This easy Christmas Fruit Wreath is a holiday appetizer that is as beautiful as it is delicious. Grapes provide greenery, sliced oranges with a raspberry in the center resemble flowers, and fresh strawberries are dotted throughout. This festive and healthy platter will delight everyone at your holiday gathering.
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This Christmas fruit wreath is a no-guilt, healthy, delicious, and beautiful appetizer or dessert. It’s a welcoming reprieve on a holiday table filled with cheese puffs, cookies, fudge, and more.
It’s also fabulous for those who are vegan, gluten-free, or dairy-free. Just about anyone and everyone can enjoy this holiday platter. The kids will love it, too!
It’s arranged in a circular tray to resemble a holiday wreath, with green grapes for the greenery and oranges, raspberries, and strawberries to resemble flowers.
The creamy, dairy-free vanilla dipping sauce is a tasty addition!
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Why You’ll Love This Christmas Fruit Wreath
- Simple Ingredients: This recipe uses a few fruits and dairy-free vanilla yogurt.
- Easy: Just prep and arrange your fruit on the platter!
- Festive: The flavors and colors found on this tray are perfect for the holiday season.
- Healthy: This fruit tray is loaded with healthy, naturally-sweet fruits. It’s also vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free for your guests with dietary restrictions.
Ingredients and Notes
- Green Grapes: Arranged around a circular platter to resemble the greenery of a holiday wreath.
- Navel Oranges: Cut into eight slices, then opened up to resemble a flower.
- Fresh Raspberries: Place in the center of the oranges to look like the center of a flower.
- Strawberries: Arrange on top of the grapes to add a bit of red for a holiday look.
- Dairy-Free Vanilla Yogurt: Place in the center of the circular tray as a dipping sauce for the fruit. I use soy-based yogurt, but you could also use almond milk yogurt or another kind of sweet dip.
See the recipe card at the end of the post for a full list of ingredients and their exact amounts.
Variations
- Use your favorite fruits to make fruit trays perfect for all kinds of occasions.
- Try using cut kiwi, honeydew melon for the greenery, and grapes for more variety. Any type of green fruit will work!
- Use a Christmas tree-shaped tray to create a Christmas tree fruit tray. Place starfruit at the top of the tree and use pretzel rods for the trunk. You could also cut star shapes out of pineapple, honeydew, or cantaloupe for ornaments and use pomegranate seeds to bring the season’s colors.
- If no one at the party is allergic, garnish with nuts for more flavor and texture, and sprigs of mint for a festive touch.
How to Make A Christmas Fruit Wreath
- Cut four oranges into eight slices without cutting through to the bottom. This will help hold the orange slices together.
- Arrange the oranges around the platter. Wash grapes and remove them from the stems. Place the grapes between the oranges. The grapes will help hold the oranges in place.
- Place a raspberry in the center of each orange. Place strawberries on top of the grapes.
- Add your fruit dip of choice to the center in a small bowl. Dip and enjoy!
FAQ
The key to a beautiful holiday fruit tray is to use fresh fruit with seasonal colors that are readily available during the winter months.
Oranges, blood oranges, green grapes, red grapes, pears, cranberries, watermelon, honeydew melon, apples, and blueberries. Add rosemary sprigs around your fruit tray to resemble branches of a pine tree. Starfruit is another great addition.
You can prep this fruit tray in advance. You can cut the fruit a few hours in advance. Cover with saran wrap and store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Expert Tips
- Use large green grapes. They are perfect for dipping.
- When cutting the oranges, be sure not to cut them all the way through, but slice evenly and almost to the bottom center. That way, when people come to grab a slice, they can easily tear it off.
- Feel free to add different fruits instead of grapes try using sliced kiwi, green apples, or a combination of grapes, green apples, and kiwi.
- Try a different dipping sauce. Use almond milk or soy milk vanilla yogurt. Or you could add a vegan coconut whipped cream to the center for dipping.
- Look for the freshest fruit possible, choosing fruits with no marring, bright colors, and fruity aroma.
- If you don’t have a circular tray, arrange the fruit in a circular pattern on a tray of your choice.
Serving Suggestions
This Christmas Wreath platter is a beautiful centerpiece for your holiday party. Serve with a cheese platter and crackers, a Christmas Tree Vegetable Platter, or a vegan charcuterie board at your Christmas party.
Consider serving your fruit platter with melted chocolate or vegan Nutella instead of the yogurt dip. Be sure to serve with skewers or toothpicks for easy grabbing.
Pair with my favorite holiday cranberry mocktail!
Storage
Refrigerator: Store leftover fruit varieties in their own airtight containers for 1 to 2 days, or cover the tray with plastic wrap.. It’s important to store any berries in a container with a loose-fitting lid to allow for airflow and prevent molding.
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Serving Size
This fruit tray will serve anywhere from 10-12 people. It’s a great appetizer to serve at a party for nibbling.
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Ingredients
- 2 lbs green grapes
- 4 oranges
- 4 strawberries
- 4 raspberries
- 8 oz dairy free vanilla yogurt
Instructions
- Cut 4 oranges into 8 slices without cutting all the way through to the bottom. this will help hold the orange slices together.
- Arrange the oranges around the platter. Wash grapes and remove from stems. Place grapes between the oranges. The grapes will help hold the oranges in place.
- Place a raspberry in the center of each orange. Place strawberries on top of the grapes.
- Add dairy-free vanilla yogurt to the center. Dip fruit and enjoy!
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Notes
- Use large green grapes. They are perfect for dipping.
- When cutting the oranges, be sure not to cut them through. That way, when people come to grab a slice, they can easily tear it off.
- Store in the refrigerator covered for 1-2 days.
Carrie Robinson
This is such a fun idea for holidays! Plus, I just love that it is a healthier option. 🙂
Tara
What a fun and festive treat for the holidays! I love how you displayed the oranges. Definitely need something a little healthy too!
Traci
Simple and festive! Love this for holiday time. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry
Love this idea for a platter – so healthy and delicious! Will definitely put this together for our festive celebrations.
Shanna
This is such a fun and cute idea. I can’t wait for the holidays to come around to try this.