Ingredients
Equipment
Method
Instructions
- Prepare work area: lay out skewers, a cutting board, a sharp knife, a baking sheet (for fresh) or a baking sheet lined with wax paper (for frozen), and a microwave-safe bowl for the chocolate.
- Chop the melon and pineapple: chop 1/4 of a medium watermelon, 1/2 cantaloupe, and 1/2 pineapple into bite-size pieces.
- Prepare the remaining fruit: measure 1 cup grapes and 6 oz blueberries; slice 2–3 firm ripe bananas into 1/2-inch slices.
- Assemble skewers: thread the chopped watermelon, cantaloupe, pineapple, grapes, blueberries and banana slices onto skewers, alternating fruits until skewers are filled.
- If serving fresh: place skewers in a single layer on a paper towel-lined baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- If making frozen skewers: place assembled skewers in a single layer on the wax-paper-lined baking sheet and freeze for at least 2 hours.
- Make the chocolate drizzle: put 4 oz semi-sweet baking chocolate or chocolate chips into a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on low in 30-second intervals, stirring between intervals, until the chocolate is mostly melted. Stir in 1 teaspoon shortening until the chocolate is smooth. (Use shortening, not butter.)
- Pour melted chocolate into a zip-top bag and snip a small corner to create a piping hole, or use a spoon for drizzling.
- For frozen skewers: remove from the freezer, let sit a couple minutes, then drizzle with the chocolate and serve immediately. For fresh skewers: drizzle chocolate just before serving.
- Consume skewers with chocolate within about 10 minutes after drizzling (frozen skewers will melt/become soggy quickly).
Notes
fruit selection:the fruit listed is specifically for frozen fruit skewers. You can use any fruit for fresh fruit skewers. Feel free to add more or less of the fruit you love, however, I have found strawberries to be too tart frozen.
ripe fruit:make sure your fruit is ripe so it is sweet!
serving skewers:use plain wooden skewers, metal skewers, decorative skewers or even toothpicks
rainbow fruit skewers:selecting a rainbow of fruit colors makes for a beautiful presentation. You will want:red: raspberries and/or strawberriesorange:oranges, cantaloupe and/or peachesyellow: pineapple and/or bananasgreen:grapes, honeydew and/or kiwisblue:blueberriespurple:grapes
red: raspberries and/or strawberries
orange:oranges, cantaloupe and/or peaches
yellow: pineapple and/or bananas
green:grapes, honeydew and/or kiwis
blue:blueberries
purple:grapes
one color fruit skewers:if you’re having a themed party, it can be fun to make skewers of all one color.
shaped fruit skewers:you can use a metal cookie cutter to cut some of the fruit (like watermelon, cantaloupe, kiwis) into fun shapes.
chill fruit skewers:fruit skewers are best when chilled, so make sure you plan ahead, and allow time to refrigerate for at leas one hour before serving.
on a platter:line the fruit kabobs on a platter.
in a mug/glass:stand the fruit skewers up in a mug, glass or vase.
on ice:frozen fruit skewers can get soggy quickly, so you will want to keep them on ice. You an place them directly on ice or line them on a platter and place the platter on ice.
Fresh Fruit Skewers:You can assemble the fresh fruit skewers 24 hours ahead of time, lay in a single row on a paper towel lined baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Frozen Fruit Skewers:Once kabobs are frozen, you can transfer them to a freezer bag where they will keep for up to 3-4 weeks in the freezer.
ripe fruit:make sure your fruit is ripe so it is sweet!
serving skewers:use plain wooden skewers, metal skewers, decorative skewers or even toothpicks
rainbow fruit skewers:selecting a rainbow of fruit colors makes for a beautiful presentation. You will want:red: raspberries and/or strawberriesorange:oranges, cantaloupe and/or peachesyellow: pineapple and/or bananasgreen:grapes, honeydew and/or kiwisblue:blueberriespurple:grapes
red: raspberries and/or strawberries
orange:oranges, cantaloupe and/or peaches
yellow: pineapple and/or bananas
green:grapes, honeydew and/or kiwis
blue:blueberries
purple:grapes
one color fruit skewers:if you’re having a themed party, it can be fun to make skewers of all one color.
shaped fruit skewers:you can use a metal cookie cutter to cut some of the fruit (like watermelon, cantaloupe, kiwis) into fun shapes.
chill fruit skewers:fruit skewers are best when chilled, so make sure you plan ahead, and allow time to refrigerate for at leas one hour before serving.
on a platter:line the fruit kabobs on a platter.
in a mug/glass:stand the fruit skewers up in a mug, glass or vase.
on ice:frozen fruit skewers can get soggy quickly, so you will want to keep them on ice. You an place them directly on ice or line them on a platter and place the platter on ice.
Fresh Fruit Skewers:You can assemble the fresh fruit skewers 24 hours ahead of time, lay in a single row on a paper towel lined baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Frozen Fruit Skewers:Once kabobs are frozen, you can transfer them to a freezer bag where they will keep for up to 3-4 weeks in the freezer.