No-bake Blackberry Dessert Pizza (Vegan and Gluten-free)

This vegan dessert pizza has a sweet, chewy no-bake base and is topped with a blackberry yoghurt sauce that is sweetened with banana. Not only is it perfect for sharing with friends or enjoying with a cup of tea, but made from healthy ingredients too! Leave in the fridge for a go-to indulgent snack. 

Pizza is amazing. I think that we can all agree on that fact. When I first went vegan, I quickly realised that I didn’t have to miss out on the deliciousness as pizza is very easy to veganise.

But today’s concept is slightly different. We’re taking pizza, and making it sweet. Yep, it’s as delicious as it sounds and looks! Give it a go, and you won’t be disappointed at the slightest.

About this no-bake dessert pizza

I don’t even know where to start! I came up with this recipe when I found myself in a bit of a dessert funk. With plenty of savoury ideas going, I still fell back on fruit, store-brought options and toast to satisfy my ‘something sweet after dinner’ cravings.

I love to switch things up when it comes to my sweet snacking – as I also hadn’t made pizza in a while, I saw the opportunity and I took it.

Anyone can fall in love with this sweet pizza. It’s ideal for when you need something sweet after dinner (bonus points if you have pizza for your main course too).

I love mine with a cup of tea for breakfast. After all, while it tastes so perfectly indulgent, you’d be surprised to find out that it’s made with wholesome ingredients too! The ingredients are very simple and all the sweetness comes from dates, berries and banana. And while the finished product looks rather fancy, the preparation couldn’t be easier.

Vegan dessert pizza crust

For the crust, we only need 5 ingredients: gluten-free rolled oats, coconut flour, pitted medjool dates, peanut butter and unsweetened almond milk. Throw those into a food processor and process for a couple of minutes until well-combined. Then, scoop out the dough and use either your hands to press it into a disk of around 30cm in diameter.

You can then top and eat it straight away, but I prefer to leave it in the fridge for at least an hour to give it a chewier texture and make it easier to divide into slices.

Tofu blackberry ‘sauce’

As with many of my recipes (think black bean cookie sandwiches and chickpea smoothie bowls), the vegan dessert pizza sauce contains a secret ingredient: silken tofu! It’s completely flavourless, but brings a creamy texture and even a bit of protein too.

In a food processor, combine it with a little bit of coconut yoghurt, 1/2 a banana, a handful of blackberries and some spirulina. The spirulina is totally optional and doesn’t change the flavour, but I like to add it to make the colour even more magical.

Take out the sweet pizza base from the fridge, spread on a thick layer of the sauce and then decorate as much or as little as you want. Fresh fruit and berries work well on no-bake desserts, but I also added fresh blackberries, goji berries, dark chocolate, desiccated coconut and puffed buckwheat. Get creative with it and use whatever sweet toppings you have in the fridge/cupboards!

I’m seriously obsessed with this treat because it’s:

• No-bake – ideal for those days when you don’t feel like switching on the oven.
• Gluten-free.
• Sweetened with natural ingredients. 
• Super easy to make, even if you’re a vegan dessert newbie.
• Great for impressing non-vegans. 
• Versatile: you can have it as breakfast, snack or dessert.
• A perfect combination of chewy and sweet.

Another fact about this dessert is that one slice is never enough. In my house, they always seem to disappear in minutes! So, I think I’m gonna quit rambling because you all have delicious sweet pizza to try out!

Tips and modifications

• Chill the base for at least an hour, but up to 4 gets the best results.
• The vegan dessert pizza slices might be a bit hard to lift at first, so I’d recommend using a cake slice to do so.
• Add more or less banana to the sauce, depending on how sweet you want it to be.
• Feel free to swap out the peanut butter for any nut or seed butter of your choice.

Other no-bake vegan desserts

• No-bake cookie dough bars
• Homemade peanut butter cups
• Chocolate chip cookie dough
• Chocolate mousse

Let me know in the comments: have you ever tried dessert pizza before? If you give this vegan dessert pizza a go, be sure to tag me on Instagram (@earthofmariaa) so I can see your creations, and leave your feedback in the comments below together with a star rating!