Creamy Fruit Salad with Honey Yogurt Lime Dressing

This creamy fruit salad with honey lime yogurt dressing is a perfect healthy summertime snack. It’s not packed with added sugars and downright unhealthy ingredients. I want to keep my family healthy enough to run around in the sun all day, so I’ve created this fresh kid friendly fruit salad that’s always a huge hit!

“I didn’t have any blueberries so I used pineapple but it was still AMAZING. I loooove the fruit dressing! I will be making this again and again this summer! Thank you for sharing your recipe! ~Tameka W

Creamy Fruit Salad 

This creamy fruit salad recipe is really easy to whip together – you might even be able to task the kids with making it while you’re finishing up work for the day or cooking dinner. My son looooves this fruit salad and he doesn’t even like yogurt. 

In addition to being easy to combine all the ingredients in a big bowl, this recipe isn’t super technical. If you’re having the kids make it and they don’t get all the measurements perfectly, that’s totally OK! It’s likely to come out perfect and delicious, however their little hands make it. They’ll be really proud of themselves that they were able to help in a huge way!

Use Greek yogurt for the fruit salad dressing

Before you start making your creamy fruit salad, I have a few things to consider:

In order to make the fruit salad the perfect texture, I recommend using unsweetened Greek yogurt (don’t worry we’re going to dress it up later on) over regular yogurt because it has a delightful thickness and no added sugar. Greek yogurt also has so many fantastic health benefits and keeps bellies feeling full. That means more energy for activities and a guilt-free treat!

Why this recipe works

Kid friendly: My kids love this fruit salad. And guess what? They don’t even like yogurt. I even tested it on my nieces and they adore it too! Hopefully your kids will love it too! 

Greek Yogurt: Greek yogurt is wonderful in fruit salad plus it’s pretty healthy! 

Cheap: You can whip up a healthier snack or dessert and it won’t cost you much. 

Quick and easy: You’ll be done prepping this recipe in no time at all! 

No sugar added: If you are on a special diet and looking for healthier snacks. This is perfect for you. Plus you can easily customize this recipe to your taste preference. 

IT’S DELICIOUS: OMG! Fruit with yogurt is so GOOD! 

Use your favorite, FRESH fruit

There’s just nothing like a big bowl of fresh, colorful and crisp fruit to really say, “it’s summertime!” This recipe will go great with pretty much any fruit you can dream of putting in here.

However, this recipe is truly best when made with mandarin oranges, apples, grapes, blueberries, and diced strawberries. I think all of the flavors combined with the honey yogurt lime dressing are just perfection.  Of course, it’s adaptable for preferences or allergies!

So, choose whatever you’d like, just don’t choose frozen. If you put frozen fruit in your fruit salad, not only do you miss out on those fresh, summer flavors but you’ll end up with a dreadfully soggy salad once the fruits thaw.

HOW TO MAKE CREAMY FRUIT SALAD 

Equipment you’ll need:

• A small bowl
• A large bowl or serving dish
• A small spoon or whisk
• A large serving spoon

Ingredients: FYI, you’ll need at least 5 cups of fruit. Use any fruits you have. Sometimes we only have grapes and it’s still delicious! 

• apples
• Mandarins or tangerines
• blueberries
• seedless red grapes
• strawberries
• honey
• lime zest 
• lime juice 

1. Make the Greek yogurt dressing – to a small bowl add the unsweetened Greek yogurt, honey, lemon zest and freshly squeezed lime juice. Whisk until smooth and creamy. Set to the side. To customize this creamy fruit salad dressing, *See notes BELOW in the recipe. 
2. Add your chopped bite-sized pieces to a bowl or serving dish. Squeeze a bit of lime juice over the apples. This will prevent them from turning brown. FYi, the bowls are different below because I ended up switching for demostration purposes. Plus the blue blow looks better! 😉
3. Pour the fruit salad dressing over the fruit and use a large serving spoon to mix everything around until all of the fruit is evenly coated and creamy. Taste, and if you like it creamier add more yogurt.  
4. Serve right away. If you’re making the salad ahead of time, I recommend adding the mandarin oranges right before you serve. Citrus fruits tend to release a lot of juices and you don’t want to end up with a soggy fruit salad. See more tips about this below! Tips to make creamy fruit salad 

• Use fresh fruits only. I’ve made this recipe a bunch of times. I used canned mandarins once and that was a flop! The mandarins broke apart, they were soggy and they didn’t taste good. I also used frozen strawberries. Don’t use frozen fruits either. Your salad will become a hot soggy mess. See the picture below for proof!  
• Use about 5 cups of fruit. Use your favorite fruits. If you don’t have 5 cups of fruits, you can still make it just make less fruit dressing. If you have only grapes then use them. I actually love a grape only fruit salad. 
• Be aware of the high water content in some fruit. For example, mandarins and strawberries have a high water contents. So if you are making this fruit salad in advance, chop up them up when you are ready to serve the salad.  HERE is a list of fruit with high water content.  
• I use unsweetened fruit yogurt because I like to adjust the flavors to my preference, plus I can use it in my other non snack/dessert recipes that calls for yogurt.  
• Zest your limes first then juice them. If you juice your lime first then try to zest it, you’re going to have a hard time zesting it.  
• This fruit salad can be easily customized. As I mentioned earlier, if you like your salad a bit more creamier then add more yogurt. Less sweet, add less honey. Just remember, if you do add a lot more yogurt, you may need to add more honey.  

To make in advance

Some people just add everything to a bowl and refrigerate their fruit salad. That’s fine and all, but if you are using a high water content fruit (I linked a list of watery fruit above) you will lose all creamy factors. Instead, you’ll be left with a soggy fruit salad. It’s best to make this fruit salad and serve right away, plus it’s soquick and easy to make.

However, if you really want to make it in advance here’s what you need to do: 

• Make the fruit salad dressing. Put it into a container with a tight lid. Refrigerate for later. 
• Next, chop up the fruit and place each fruit in its own container with a tight fitted lid. Chill in the fridge. When you’re ready to serve, combine the fruit with the fruit dressing.
  
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  Creamy Fruit salad

  Prep Time

  10 mins

   

  This is the best creamy fruit salad! It's easy to make plus it's kid friendly! We love to use Greek yogurt to make it!

  Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Lunch, Snack

  Cuisine: American

  Keyword: creamy fruit salad, fruit salad for kids, fruit with yogurt, fruits in cream

  Servings: 5 people

  Author: April Wright

  Ingredients

  • 1 cup apples diced
  • 1 cup blueberries use fresh fruit only *see notes below
  • 1 cup strawberries
  • 1 cup seedless grapes cut into halves or kept whole if using small grapes
  • 1 cup mandarins tangerines can be used as well
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened Greek Yogurt add more if needed *see note below
  • 1/4 cup honey plus an additional 1-2tbsp (optional)
  • 1/4 tsp lime zest
  • 2 tsp lime juice

  Instructions

  1. Make the Greek yogurt dressing – to a small bowl add the unsweetened Greek yogurt, honey, lemon zest and freshly squeezed lime juice. Whisk until smooth and creamy. Set to the side.

  2. Add your chopped bite-sized pieces to a bowl or serving dish. Squeeze a bit of lime juice over the apples. This will prevent them from turning brown.

  3. Pour the dressing over the fruit and use a large serving spoon to mix everything around until all of the fruit is evenly coated and creamy. *See note below.

  Recipe Notes

  Tips to make creamy fruit salad 

  • Use fresh fruits only please. I've made this recipe a bunch of times. Once I used canned mandarins that was a flop! The mandarins came apart and they didn't taste good. I also used frozen strawberries. Don't use frozen fruits either. Your salad will become a hot soggy mess.
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  • Use about 5 cups of fruit. Use your favorite fruits. If you only have one type of fruit just make sure it's 5 cups. If you don't have 5 cups of fruits, you can still make it just make less fruit dressing. If you have only grapes then use them. I actually love a grape only fruit salad.
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  • Be aware of the high water content in some fruit. For example, mandarins and strawberries have a high water contents. So if you are making this fruit salad in advance, chop up them up when you are ready to serve the salad.  HERE is a list of fruit with high water content.
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  • I use unsweetened fruit yogurt because I like to adjust the flavors to my preference, plus I can use it in my other non snack/dessert recipes that calls for yogurt.
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  • Zest your limes first then juice them. If you juice your lime first then try to zest it, you're going to have a hard time zesting it.
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  • This fruit salad can be easily customized. As I mentioned earlier, if you like your salad a bit more creamier then add more yogurt. Less sweet, add less honey. Just remember, if you do add a lot more yogurt, you may need to add more honey.
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  Tip so make fruit salad in advance

  Some people just add everything to a bowl and refrigerate their fruit salad. That's fine and all, but if you are using a high water content fruit, (I linked a list of watery fruit in the main post) you'll lose all creamy factors.

  Instead, you'll be left with a soggy fruit salad. Therefore, It's best to make this fruit salad and serve right away.

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  If you really must make it in advance, here's what you do:

  • Make the fruit salad dressing. Put it into a container with a tight lid. Refrigerate for later.
  • Next, chop up the fruit and place each fruit in its own container with a tight fitted lid. Chill in the fridge. When you're ready to serve, combine the fruit with the fruit dressing.

If you have not tried creamy fruit salad, you’re missing out! It’s absolutely DELICIOUS!  Hope you give it a try! 

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