This walking fruit salad in a waffle cone with our homemade whipped cream is a perfect summer snack for kids or easy cookout party foods or easy desserts for summer. It even makes a fun fruit salad activity for preschool and kindergarten or an easy recipe for kids to make. This is a healthy dessert recipe that kids always love!
HOW TO MAKE FRUIT SALAD IN A WAFFLE CONE
This rainbow fruit salad in a waffle cone is such a perfect snack for kids, especially if you need grab and go party food!
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What does fruit salad contain?
The great thing about fruit salad is that it can contain any fruit that you like!
Homemade fresh fruit salad ingredients can include:
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
- Raspberries
- Blackberries
- Kiwi
- Apples
- Oranges
- Cherries
- Pineapples
- Cantaloupe
- Watermelon
- Mango
- Grapes
- & More!
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Recipe FAQs and Helpful Recipe Tips
Get creative with your ingredients to fruit salad!
Generally, it is not necessary to sweeten a fresh fruit salad.
However, if you need it sweeter, sprinkle it with a little powdered (confectioner’s) sugar or add whipped cream or flavored yogurt.
Before we get to the fruit salad in waffle cones recipe, let’s answer some common questions about easy fruit salads that I’ve gotten…
How do you keep fruit salad from turning brown?
One of the problems with fresh fruit recipes is that it can easily turn brown once the fruit is cut.
To keep a fruit salad from turning brown, toss it in an acidic juice like lemon juice, pineapple juice, or orange juice.
The acid in those fruit juices will keep the fruit from oxidizing.
There are also fresh fruit preservers on the market that you can buy and mix in with the fruit.
How long will fruit salad keep?
If your fruit salad has been treated with an acidic juice (like lemon) to keep it from turning brown, fresh fruit salad will last stored in an airtight container for around up to 5 days.
If you are using a fruit salad dressing recipe, store the fruit and the dressing separately until the fruit is ready to serve.
Then, right before serving, spoon into the waffle cones and top with whipped cream
Try this walking fruit salad with our whipped cream recipe!
Is it OK to make a fruit salad the night before?
If you are cutting fruit for a fruit salad the night before, cut each fruit type separately.
Toss each fruit type in an acidic juice (like lemon juice or pineapple juice) to prevent oxidation (browning).
Store each fruit type in separate containers in the refrigerator until ready to toss together as a salad.
If you mix them all together the night before, some of the fruits may bleed their colors onto the others. (I once woke with completely purple fruit salad after the blueberries colored everything else. Lesson learned.)
Can bananas go in fruit salad?
Yes, bananas can go in a fruit salad.
However, if you are going to add bananas to your fruit mix, cut and add them right before serving, otherwise they may quickly turn brown and mushy.
Also, adding bananas that are less ripe will help them hold up better in fruit salad. So, go for the greenish bananas and not the ones with brown spots on the peel.
Can I cut up strawberries the night before?
Yes. You can cut up strawberries the night before they are to be used.
Actually, you can cut strawberries for up to 3-4 days before using (maybe longer!).
Just be sure to store them in a airtight container with a lid or a resealable bag in the refrigerator.
Should grapes be cut for fruit salad?
It is not necessary to cut up grapes for fruit salad unless you have small children eating the salad because the grapes can be a choking hazard.
In that case, just slice the grapes (or other fruit) in small enough pieces that they can’t get stuck in a child’s throat.
How do you sweeten fruit?
If you find that your fruit is tart and you like sweeter fruit, add sugar, powdered sugar, yogurt, whipped cream, or a honey dressing for fruit salad are all ways to sweeten fruit for fruit recipes.
If you are using some canned fruit, sometimes adding a little of the fruit juice from the can will sweeten your fruit salad dressing or salad.
If you want a healthy recipe fruit salad, you can leave out the sugar. Most of the time, the mixture of the fruits and their juices are sweet enough.
I really think that fresh fruits salad using natural juices as a sweetener (or without fruit salad dressing) is the best fruit salad!
OK! Let’s learn how make fruit salad!
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How To Make A Fruit Salad Step by Step
This is a simple fruit salad recipe, but serving it in a waffle cones with toppings like whipped cream, chocolate sauce, strawberry sauce, sprinkles, etc., (you can even make a fruit salad yogurt dressing!) can really elevate the recipe if you need it for a child’s birthday party, summer cookout recipe or picnic foods, or even fruit salad baby shower dessert.
Also, try fruit salad served in waffle cones anytime you need quick dessert, last minute sweet treats for after dinner recipes, or easy snacks for kids. (This is one of our favorite salad fruit recipes as a dessert.)
If you need cheap fruit salad ideas, use the fruits that are in season and even canned fruit that you find on sale (like pineapple).
Recipes for fruit salad can vary based on the fruits your kids love!
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- Easy Apple Salad with Pear and Cranberry
- Snickers Salad with Apples
- No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Dessert
Fresh Fruit Salad in a Waffle Cone
Ingredients
- 2 cups cubed fresh pineapple
- 2 cups strawberries sliced
- 1 cup seedless grapes whole (slice if little kids are eating)
- 2 cups blueberries
- 3 bananas sliced (slice right before serving)
- ⅓ cup fresh lemon juice or orange juice or pineapple juice
- 10 waffle cones
- Whipped cream optional
- Lemon zest optional
Instructions
- In a large glass bowl, add all cut fruit except bananas.
- Squeeze fresh lemon juice over fruit and toss. (This helps prevent fruit from browning).
- Slice bananas and add to other fruit. Toss lightly.
- Place 10 waffle cones in a cone holder. Spoon fruit salad into each cone until filled to the top.
- (OPTIONAL STEP) Top each fruit cone with whipped topping and then zest with lemon. SCROLL UP IN THE RECIPE TO GET OUR HOMEMADE WHIPPED CREAM RECIPE!
- Serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition Note
Nutrition calculations are approximate. If you're following a special diet, please calculate your own nutrition values.
Recipe And Read For Kids: The Fruit Salad Friend Children’s Book
The Fruit Salad Friend: Recipe for A True Friend, is fun to pair up with our fruits salad recipe.
From the book:
“Chloe loves going to school, but lately something is different. She has all the ingredients of a great friend and still wonders, ‘What do you do when friends don’t treat you with kindness?’
Find out how this brave girl navigates the trials and tribulations that pop up on her way to discovering the recipe for lasting friendship.”
Pair it up with the recipe for fruit salad for a great discussion topic on changes and how adding different things together can be a good thing.
Have fun with this walking fruit salad in a waffle cone!
