How to Make A Fresh Fruit Charcuterie Board With Strawberries (2024)

This easy tutorial will show you how to make a beautiful and delicious fresh fruit charcuterie board for your next party or gathering. Made with watermelon, grapes, pineapple and berries along with multiple dips, it’s perfect as an appetizer or dessert.

Who doesn’t love a good charcuterie board?

They’re the perfect way to serve an appetizer or dessert that looks beautiful and is so easy to make.

But most of the time, charcuterie boards are filled with meat and cheese.

This time, we’re shaking things up with a fresh fruit charcuterie board, made with juicy strawberries (and other berries), watermelon, grapes, pineapple and apples. Plus lots of delicious toppings.

It can also be tricky to figure out where to put everything so it looks good.

So we’re going to tell you exactly how to arrange the fruit platter step-by-step.

Trust us – your guests will love it!

Ingredients

Here is the best fruit for a charcuterie board (listed in the order that we put them on):

• Green grapes
• Watermelon – To keep the slices from being too big for your board, you may want to buy mini watermelons.
• Pineapple
• Apples
• Strawberries
• Raspberries
• Blueberries
• Lemon juice (optional) – you can sprinkle this on fruit that tends to turn brown to help keep it looking better

Fruit dips we used for this board:

• Whipped cream
• Cream cheese fruit dip recipe
• Honey
• Caramel
• Hazelnut butter

Substitutions

If you have other favorites, these options would also work for a fruit platter:

• Mango
• Peaches
• Nectarines
• Grapefruit
• Oranges
• Kiwi
• Cherries
• Blackberries

Other dip ideas:

• Peanut butter
• Chocolate sauce
• Yogurt

How to make a fruit charcuterie board

Prep work

Wash the grapes, apples, strawberries, raspberries and blueberries.

Cut the grapes into smaller sections (but keep them on the stems) so that they are easy to pick up.

Slice the watermelon widthwise to create round slices. Then cut the slices into 6 or 8 triangular pieces.

Peel and core the pineapple. I like to use this tool to do this. It makes the job so easy!

Then cut the pineapple lengthwise into narrow slices. Finally, cut those slices in half (or thirds) to make them easier to pick up

Core the apples and slice them thinly. You may want to dip them in lemon juice to keep them from turning brown.

Put out the dip bowls

We used 2 rounded cutting boards – a larger one that is the basic shape we want to use. And then a smaller one that can be layered on top of the first one. This adds more interest by varying the heights.

You can also use serving trays if that’s what you have.

Then you’ll need 5 small bowls and/or jars for the dips. Using different sizes and shapes will make the board look more interesting.

I usually use two larger ones for the whipped cream and cream cheese fruit dip. Then 3 smaller ones for the honey, caramel and hazel nut butter.

Position the two larger bowls evenly spaced on the board.

Place the 3 smaller bowls in a triangle shape to each other so they look balanced around the board. You can also put them just off the edge of the board if you need more room for fruit.

If you’re going to be putting the charcuterie board out soon after making it, you can fill up the dip bowls now. Otherwise, leave them empty until you are ready to serve it.

We also used a couple of pretty flat dishes to hold extra fruit and add a nice appearance to the board.

Put out the grapes

Once the dips are placed, we’ll add the fruit starting with the ones that take up the most space first.

In this case, position the bunches of grapes first.

Put out two of them, one on either end of the board.

Add the watermelon and pineapple

Add some stacked slices of watermelon at one of the board.

Fill in the space between the grapes with slices of pineapple.

Put out the apple slices

Add 3 groups of apple slices on the opposite side of the board.

Grouping them with the skin side out helps to keep the fruit from turning brown. And the skin adds more color to the board.

I placed the middle apple grouping on a small plate to give it a little more interest.

Fill in with strawberries and raspberries

Fill in the middle section with strawberries.

Add a few piles of raspberries around the edges of the board.

I used the second small plate to contain one of these piles.

Put a few more in the middle of the board.

Finish with blueberries

Then add the blueberries to help split up all the red.

How to store

If you are making the board ahead of time, cover it with plastic wrap and store it in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve.

You can make it up to a day in advance.

Frequently Asked Questions

Other recipes you might like

Dips

• Fluffy cream cheese fruit dip
• Triple cheese ball

Charcuterie boards

• Meat and cheese charcuterie board
• Burger toppings charcuterie board
• Hot chocolate toppings board

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