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Chocolate Chip Dessert Pizza

April 16, 2018 By Sam 114 Comments

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Chocolate Chip Dessert Pizza

Chocolate Chip Dessert Pizza is, in my humble opinion, the best kind of pizza ever made. With a simple thin crust, a cream cheese based “white pizza sauce”, lots of chocolate, and a crumbly streusel topping, I think you can see why this is such a favorite of mine!

A sliced chocolate chip dessert pizza

So there’s this pizza place where Zach and I used to eat lunch together during college.

It wasn’t the best pizza place, but it was an all-you-can-eat deal where you paid about 5 bucks for unlimited pizza and soda and a mostly-wilted salad bar, and it was a college student’s dream.  We ate so. much. pizza., but the best thing about this place was their variety of dessert pizzas.

They had a few varieties, cherry, apple, and other fruits, but I bypassed all of them for the Chocolate Chip Dessert pizza, and Zach and I piled our plates with as many slices as we could respectfully carry every single time.

Overhead view of chocolate chip dessert pizza on a pan

Naturally, I wanted the recipe, but despite politely harassing at least three employees, nobody seemed to be able to tell me what was actually in this magical dessert pizza. Only that it was “Mostly dairy.  I think.”  Thank you, pizza-place guys.

Much, much taste-testing research ensued.  I must have eaten a whole dessert pizza in a single sitting (for science, of course).  Testing continued at home, and after many tasty, but not just quite right attempts, I finally got the recipe down. In fact, this dessert pizza was one of the first recipes I shared on the blog years ago (this was 4 years ago, even before the blog’s official “unbirthday”), and it has remained one of my most popular recipes ever since then.

Process shot of dessert pizza -- unbaked crust with toppings

The crust for this recipe is a very, very simple one (please don’t be intimidated by the yeast!).  It’s thin and chewy and needs to bake only briefly, just long enough for the toppings to melt.

What Toppings Do You Put On A Dessert Pizza

For this dessert pizza, the only option here is chocolate.  We first start by layering our base with a cream cheese “sauce”.  this will help to hold the toppings in place and give the pizza a great creamy texture.

Next, we’ll add a cup of mini chocolate chips and press them into the sauce before topping everything off with a simple, crumbly, slightly crisp streusel topping.

A slice of chocolate chip dessert pizza

And that’s it.  Enjoy!

How to Make Dessert Pizza

Chocolate chip dessert pizza sliced

Chocolate Chip Dessert Pizza

The best kind of pizza ever made! Made with a simple thin crust, a cream cheese based “white pizza sauce”, lots of chocolate, and a crumbly streusel topping.
5 from 19 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 7 minutes
Total Time: 32 minutes
Servings: 10 slices
Calories: 230kcal
Author: Sam Merritt

Ingredients

Crust

  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (185g)
  • ½ teaspoon instant yeast
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅔ cup warm water (155ml)

“Sauce”

  • 8 oz cream cheese (225g)
  • ¼ cup sugar (50g)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips (175g)

Streusel

  • 3 Tablespoons butter melted
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup + 1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour (50g)
  • ⅓ cup sugar (66g)
  • 2 Tablespoons brown sugar tightly packed

Instructions

Crust

  • Preheat oven to 500F (260C) and line a pizza pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, combine flour, yeast, and salt and stir well.
  • Add water and stir until ingredients are mostly combined. Use your hands to continue to combine until the dough is cohesive enough to form a ball.
  • Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes (until elastic). If needed, add additional flour 1 Tablespoon at a time if dough is too sticky and sticks stubbornly to your hands.
  • Roll dough out into a 12” circle and transfer to prepared pizza pan. Pinch edges or gently fold over to form a crust.
  • Prepare your cream cheese “sauce” by cutting your cream cheese into 8 pieces and place in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat for 10 second intervals, stirring between each, until cream cheese is easy to stir.
  • Add sugar and vanilla extract, stir well.
  • Spread cream cheese “sauce” evenly over pizza dough.
  • Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly overtop and press/spread into the “sauce”. Prepare your streusel.

Streusel

  • Add vanilla extract to melted butter, stir, and set aside.
  • In a separate bowl, use a fork to mix together flour and sugars.
  • Add butter mixture and use a fork to combine until mixture resembles coarse crumbles.
  • Sprinkle evenly over pizza
  • Bake pizza in 500F (260C) oven for 7 minutes or until streusel turns a golden brown.
  • Remove from oven, allow to cool for several minutes, then slice and serve.

Notes

Pizza crust modified from this recipe

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 230kcal
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Chocolate Chip Dessert Pizza Slices
This chocolate chip dessert recipe was originally published 04/29/2014. Photos and text have been updated on 04/16/2018, and recipe has been updated for clarity and to include metric measurements

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chocolate chip pizza

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Comments

  1. Ilyaas says

    November 23, 2020 at 11:58 am

    Wow, very good, just made it and it is literally perfect!!!!!!!

    Reply
    • Sam says

      November 23, 2020 at 9:56 pm

      I am so glad you enjoyed it so much! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Nicole says

    August 19, 2020 at 11:46 am

    I haven’t had Double Dave’s in a decade or more, and I was trying to find a copycat recipe and found this. I am so excited to make this tonight, thank you so much 🤍

    Reply
    • Sam says

      August 19, 2020 at 9:35 pm

      You’re very welcome, I hope you enjoy! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Rebecca says

    August 15, 2020 at 2:24 pm

    5 stars
    This recipe is great. I didn’t have any yeast so I used pre- made pizza crust and it totally worked. The streusel and the chocolate chips sort of remind me of a chocolate cookie. Love this recipe, a new favorite.

    Reply
    • Sam says

      August 16, 2020 at 9:49 pm

      I am so glad you enjoyed it so much, Rebecca! 🙂

      Reply
    • Lolly says

      January 13, 2021 at 12:44 pm

      I’m curious as to which pre made pizza crust you used? Will any work? I’m not against making my own, but for last minute dessert ideas with no time to mix up some dough, this is a very handy tip. Thank you for the recipe and the advice. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Brett Bowlin says

    August 2, 2020 at 8:04 am

    5 stars
    Made this for my Son by request for his 17th birthday. The dough (actually all of it) was incredibly easy to prepare and didn’t even have to break out the KitchenAid lol. A dough whisk made short work of the pizza dough and the whipped cream sauce. Sam, thanks so much for this, my son loved it as did the Missus.

    Reply
    • Sugar Spun Run says

      August 2, 2020 at 8:19 am

      I am so glad that everyone enjoyed the pizza, Brett! Thank you for trying my recipe and for taking the time to leave a review. I appreciate it! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Liz says

    June 2, 2020 at 1:43 pm

    5 stars
    Our family loved this – what a treat! The next day, we warmed up the leftover pieces in the air fryer: 350 degrees for about 3 minutes. And I just have to say, I don’t know where you find the time to do all this, but I’m really glad you do 🙂 Your site is always the first one I go to when I’m looking for something new to make.

    Reply
    • Sam says

      June 3, 2020 at 10:24 am

      Thank you so much, Liz! I am so glad you enjoyed it so much! I bet warming it in an air fryer was awesome. I will have to give it a try some time (if I can ever keep my husband from eating the whole thing!) 🤣 🙂

      Reply
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