life
You have combined half a dozen things I never would've thought would go together! Lemon lime soda, cool whip, apples, peanut butter ... this is so creative! And your photos make me want to dive in. Oh, I'm wearing a sweat shirt right now and LOVING it. I'm ready for more cool weather, too!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thanks Mary! I really love to combine all kinds of loveliness and make it work!! 😉 Yes, bring on the cool weather!
Kelly @ old blue silo
Um of course this is healthy because it has apples in it, right?! Drooling.
I hear you on the being chilly until you start moving around and doing house work! I have to clean my bathrooms but maybe I'll go to the orchard instead 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker
Yes!!! 😉 Thanks Kelly! Going to the orchard sounds like a MUCH better idea!! Lol!
Ashley @ Wishes and Dishes
This is gorgeous!! I love pizza..of all shapes, sizes and flavors 🙂 I like that you used store bought cookie dough - makes it that much easier!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you Ashley!! Store bought crust is the way I roll, most of the time 😉
Angie | Big Bears Wife
Bring on the applicious goodies!! I just want to dive into this "pizza"
Jocelyn Brubaker
Haha, thanks Angie!! 😉 It was definitely worth diving into!
Beth @ bethcakes
I love this so much. 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you so much Beth!! 😉
Stephanie @ PlainChicken
This looks great! I love a good cookie crust dessert pizza - especially with peanut butter! YUM! Looking forward to the rest of apple week.
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you Stephanie!! This cookie pizza was the bomb! 😉
Tieghan
Holy Moly! That is one awesome pizza! Or cookie or whatever, it is just awesome! I love the idea of apple week, so fun!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Haha, thanks girl!! 😉 It was tons of fun!
Erin | The Emerging Foodie
Mmmmm, slice me up a piece! This looks amazing!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you Erin!! 😉
LuAnn Braley
'Haha! I love that I can call baking “work” now. Best. Job. EVER!'
You can definitely get an, "AMEN," on that one! :O)
Jocelyn Brubaker
Haha, right?! Thanks LuAnn!! 😉
Nancy P.@thebittersideofsweet
Love themed weeks!! Apples are a great thing to us! You know how much I love pizza and this one would be a big hit with my family!!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you so much Nancy!! I definitely had fun this themed week using the apples!! 😉