Description
This Halloween Fruit Salad with Honey-Orange Dressing is a festive and refreshing mix of seasonal fruits shaped into fun pumpkin cutouts. Featuring cantaloupe, blackberries, mandarin oranges, cherries, golden berries, and apricots, dressed with a zesty honey-orange dressing, it’s a vibrant and healthy treat perfect for Halloween parties or a light snack.
Ingredients
Scale
Fruit
- 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
- Cut the cantaloupe: Cut the cantaloupe into 1-inch slices, then use a small pumpkin cookie cutter to cut out pumpkin shapes for a festive look.
- Combine the fruit: In a large bowl, add the cantaloupe pumpkins, blackberries, mandarin oranges, cherries, golden berries, and apricots.
- Make the dressing: Whisk together the orange zest, orange juice, and honey until well combined to create a tangy and sweet dressing.
- Dress the fruit: Drizzle the honey-orange dressing over the fruit and gently stir to combine without breaking the fruit pieces.
- Serve immediately: Enjoy the fruit salad fresh for the best flavors and texture.
Notes
- The mini pumpkin cookie cutter is optional but adds a fun Halloween touch to the fruit salad.
- You can customize the fruit selection; the mix of orange and black fruits is festive, but feel free to include your favorites.
- Orange zest and juice enhance the flavor with brightness; a Navel orange is used here, but Cara Cara or Blood orange works well too.
- For balance, include at least one melon, one citrus fruit, and one berry in your salad.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 90 kcal
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 5 mg
- Fat: 0.3 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.05 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 23 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
