Vegan Dessert Pizza with Brown Sugar Peaches
by Olivia Biermann
on Jul 1, 2021 (updated Dec 11, 2025)
This peach dessert pizza is one of my favourite quick summer desserts, perfect for using up ripe peaches and great for entertaining. With a store-bought crust, sweet peaches and brown sugar streusel, it delivers all the flavours of a peach crisp with the fun of a fruit pizza.
After cooking for nearly 15 years and spending the last decade making my favourite desserts vegan, I’ve learned that some recipes don’t need to be reinvented. This peach dessert pizza is exactly that kind of recipe!
It’s the sort of dish that you make when you want something casual but indulgent, something that feels born out of a late summer night craving, and perfected through the kind of relentless recipe testing only a true dessert lover would be proud of.
Why peaches belong on pizza
Peaches are messy, fleeting and perfect – and that’s why I think they belong on pizza dough! When baked with brown sugar, they develop a soft, syrupy sweetness that soaks into the crust just enough without making it soggy. A few pointers I learned after dozens of test rounds:
- Slightly underripe peaches held their shape better, but perfectly ripe peaches melted into a luxurious jam-like texture. You can’t lose either way!
- A thinner layer of streusel produced crispy edges without overpowering the fruit, letting the peaches still be the star.
The crust matters!
I used regular store-bought pizza dough to balance the sweetness of the toppings. Anything sweeter would have been overpowering in my opinion!
Worried about a soggy crust?
When working with a juicy fruit like peaches, I realized I needed some insurance against sogginess. The trick, I found, is to give the dough a quick head start in the oven so it sets before the toppings go on. That light pre-bake created the perfect barrier to help the crust stay crisp, even as the fruit softens and releases its juices.
Perfecting the streusel
Let’s cut to the chase: when making streusel, you need cold butter. Vegan butter softens fast, so keep it chilled until the moment it meets the flour and sugar. What we’re looking for is a crumble, not a dough – ragged little clusters that bake into sweet, golden, crackling shards.
It’s no secret I love streusel, and this one is a similar method as the one on everyone’s favourite pumpkin loaf.
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Vegan Dessert Pizza with Brown Sugar Peaches
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
This peach dessert pizza is one of my favourite quick summer desserts, perfect for using up ripe peaches and great for entertaining. With a store-bought crust, sweet peaches and brown sugar streusel, it delivers all the flavours of a peach crisp with the fun of a fruit pizza.
Ingredients
- Store-bought pizza dough
- 1 tbsp vegan margarine
- 2 tbsp white sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Brown Sugar Peaches:
- 2 tbsp vegan butter, melted
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 cups sliced fresh peaches
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Streusel Topping:
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 3 tbsp flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp cold vegan butter, grated
Icing Glaze:
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp nondairy milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Shape dough into a pizza round. Place on prepared baking sheet and bake in preheated oven for 5-7 minutes, until the surface of the dough is firm.
- Remove crust from oven. Lower oven temp to 375 F.
- Spread margarine evenly over crust, then sprinkle evenly with cinnamon sugar. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, toss peaches, butter, brown sugar and vanilla until coated. Add peach slices to pizza crust in an even layer. Set aside.
- Streusel topping: in a small mixing bowl, whisk together brown sugar, flour and cinnamon. Add butter and use a whisk or pastry blender to combine it into a crumbly mixture that resembles wet sand. Add streusel topping to pizza in an even layer.
- Bake in preheated oven for about 12-15 minutes until streusel topping and crust of pizza is browned. Remove from oven and slice.
- Icing glaze: in a small mixing bowl, stir together glaze ingredients until smooth and combined. Drizzle over pizza, then serve immediately.
Notes
Freezing and storing tips:
Once the pizza has cooled completely, transfer leftovers to an airtight container and store in the fridge for up to 3 days. Reheat slices in the oven at 350 F for 5-8 minutes to bring back the crisp edges.
To freeze, let the baked pizza cool completely. Wrap slices individually in parchment paper and place in a freezer-safe container or bag and freeze for up to 1 month. Thaw in the fridge overnight, then reheat slices in the oven at 350 F for 5-8 minutes to bring back the crisp edges.
