You all know that I love to “keep it simple” here on the blog. This Patriotic Fruit Salad with Marshmallow Stars is one of the easiest fun treats I’ve made to date! I don’t know a kid or adult that can pass up a fruit salad, especially one with marshmallow stars. Come on in and I’ll show you how I created this super cute patriotic fruit salad in a watermelon bowl or individual fruit salad in a cup.
Here is the individual cup version…
Here’s the watermelon version. A fruit salad with a side of marshmallow. Yum!
Here’s What You’ll Need for this fun Patriotic Fruit Salad in a Watermelon Bowl: (Individual Cup Instructions – below)
- An Oblong Seedless Watermelon
- Fresh blueberries – 1 or more packages
- Fresh blackberries – 1 or more packages
- Fresh strawberries – 1 or more packages
- Straws for the marshmallows (use patriotic colors to go with our theme) – I used 5 – If you’d like to set out both halves of the watermelon, double the straws
- *I only made 1/2 of the watermelon into a fruit salad and sliced the other half up into regular ol’ watermelon slices
- 5 or more flat marshmallows – Kraft makes these for S’mores
- Star shaped cookie cutter – I used a 1&3/4 inch star cookie cutter. Just find one that is slightly smaller than the marshmallows
Instructions: (for each half)
- use your cookie cutter to cut marshmallow star shapes out of the marshmallows
- push a straw through the bottom of each marshmallow star
- set those aside
- Cut the watermelon in half
- Grab a large bowl and scoop the watermelon from 1/2 out into the bowls
- cut the watermelon into bite sized chunks
- Add rinsed blueberries, blackberries and sliced strawberries
- Scoop the fruit mixture back into the watermelon half – you’ll have extra. Use that to refill the watermelon as it gets low on fruit
- trim the straws so they are just a few inches over the fruit salad when you push them in
- when you’re ready to serve, push the star marshmallow straws into the fruit salad and enjoy!
Simple Fruit Cups:
- Seedless Watermelon
- Fresh blueberries – 1 or more packages
- Fresh blackberries (optional) – 1 or more packages
- Fresh strawberries – 1 or more packages
- Straws for the marshmallows (use patriotic colors to go with our theme) – I used 5 – If you’d like to set out both halves of the watermelon, double the straws
- 5 or more flat marshmallows – Kraft makes these for S’mores
- Star shaped cookie cutter – I used a 1&3/4 inch star cookie cutter. Just find one that is slightly smaller than the marshmallows
Instructions:
- use your cookie cutter to cut marshmallow star shapes out of the marshmallows
- push a straw through the bottom of each marshmallow star
- set those aside
- Cut the watermelon in half
- Grab a large bowl and scoop the watermelon into the bowls
- cut the watermelon into bite sized chunks
- Add rinsed blueberries, blackberries and sliced strawberries
- Scoop the fruit mixture into individual cups. You’ll probably have extra – You can place a bowl out for refills
- trim the straws so they are just a few inches over the fruit salad when you push them in
- when you’re ready to serve, push the star marshmallow straws into the fruit cups and enjoy!
- *if you are using paper straws, you’ll probably want to wait until you’re at least only 1 hour from party time to insert those. The paper will eventually break down from the moist fruit
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~Melissa – Kid Friendly Things To Do
