DIY to try: make your own Edible Arrangement

Today I have a fun Valentine’s Day idea for you all! Create your own Edible Arrangement.

Basically you need your favorite fruits on skewers displayed in a vase or jar, and voila, you have a tasty, healthy, and edible creation. Get out your strainer, a good knife and cutting board, and a couple of cookie cutters, and you will be good to go!

Ingredients and list of necessities:

Blueberries

Strawberries

Grapes

Cantaloupe

Pineapple

1-2 sizes of bamboo skewers

1-2 heart and star-shaped cookie cutters (or any other shapes you prefer)

Jar, pot, or vase

*Remember that you can mix and match your fruits and use more variety or less!

Directions:

First off, wash your berries and grapes. Also to make things easier, remove the grapes from the stems.

Don’t worry about cutting off the skin perfectly for the pineapple since we will be using the cookie cutters anyway! Just slice around the sides to remove the rough exterior and slice away.

Take each pineapple slice, use your cookie cutters to make the shapes, and set them aside for the skewer assembly.

Same with the cantaloupe. This too can be sliced up, and shapes cut out.

Now it’s time for the fun part!  Gather all the prepared ingredients and items needed.

And then start skewering! Use different combinations to jam pack each skewer with lots of fruit. Keep in mind that you do not need to fill them up all the way, since the bottom half won’t show!

Use grapes and blueberries as a filler to keep them sitting straight up in the jar. You could use candy or you could go to a local craft store or florist to get a non-edible filler instead (if you are not using a clear vase). If you use a solid vase, then you need less fruit too! You could even skip the vase altogether and make fruit skewers to display on a wood board, tray, or decorative plate.

Arrange it how you see fit, and for Valentine’s Day or other holidays, you could jazz up the jar with ribbons around it, or graphic tape, or even write on it with paint pens to personalize it. But I kept it nice and simple and displayed it proudly next to my red candle and daisy for when the bf came over (don’t worry, the fake daisy got replaced with red roses from the bf! yay!).

Then something else happened. I had so many extra hearts and stars I decided to make extra skewers! Besides the edible arrangement, I realized they are a great party or dessert idea!

Then this also occurred too.

Yup. The bf and I couldn’t resist melting chocolate chips with a pat of butter (so it wouldn’t burn) and some milk to loosen it up.

And we dipped to our hearts’ desire and had a chocolate fondue party with our fruit skewers!

We had lots of leftover fruit and chocolate. So I made these for him to take home and share with his family. Chocolate covered strawberries and chocolate dipped heart pineapples = best idea ever!

Make sure to keep all leftover fruit scraps (from the melon and pineapple) to make your own fruit salad the day after or to put in smoothies. Enjoy and happy almost V-Day!

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