Description
This festive Halloween Fruit Salad features a colorful mix of fresh cantaloupe pumpkins, blackberries, mandarin oranges, cherries, golden berries, and apricots, all tossed in a sweet and tangy honey-orange dressing. Perfect for a healthy and visually appealing treat at any Halloween party.
Ingredients
Scale
Fruits
- 1 ripe cantaloupe melon
- 16 ounces blackberries
- 15 ounces canned mandarin oranges, drained
- 8 ounces dark cherries or grapes, pitted
- 6 ounces golden berries, halved
- 4 ripe apricots, pitted and sliced
Dressing
- 1 small orange, juiced and zested (about 1 tablespoon zest and 3 tablespoons juice)
- 2 tablespoons honey
Instructions
- Prepare Cantaloupe Pumpkins: Cut the cantaloupe into 1-inch slices. Use a small pumpkin cookie cutter to cut out pumpkin shapes from each slice for a festive Halloween look.
- Combine Fruits: In a large bowl, add the cantaloupe pumpkins, blackberries, mandarin oranges, cherries, golden berries, and sliced apricots.
- Make Dressing: Whisk together the orange zest, orange juice, and honey until well combined.
- Toss Salad: Drizzle the honey-orange dressing over the fruit mixture and very gently stir to combine, ensuring all fruits are lightly coated with the dressing.
- Serve: Enjoy the fruit salad immediately for the freshest taste and best presentation.
Notes
- The mini pumpkin cookie cutter is optional but adds a festive touch to the salad; a small pumpkin-shaped cutter is recommended.
- This fruit salad is customizable—feel free to swap in or omit fruits to suit your taste or seasonal availability.
- Orange zest and juice enhance the salad with bright acidity; Navel oranges are preferred but Blood or Cara Cara oranges work well too.
- For the best flavor balance, include at least one melon, one citrus fruit, and one type of berry in your salad.
- Enjoy the salad fresh, as the dressing can make the fruits slightly soggy if left to sit too long.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 90 kcal
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 5 mg
- Fat: 0.5 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 23 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
