Watermelon Fruit Bowl
Make this colorful and refreshing Watermelon Bowl with just 2 essential ingredients. Just the thing for Memorial Day, 4th of July, picnics, potlucks, barbecues, and parties.
Suitable for vegan and gluten free diets.
Love watermelon and love fruit? Then you can quickly and easily whip up this colorful Watermelon Fruit bowl.
It is made with just 2 essential ingredients, but there are various add-ins that can elevate this simple dessert. If using fresh fruit, then try and use in-season fruits for the best budget-friendly results.
This is a delicious Watermelon Bowl fruit salad that the whole family will love. It is great served for the summer, potlucks, a party, birthday parties, bbq, brunch, 4th of July, memorial day, holidays, and more.
This is a refreshing and healthy dessert that packs a ton of flavor and is sure to satisfy.
And if you love watermelon you’ll love these Watermelon Skewers and these Watermelon Popsicles.
Why Make This Recipe
- Quick – Prep, and serve this dessert all in under 15 minutes.
- Easy – Easy for you to make. Easy to eat.
- Pantry Staple – You probably already have all the ingredients you need!
- Leftovers – This is great for using up leftover watermelon and other fruit.
Ingredient Notes
- Watermelon – this recipe calls for a mini watermelon.
- Fruit – this recipe calls for a selection of fresh fruit. I love adding strawberries and blueberries, but use any fruit you have available. And you can use canned fruit for this recipe too.
How To Make Watermelon Fruit Bowl
- Slice the watermelon in half with a sharp knife, and scoop out the flesh.
- Chop up the watermelon flesh that was removed from the rind.
- Cut up your fruit and mix with the watermelon pieces.
- Put the watermelon and fruit mixture back inside the watermelon rind.
- To make the optional dressing, whisk together lemon juice and maple syrup, then combine with the fruit before transferring into the watermelon rind.
Watermelon Bowl Recipe Tips
- While the recipe calls for fresh fruit, you can easily use canned fruit instead.
- I like the fruit just plain, but you can toss with dressing (see above) if desired.
- You can cut watermelon lengthwise or slice across.
- To help your fruit bowl sit flat, slice a portion off the bottom to make it level.
- Feel free to use a melon baller instead of chopping up the watermelon.
Delicious Variations
- Vary the fruit – Select the fresh fruit that is in season. You can add in berries, banana, grapes, kiwi, raspberries, citrus fruits, exotic fruit like mangos, pineapple, papaya, etc.
- Vary the melon – Make this recipe using honeydew, cantaloupe etc.
- Add a Topping – top your watermelon bowl with nuts, seeds, or a sprinkling of granola.
FAQs
To carve a watermelon fruit bowl, simply cut the watermelon in half. Scoop the watermelon out, leaving about an inch thick rind bowl. To make sure your watermelon bowl sits flat, carve a thin slice from the bottom.
For complete step-by-step instructions, check out this helpful How To Cut a Watermelon post.
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Serving Suggestions
- Grilled Chicken Tenders.
- Grilled Chicken Salad.
- Instant Pot Potato Salad.
- Mexican Air Fryer Corn on the Cob.
Weight Watchers Points
There are 0 Blue Plan SmartPoints in one serving of this.
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Watermelon Fruit Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 mini watermelon
- 4 cups (800g) fruit I used blackberries and strawberries
Optional dressing:
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
Instructions
- Slice the watermelon in half with a sharp knife, and scoop out the flesh.
- Chop up the watermelon flesh that was removed from the rind.
- Cut up your fruit and mix with the watermelon pieces.
- Put the watermelon and fruit mixture back inside the watermelon rind.
- To make the optional dressing, whisk together lemon juice and maple syrup, then combine with the fruit before transferring into the watermelon rind.
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Notes
- While the recipe calls for fresh fruit, you can easily use canned fruit instead.
- I like the fruit just plain, but you can toss with dressing (see above) if desired.
- You can cut watermelon lengthwise or slice across.
- To help your fruit bowl sit flat, slice a portion off the bottom to make it level.
- Feel free to use a melon baller instead of chopping up the watermelon.
- There are 0 WW Blue Plan SmartPoints on one serving of this.
