It’s almost Mardi Gras and that means it’s time for all that delicious New Orleans fare: Jambalaya, Red Beans and Rice, Shrimp Creole, Shrimp Etouffee, Muffaletta Dip, Bananas Foster Cake, and Beignets. Love them all.
This Bananas Foster Dessert Pizza is super easy to make for a party or a special family dessert.
We always have bananas and it is so easy to turn them into a delicious dessert like this Bananas Foster Dessert Pizza.
A pizza of any kind is always a crowd pleaser, but especially when covered in cream cheese and shortbread cookie crumbs with sliced bananas and chopped pecans drenched in caramel sauce and dark rum.
I like to use a premade pizza crust to save time, but you could make your own pizza dough.
Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top and you are in for a treat.
Whether made for a family dinner or a Mardi Gras celebration, Bananas Foster Dessert Pizza is one pizza you’ll be glad you tried.
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Bananas Foster Dessert Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 (12-inch) thin crust Pizza Crust,, I use Mama Mary's
- 6 ounces cream cheese,, softened
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup shortbread cookie crumbs
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
Banana Topping
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar,, light or dark
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons dark rum
- 4 bananas,, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and place pizza crust on a baking sheet.
- Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in powdered sugar and cinnamon.
- Spread cream cheese mixture on pizza crust. Sprinkle cookie crumbs on top and drizzle with melted butter.
- Place pizza crust in oven and bake for 8 minutes. Let cool slightly.
- Melt 1/4 cup butter in a medium pan. Add brown sugar, cream, and cinnamon and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add rum, bananas, and pecans and cook 1 minute, stirring to coat the bananas.
- Top pizza with banana mixture.
- Serve with vanilla ice cream if desired.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This was delicious!! I had a homemade pizza dough leftover from dinner and decided to try a dessert pizza and I’m so glad I chose this one! So simple to make and turned out amazing.
You make the best treats, Christin! I LOVE bananas foster and this dessert pizza would be a hit at our house! It looks incredible! <3
I love bananas fosters and this is a great alternative