Fruit skewers with dip ideas are a fun dessert no matter the season or holiday. Make patriotic fruit skewers with blueberries, raspberries and banana slices or make with all red fruit for Valentine's Day.

Fruit skewers with strawberries, pineapple, kiwi, blueberries, and grapes on a white background with a striped cloth. — Fruit kabob skewers can include any fruit you love, from bananas to pineapple.

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Fruit Skewer Ingredients
How to Make Fruit Kebabs Step by Step
Recipe Notes
Storage and Make Ahead Fruit Skewers
How do I prevent sliced fruit from browning?
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Comments

Serve these juicy fruit skewers as is or pair them with a dip. Try microwave S'mores Dip for chocolate fruit skewers.

Or for an Italian bent, Cannoli Cream Dip would be delish.

But my favorite fruit spread is Mascarpone Dip.

If you love fresh fruit desserts, you must try making homemade orange sherbet (no-churn) or Blood Orange Fruit Salad.

Fruit Skewer Ingredients

Fruits including pineapple, kiwi, blueberries, strawberries, grapes, blackberries, and oranges on a white background. — Feel free to personalize your fruit kabobs with whatever fruit you prefer. Freshness is crucial. No one wants old fruit on a stick.

Blueberries
Strawberries
Blackberries
Grapes
Oranges
Pineapple

See recipe card for ingredient amounts.

How to Make Fruit Kebabs Step by Step

Make a lemon water bath to either spray onto the fruit or dip the fruit in once cut to prevent browning.

Use two tablespoons of lemon juice--fresh ideally but artificial will also work--and two tablespoons of cold water. Put in a bowl or in a small spray bottle.

Rinse the grapes and berries, if using, with warm water. Let dry on a linen dishcloth or paper towel.

Blueberries, blackberries and raspberries can be threaded whole onto the bamboo skewers.

However, if your strawberries are too large to eat as a mouthful, slice the berries in half lengthwise. Trim away the green caps.

Peel and chop the pineapple into bite size pieces.

If using oranges, peel and portion into segments.

Peel and slice Kiwi, unless you're using baby Kiwi fruits, which are the size of grapes and don't need peeling.

Treat the cut fruit with lemon water and begin threading onto skewers.

Start adding the fruit pieces to the skewers.

I find it easier to add the fruit in batches. By this I mean work with one fruit at a time.

If you're starting with a blueberry, put a blueberry on all the skewers then proceed with the next fruit, putting it on all the kabobs and so on and so forth.

Once your bamboo sticks are heavy with fruit chunks, place them on a cookie sheet or sheet pan, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Start with one fruit and stick that on each skewer before starting with the next.

Alternate the types of fruit you're threading onto the skewer for visual interest.

What size skewer to use? Six inches is a good length--festive with a good amount of length without becoming too unwieldy to manage eating or balancing on a disposable plate at a party.

Fruit skewer on a white board surrounded by sliced fruits and skewers.

If you haven't yet, spray fruit kabobs with a small kitchen spray bottle containing equal parts lemon juice and cold water--two tablespoons each.

Turn the kabobs over to spray the other side.

No spray bottle? Put the lemon water in a shallow dish and dip the kabobs.

Place finished fruit skewers on a foil or plastic wrap lined sheet pan, cover with a damp paper towel then cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.

You can make fruit skewers up to 24 hours in advance if sprayed with lemon water and refrigerated.

Recipe Notes

Blueberries, blackberries and raspberries can be threaded whole onto the bamboo skewers.

However, if your strawberries are too large to eat as a mouthful, slice the berries in half lengthwise.

Storage and Make Ahead Fruit Skewers

Place finished fruit skewers on a foil or plastic wrap lined sheet pan, cover with a damp paper towel then cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.

You can make fruit kabob skewers up to 24 hours in advance as long as you refrigerate them.

How do I prevent sliced fruit from browning?

Spray or soak sliced fruit with equal parts lemon juice and cold water. Two tablespoons each should be fine for this batch.

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Recipe

Yield: 8

Fruit Skewers

Rainbow hued, juicy fresh fruit skewers, compolete with dip ideas, are the a perfect party food or snack. Find out how to keep fruit kabobs from browning and get make ahead tips.

Ingredients

1 cup strawberries
1 to 2 kiwis
1 cup blueberries
1 cup blackberries
1 small pineapple
1 cup grapes
2 oranges
8 skewer sticks

Instructions

Prepare the fruits: halve the strawberries, peel and separate the orange, and cut the pineapple into chunks. Thoroughly wash all fruit.
Assemble the skewers: start with a strawberry, then add orange, pineapple, kiwi, blueberries, blackberries, and grapes.
Serve and enjoy!

Notes

For variety, you can swap fruits or add extra toppings like coconut flakes or a drizzle of honey.

Blueberries, blackberries and raspberries can be threaded whole onto the bamboo skewers.

However, if your strawberries are too large to eat as a mouthful, slice the berries in half lengthwise.

More fruit recipes you might like Blood Orange Salad and Fresh Orange Sherbet

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Nutrition Information

Yield 8 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 76Total Fat 0gSaturated Fat 0gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 0mgSodium 2mgCarbohydrates 19gFiber 4gSugar 13gProtein 1g

Nutrition information is an estimate as I am not a registered dietician.

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