Fruit Salad for Kids

Name: Fruit Salad For Kids
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 2 cups strawberries, sliced; 2 cups blueberries; 2 large apples, peel and chopped; 1/3 cup pineapple juice; 1 tablespoon honey; 1 tablespoon vanilla pudding mix (✅ ); 1/2 teaspoon poppy seeds (✅ )

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Our easy fruit salad for kids features a bright dressing made of pineapple juice, vanilla pudding mix, honey, and poppy seeds. Use fruit on hand or make it patriotic colors by using blueberries, strawberries, and apples. Gluten-free.

This fruit salad will easily become your go-to recipe for any summer gathering. From potlucks to BBQs, pool parties to camping trips, it is the ultimate side dish, snack or dessert. Kids love it and parents crave it!

For other snack ideas, check out 50 Summer Snacks For Kids that has recipe after recipe to create in your kitchen this summer. Each one kid approved!

A hand spooning out a scoop of a fruit salad with strawberries, blueberries, and apple..

Creating a homemade fruit salad is a fun way to encourage the entire family to eat more fruit. Plus the dressing drizzled over the top of the fruit adds a burst of flavor that everyone will love. You will definitely want to keep the ingredients for this recipe on hand all summer!

A tray with blueberries, strawberries, apples, jello mix, pineapple juice, honey, and poppy seeds.

Table of Contents

Equipment

cutting board
chefs knife
mixing bowl
whisk
liquid measuring cup
measuring spoons
stir spoon
serving bowl

Ingredients

2 cups strawberries, sliced
2 cups blueberries
2 large apples, peel and chopped
1/3 cup pineapple juice
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon vanilla pudding mix
1/2 teaspoon poppy seeds optional

A top down shot of a pineapple juice and pudding mix dressing with poppy seeds.

How To Make

Have this fruit recipe on the table in just 15 minutes after prepping simple ingredients to create a snack that is bursting with flavor and nutrition!

Add fruit to the mixing bowl

Start by adding the prepped fruit to a medium-sized mixing bowl. We use blueberries, strawberries and apples for a patriotic theme. From berries to melons, peaches to bananas, you can pick any fruit combination desired.

When choosing fruit for the salad, select ripe varieties without blemishes or bruises. The riper the fruit, the sweeter the salad. If chopping fruit, aim to cut each piece roughly the same size.

Make the dressing

Next, measure the pineapple juice in a liquid measuring cup. Then add the honey, pudding mix, and poppy seeds. Whisk until combined.

Ingredient Swap: Use orange juice, grapefruit juice or lemon juice in place of the pineapple juice.

Dressing being poured onto a red, white, and blue fruit salad.

Add dressing to salad

Pour the dressing onto the fruit medley. Gently mix until each piece of fruit is coated with the dressing. Serve immediately or store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long will the fruit salad stay fresh?

It is best served immediately but can be kept in the fridge for up to 3 days. If adding banana, slice and incorporate right before serving. On day 3 if you will have leftovers, puree the fruit into a smoothie to drink or turn into fruit popsicles.

What are other fruits that can be added?

Peaches, nectarines, tangerines, apricots, blackberries, raspberries, bananas, kiwi, grapes, dragon fruit, watermelon, pineapple, cantaloupe or honeydew are other delicious fruits to add to the fruit bowl.

How do I keep the fruit from turning brown?

The acidity from the pineapple juice will help prevent the fruit from turning brown. If serving this fruit medley without the dressing, toss fruits like apples in lemon juice prior to adding to the serving bowl.

A summer salad with strawberries, blueberries, and apple in a white bowl.

Other Fruit Salad Recipes

CKC Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you’re new to eating gluten-free we understand it’s overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don’t. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅ represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.

The ⭐️ symbol in the recipe below denotes the steps in which kid cooks may need a helper (depending on age). If there is no ⭐️ symbol, that step (or recipe) doesn’t require a helper.

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