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Edible Fruit Wreath Tutorial

December 19, 2018 By: Michelle3 Comments

Last Christmas I wrote this post for Mumtastic (you can find it here) and I’m so pleased to be sharing it with you. It really isn’t hard and the result is just stunning…

Edible fruit wreath

I love Christmas!

The decorations, food, shopping, gift giving, time with family and friends. I love everything about it.

Since having kids, Christmas is even more fun, and I now relish the chance to create traditions and memories with my own family. One tradition I’ve started over the past couple of years, is making an edible fruit centrepiece for the Christmas table. In the past I’ve decorated it in the shape of a tree, but this year I decided to give something new a try and chose a wreath. The effect is truly stunning, and for bonus points it serves two purposes as both a gorgeous centrepiece and a healthy dessert.

The kids will also love to get involved with decorating, and it’s a great way to encourage them to eat beautiful fresh fruit.

Edible Fruit Wreath Tutorial

Supplies

The artificial holly plant was for filling in any gaps in the wreath.

You’ll need the following supplies to create your fruit wreath.

  • 1x foam wreath shape (I bought mine for about $5 from Spotlight)
  • Toothpicks
  • 2 punnets strawberries
  • 1.5kg green grapes
  • 1/2 punnet blueberries
  • 15-20 cherries
  • Artificial holly (optional: you can use it to fill any gaps in your wreath after construction)

You can use other fruit combinations if you prefer, but make sure to choose fruit that holds together and won’t discolour if cut. I’ve used watermelon and rockmelon cut with mini shape cutters before and both worked well. Apple, pear, stone fruits and oranges don’t work well, so avoid them.

Instructions

  1. Rinse and thoroughly dry all fruit.
  2. Insert tooth picks randomly around the wreath. Leave around 1cm sticking up. You don’t need to totally fill the wreath, just aim for 20-30 toothpicks to start with.
  3. Starting with the largest fruit (strawberries if you are using them), stick the fruit onto the toothpicks around the wreath.
  4. Continue placing fruit into the wreath with toothpicks until filled.
  5. Continue to fill the wreath with the larger fruits (cherries, grapes etc), adding toothpicks as needed.
  6. Once you are left with only smaller gaps, fill them with smaller pieces of fruit such as blueberries or small grapes.
  7. Continue to add toothpicks and fruit until you are happy with the coverage of the wreath.
  8. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Yum!
Completed fruit wreath. Almost too good to eat!

What are you planning for your Christmas table this year?

Comments

  1. N/A says

    December 24, 2016 at 10:37 am

    wow this is so cool

    Reply
  2. Anne says

    July 5, 2019 at 4:52 pm

    This will be a new tradition for me. Celebrating Christmas Swedish style in our family one of the things to do is to bake large heart shaped Ginger bread make a hole at the top thread ribbon and hang. Problem – The heat in Queensland melts the gingerbread and they all end up on the floor .

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      July 28, 2019 at 1:23 pm

      Yes I imagine it is very different to the white Christmas you are used to! Enjoy 🙂

      Reply

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