Rainbow Fruit Tray with Pot of Gold Fruit Dip
Mar 11, 2025
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Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day
This fruit tray is super easy to make and a creative way to get your kids excited about fruit! Although perfect for St Patrick’s Day, it also works for many other occasions — a child’s birthday party, family reunion, or baptism party for example.
A festive fruit tray not only tastes delicious but also makes for an adorable decoration and centerpiece for your get-together. And you are going to LOVE the pot of gold fruit dip!
Fruit Tray Ingredients:
- Red fruits: Strawberries, raspberries, watermelon, red grapes, or cherries
- Orange fruits: Oranges, cantaloupe, mango, or peaches
- Yellow fruits: Pineapple, banana, yellow grapes, or yellow kiwi
- Green fruits: Kiwi, green grapes, honeydew melon, or green apple
- Blue fruits: Blueberries, blackberries, or grapes (sometimes they appear blue or purple)
- Purple fruits: Purple grapes, plums, or figs
Fruit Dip Ingredients:
- 16 oz vanilla greek yogurt
- 16 oz crushed pineapple, drained
- 2 tbsp honey
Rainbow Fruit Tray Video:
Here are simple instructions to creating a beautiful and vibrant rainbow fruit tray.
Fruit Tray Instructions:
- Pick a large platter or cutting board to arrange the fruit.
- Wash and prepare the fruits. Peel and slice any fruits that need it, such as watermelon, oranges, and pineapple. Cut the fruit into bite-sized pieces for easy serving.
- Arrange the fruits in the rainbow order. Start by placing the red fruits in a curved line along the edge of the tray, this will form the first part of the rainbow. Follow with orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple fruits, arranging each color group next to each other in a rainbow pattern.
- Once everything is arranged and looking beautiful, it’s time to make the pot of gold fruit dip.
Fruit Dip Instructions:
- Fully drain juice from crushed pineapple.
- In a large bowl mix together crushed pineapple, yogurt, and 1 tbsp of honey.
- Separate into 2 small serving bowls or ramekins to create the “Pots of Gold” at the ends of the rainbow.
- Drizzle with remaining honey.
No matter what fruit you choose for your tray… make sure you serve it with our “Pot of Gold” Fruit Dip. Yummy, easy, and healthy.
If you’re looking for other St. Patrick’s Day recipes, try this avocado mint green smoothie or leprechaun veggie tray.
Rainbow Fruit Tray with Pot of Gold Fruit Dip
Ingredients
Fruit Tray
- strawberries or other red fruit
- oranges or other orange fruit
- pineapple or other yellow fruit
- kiwi or other green fruit
- blueberries or other blue fruit
- red grapes or other purple fruit
Pot of Gold Fruit Dip
- 16 oz Vanilla Greek yogurt
- 16 oz crushed pineapple drained
- 2 tbsp honey
Instructions
Fruit Tray
- Create arched rows of fruit on a serving tray that represent the colors of the rainbow.
Pot of Gold Fruit Dip
- Fully drain juice from crushed pineapple.
- In a large bowl mix together crushed pineapple, yogurt, and 1 tbsp of honey.
- Separate into 2 small serving bowls or ramekins to create the “Pots of Gold” at the ends of the rainbow. Drizzle with remaining honey.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Your kids can also enjoy this FREE Rainbow Coloring Page! Download here
If you love this fruit tray idea download our free eBook, A Fruit and Veggie Tray for [Almost] Every Holiday.
Thanks for the ideas! I’m going to make this for a cast party for the musical “The Ark”.