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Tropical Honey Pineapple Fruit Salad with Mint

Our honey pineapple fruit salad is the perfect summer salad to try! Served in a fresh pineapple bowl, this tropical salad is festive and delicious.

Tropical honey pineapple fruit salad with mint - served in a PINEAPPLE bowl! With strawberries, blueberries, and pineapple chunks, this is the perfect summer salad to serve at parties and events

You will love our pineapple fruit bowl

Summertime is just around the corner, which means it’s time to take advantage of the longer days, warmer nights, and fresh food with friends and family for lots of fun! I definitely plan to entertain guests this summer, hang out poolside and enjoy plenty of days at the beach.

When hosting a summer soiree, it is important to fill your guests with the best feelings as soon as they enter your home to make them feel welcome, and that includes the food you serve. This pineapple mint salad with fresh fruit is perfect for doing just that!

Tropical Honey Mint Pineapple Fruit Salad, served in a pineapple boat!

Make a healthy, fresh summer fruit salad

In the spirit of warmer weather, I was inspired to create a delicious tropical summer menu. With fresh berries, mint, and of course, pineapple, this honey, and pineapple mint salad is the perfect dish to serve in a pineapple fruit boat!

Learn how to make a pineapple fruit bowl

Fresh, whole pineapples are perfect for a number of reasons, but the best way to use them is as the presentation for your food and drinks. Serve this refreshing honey pineapple fruit salad at your next get-together. It’s the perfect cool treat on a hot summer day!

Whole pineapples cut in half with stems

Honey pineapple fruit salad – served in a pineapple bowl!

Ingredients:

  • Whole fresh pineapple
  • Blueberries
  • Strawberries
  • Mandarin oranges
  • Honey
  • Fresh mint

How to make a pineapple bowl

To make your fruit salad in a pineapple boat, first, you’ll have to cut and hollow out the pineapple. Slice it down the middle vertically so that you have two halves from top to bottom as pictured below.

How to make a pineapple fruit salad - sliced in half pineapple boat

How to hollow out a pineapple half

Next, take one of the pineapple halves and carefully cut the fruit out of the middle, without puncturing the bottom or the sides of the pineapple. We did this by cutting a vertical line down the middle of the pineapple, and another horizontal line across the middle (looks like a plus sign).

Carefully cut around the outside shape of the pineapple, ensuring you are not getting too close to the edge. Once you cut the pineapple in half, you’ll find a decent amount of pineapple juice inside, DON’T DISCARD IT!

How to make a pineapple boat - learn how to hollow out a pineapple half

Prepare the tropical pineapple salad

Then, in a large mixing bowl, mix honey, mint, and the leftover juice and set aside. Now, cut up the other half of the pineapple, mango, and strawberries into small pieces and mix them into the honey mint mixture, along with the remainder of your fruit. Toss until coated.

Fill the pineapple bowl with honey mint fruit salad

Finally, scoop the fruit salad mixture into the hollow pineapple, and voila! You have a delicious, presentable summer pineapple fruit salad! I really like how this turned out, it tastes great and my kids were all over it.

Honey Pineapple fruit salad served in a pineapple bowl

My favorite part is the presentation. You could also serve this fruit salad on top of a bed of banana leaves and use the smaller pineapples to hold your beverages. Add a little colorful umbrella and you’re all set for summer!

Tropical Honey Mint Pineapple Fruit Salad, served in a pineapple boat!

Tropical Pineapple Fruit Salad Recipe with Mint

Try this fresh pineapple fruit salad recipe with berries, honey, and fresh mint this summer. You'll love this easy pineapple salad!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Salad
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 whole fresh pineapple
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 1 cup halved strawberries
  • 1 cup mandarin oranges
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/8 cup fresh mint chopped

Instructions
 

  • Cut and hollow out the pineapple. Slice it down the middle vertically, so that you have two halves from top to bottom.
  • Next, take one of the pineapple halves and carefully cut the fruit out of the middle, without puncturing the bottom or the sides of the pineapple.
  • Carefully cut around the outside shape of the pineapple, ensuring you are not getting too close to the edge. Once you cut the pineapple in half, you’ll find a decent amount of pineapple juice inside. Save it.
  • Then, in a large mixing bowl, mix honey, mint, and the leftover pineapple juice and set aside.
  • Cut up the other half of the pineapple, mango, and strawberries into small pieces and mix them into the honey mint mixture, along with the remainder of your fruit. Toss until coated.
  • Lastly, transfer the fruit salad mixture from the mixing bowl into the hollowed-out pineapple half and serve.
Enjoy this easy summer fruit salad

When it comes to summer foods, this honey pineapple fruit salad with mint is still one of our favorites. We love a fresh, healthy recipe and this one is it! We hope to be able to use our pineapple fruit boat for other recipes as well.

If you like this summer recipe, try cooling off with our homemade tropical frozen yogurt popsicles. They use dried summer fruits, including pineapple, and really hit the spot!

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