Favorite Fruit on a Stick

Pieces of fresh fruit on toothpicks and bamboo skewers on a white plate with yogurt and granola in separate ramekins.

Fruit on a stick made with pieces of fresh fruit and served appetizer style or as a kabob is easy and delicious! Be ready for your kids to ask you to make this again and again!

Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine American

Diet Gluten Free, Low Fat, Low Salt, Vegetarian

Prep Time 10

Putting the fruit on sticks 5

Total Time 15

Servings people

Calories 53kcal

Author Kristi

Equipment

6 bamboo skewers or you can use 12 toothpicks or 6 lollipop sticks.
1 chefs knife
1 Collander

Ingredients

6 berries Blackberries, strawberries, or raspberries. Rinse well under cold water and set aside.
12 grapes Seedless grapes. Washed.
1 clementines Seedless and easy to peel. can also use easy to peel, seedless mandarins.
2 pineapple rings Cut into chunks or triangle shaped segments.
2 kiwi Peeled and sliced.
½ mango Peeled and cut into chunks.

Instructions

Peel and cut pineapple and mango into chunks.
Peel clementines and separate the segments.
Peel and slice the kiwi. Cut each slice in half.
Place 5-7 pieces of prepared fruit on each bamboo skewer or place 2-3 pieces of fruit on each toothpick (if using).
Serve and enjoy!

Notes

*Nutrition information is an estimate and will vary depending on the type, size, and amount of fruit used to assemble each fruit skewer.

Do not serve fruit on a stick to very young children.
The ends of toothpicks and bamboo skewers are sharp. Only serve fruit on sticks to older children who are able to sit down to eat and are able to eat these in a safe manner.
The fruits listed give you an idea of what works well on fruit skewers.
Chunks of watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew melon also work very well for fruit skewers and can be used in place of any of the fruits listed.
Make sure there aren't any splinters in the bamboo skewers or toothpicks before placing fruit on them.
Prep time will vary depending on how much of the fruit you have to cut up before assembling.
Apples, bananas, and pears brown easily once they are cut. So, if you will be using them to make fruit skewers, wait until just before serving to cut them into pieces and add them to the sticks.
Buying pre-cut fruit will cost more but it will also save you a lot of time.
See the post for a few different ways to serve fruit on a stick.
Fruit on a toothpick is easier to dip than fruit on a longer skewer.

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