It’s officially summer! I bet you love to invite your family and friends to an outdoor barbecue for some summer fun. What’s the most refreshing and delicious option to serve for appetizers or desserts? Well, a fruit tray is clearly the best option out there.
Below are ten great fruit tray ideas for your summer get-togethers. If you don’t want to make your own fruit platter from scratch, consider buying some delicious Edible fruit arrangements to serve instead. Now, let’s check out the best ten fruit tray ideas!
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The Tropical Fruit Platter
Do you want to feel like you’re at the beach when munching on some tasty fruit? Then it’s time to make a delicious tropical fruit platter. The types of fruits you will want to add to the platter include:
- Mango
- Pineapple
- Passion fruit
- Star fruit
- Kiwis
- Oranges
- Strawberries
It should only take you about 20 minutes to chop up these fruits and arrange them on a platter. Serve it with coconut yogurt for an extra tropical twist or some fruity drinks to add to the fun.
Graduation Party Platter
Seniors in high school and college often celebrate their graduation in June, meaning you might be attending (or even planning) a few graduation parties. As such, you can’t go wrong with a delicious platter filled with fresh fruit favorites for the guests to enjoy.
For a graduation theme, you can use a professional carving knife to carve out a graduation-style image on a watermelon, such as a graduation cap and diploma. Enjoy!
4th of July Fruit Platter
The 4th of July is right around the corner. You can’t miss bringing a fruit platter to your friends’ barbecue on Independence Day. Create a beautiful display with a patriotic theme by choosing fruits and other treats in red, white, and blue—like strawberries, blueberries, and cubes of angel food cake—to make a delicious dessert tray.
A Heart-Shaped Fruit Tray
Do you have an anniversary coming up? You can celebrate your love with a heart-shaped fruit platter. Some of the things you will need to create a heart-shaped fruit tray include:
- Scissors
- Knife
- Foam board
- Tape
- Aluminum foil
- Plastic wrap
- Pencil
You can use the pencil to sketch out the shape of a heart and then use scissors to cut it out of the foam board. Then, tape the foil and plastic wrap around the tray. Use the knife to cut up the fruit into the right shapes to add to the heart-shaped tray. Then, fill it with mouth-watering fruits like strawberries, pineapple chunks, and sliced bananas. Add a bowl of chocolate fondue in the middle for dipping to make it extraordinary.
Fruit and Nut Dessert Platter
For a truly tasty dessert (or appetizer), add some nuts and fruit to a platter to enjoy at a summer barbecue or a casual evening spent with friends. Fruits like strawberries, oranges, and blueberries pair well with a variety of nuts. For more sweetness, add some honey, dried fruit, or jelly.
Now, add some crackers for more flavor and almonds and peanuts for a tasty crunch.
Colorful Summer Fruit Tray Ideas
Are you ready to make a colorful fruit tray for that summer picnic? Then, grab a round tray and use some colorful fruit like:
- Raspberries
- Blueberries
- Pineapple
- Mango
- Kiwis
- Watermelon
- Green and purple grapes
- Mint for garnish
Grapefruit is another tasty fruit full of color you may want to add. You’ll love this colorful fruit platter with all the shades of the rainbow.
Watermelon Pizza Fruit Platter
Making a watermelon pizza fruit tray involves cutting off a large, round piece of watermelon. Then, you can decorate it on top with strawberries, blueberries, and fresh mint. Your friends and family will love the sweet taste of watermelon pizza at your summer get-together. It’s a great option when you need some refreshing finger foods and easy eats while you’re lounging around the pool with friends and family.
Rainbow Fruit Skewer Platter
Do you want your dessert to look amazing? Then, make some skewers using colorful fruit. The fruits you need include watermelon pieces, strawberries, mango squares, pineapple chunks, green grapes, and blueberries. Rainbow fruit skewers are a crowd-pleasing treat to enjoy while soaking up the sunshine on a warm summer day.
Summer Fruit Salad Platter
You can’t go wrong with a delicious summer fruit salad. When you’re going to a summer barbecue, bring a platter filled with mini fruit salad cups guests can grab and go. Choose fruits like kiwi, strawberries, oranges, bananas, blueberries, and grapes for a delicious variety everyone will enjoy.
Fruit and Tea Platter
If you’re looking for something a little different, a fruit platter can pair perfectly with herbal teas or even tasty tea smoothies infused with fruity flavors. The fruits that go well with tea include:
- Raspberries
- Lemons
- Peaches
- Apricots
- Plums
- Pears
- Cherries
- Strawberries
- Grapefruit
- Apples
Conclusion
Now that summer is here, you can make one of these amazing fruit trays for your picnic or barbecue. Your friends and family will compliment the delicious fruit salad, skewers, and fruit platters all summer long.
