What Fruits Go Well in Fruit Baskets? – The Groves (2024)

When you think of fruit baskets you probably think of pretty baskets filled with hardy fruits like apples, pears, and oranges. It’s true that those types of fruits last for a long time and are great to put in fruit baskets, but there are other fruits that you can put into fruit baskets as well depending on how long the basket will be sitting and who the recipient is. You’re not limited to making fruit baskets with just the traditional fruits, especially if you are giving the fruit basket immediately.

If you want to make a fruit basket that has a lot of tasty, healthy fruit and also makes a great visual impact you should get creative. You can use skewers, like the kind used for kebobs or even just plain wooden skewers, to create a work of art. Cookie cutters and cake decorating tools are ideal for carving fruit like melons, apples and pears into fun shapes and designs. Citrus fruit rinds and segments make great garnishes and add vivid splashes of color to any fruit basket. Citrus fruits also make a great anchor for the design of a basket. You can even dip some of the fruit, like berries, in warm chocolate and then let the chocolate harden to create a decadent treat.

You can use almost any fruit in a fruit basket depending on what the basket is going to be used for. Melons and citrus fruits are great for fruit baskets that are going to be used at wedding receptions, picnics, graduation parties, and other outdoor events because they are packed with water and healthy fruit juice. You can carve an edible fruit basket using a whole watermelon and fill the insides with fresh melons and citrus fruit segments swimming in citrus juice for a refreshing summer treat that is healthy, inexpensive, and quick to make. Take an edible fruit basket to any outdoor summer event and you’ll be the hit of the event. Edible fruit baskets are also a great snack to feed the kids on hot summer afternoons, especially if they have all their friends over to play and you have to feed a lot of kids a healthy snack without spending a fortune.

Fruit baskets filled with hardy fruits like citrus fruit, pears, apples and berries are great craft projects for kids. Kids can choose a basket and decorate it, and then choose fruit and arrange the fruit in the basket for their favorite teachers or daycare workers. Giving kids the chance to make a gift themselves and give it to someone they care about is a gift for the child as well as for the recipient of the basket.

If you want to add some color to a fruit basket you can use segments from different kinds of citrus fruits arranged on skewers to make pretty and colorful flowers. Fruit baskets make great holiday gifts but they are also great as teacher’s gifts, hostess gifts, birthday gifts, and for summer holidays like the Fourth of July.