A colorful rainbow fruit platter that is as delicious as it is beautiful! Serve with fruit dip or whipped topping for dipping. Perfect for St. Patrick's Day!
You might also like our St. Patrick's Day rainbow craft for kids or our fruit rainbow waffles!
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Once upon a time I had 3 little ones ages 5 and under. It was such a fun time with lots of play dates and preschool parties. This rainbow fruit platter became a staple for St. Patrick's day preschool celebrations.
(Our first fruit platter in 2011)
St. Patrick's Day Rainbow Fruit Platter
Aaron and I made this several years in a row and it was always a hit. Ten years have passed and our bonus baby is now in preschool. Mac and I had so much fun making a rainbow fruit platter together. He even had a little picture of a rainbow to look at, just to make sure we got all of the colors right.
We even added these cute animal fruit picks. They work great for picking up the little pieces of fruit. My kids love adding these to their lunches for picking up sliced fruit.
The ones with the longer picks are better for dipping fruit into whipped topping (they seem to grip the fruit better). You can serve this platter with our amazing yogurt fruit dip recipe, with whipped topping (shown above), or fill the ramekins with gold candy or marshmallows!
Best Fruits To Use For a Fruit Platter
- Red: strawberries, raspberries, cherries
- Orange: oranges, mandarines, peaches, mango
- Yellow: pineapple
- Green: grapes, kiwi
- Blue: Blueberries, blackberries
- Purple: grapes, blackberries
Avoid fruits that turn brown easily like bananas, apples and pears. We put a few banana halves on the platter, but I'd avoid putting sliced bananas in the rainbow if at all possible.
Rainbow Fruit Platter
Rainbow Fruit Platter
A colorful rainbow fruit platter that is as delicious as it is beautiful! Serve with fruit dip or whipped topping for dipping. Perfect for St. Patrick's Day!
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Servings: 8
Calories: 124kcal
Ingredients
- strawberries sliced
- mandarin oranges peeled and sectioned
- pineapple sliced
- green grapes
- blueberries
- blackberries
- 2 cups whipped topping
Instructions
- Wash and prepare fruit.
- Arrange on a large cutting board, tray or platter like a rainbow.
- Place two small bowls/ramekins at the end of the rainbow and fill with whipped topping or fruit dip for dipping.
Nutrition
Calories: 124kcal
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kami @ nobiggie.net says
Wow! I love the fruit rainbow! That is rad! so glad I found you!
Catherine says
I love all these ideas! I really need to get into St Patrick's Day, I just haven't ever done it since I'm not Irish, but my kids are!
Rachel Harwood says
How fun! I want to have a St. Patty's day party!!!! I love your ideas!
I'd love to have you link your kid-inspired ideas at my For the Kids Fridays link party. http://sunscholars.blogspot.com
:)rachel
Emily and Jaime at Everyday Art says
What a cute party and what a great blog you have! I'm planning a rainbow-themed birthday party for my daugther this summer, so your fruit rainbow immediately grabbed my attention! Thanks.
Jaime
Jenny from Crossing the Bugger-Dixon Line says
Love the fruit rainbow and plan to use that at my next birthday party!!!
By the Bluegrass says
what a fun party! I love the rainbow fruit. The kids look like they are having a great time.
xo,
Sena
Dacia says
LOVE the fruit rainbow! What a terrific idea!
Jennifer says
We do a St. Patricks Day family party night every year with games. It's so much fun! We've done the fruit rainbow before, as well, only we use a cream cheese dip for the clouds. Although I think Ashley would be more excited about the marshmallows, so we may have to add that in this year, as well! Cute ideas! 🙂
PartyMom says
I absolutely love that fruit rainbow! I'm always on the hunt for healthy and tasty foods to feed kids, and this would be a great addition. Thanks for the inspiration!
mj says
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Lyndsey says
Adorable! I Love the fruit rainbow and the pot o' gold!
Ladybird Ln says
What a fun idea! I love the rainbow fruit! Such a great and healthy idea!
Carlee,
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Heather says
What a great idea! My favorite is the rainbow of fruit with the marshmallow clouds. So creative! http://500dollarwedding.blogspot.com/p/link-parties.html
Erica @ http://bisforboycreations.blogspot.com/ says
Looks like so much fun! I loved the fruit rainbow!
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