Fruit kabobs are a perfect way to serve fruit at a party without guests having to grab it out of a bowl, and they are fun to eat!
Fruit kabobs were probably the easiest food I made for Ryan’s banana party, and they were delicious. This was the one thing that was completely gone after the party.
Of course, since it was a banana party, we had so much food with bananas in it. And what goes better with bananas than some fresh strawberries? I wanted a bit more on them than just the two fruits, so I also got some Pound Cake.
We’ve been working on reducing waste in the house, especially in the kitchen. We stopped using wooden skewers a long time ago and went to metal skewers.
I bought so many bananas for the party. I had plenty to work with for the kabobs. We also have been eating strawberries every day since they are in season so we have those on hand as well. I bought a pound cake from the bakery just for this.
Since the party, I have made the kabobs with both pound cake and angel food cake. Both are delicious. Both work well. Whichever you can find easier is fine for the kabobs.
The fruit kabobs were a great appetizer for Ryan’s party because they were a fun way to eat some fruit. But they would also be a healthy after-school snack. I like to dip in caramel or chocolate. Of course, that makes them a less healthy snack.
Serving Suggestions
- Although we used only strawberries and bananas, you could use any of your favorite fruits as long as you can get wooden sticks or metal skewers through the fruit
- Make rainbow fruit skewers by using strawberries, cantaloupe melon, bananas, green grapes or honeydew melon, blueberries, and purple grapes in rainbow order
- Drizzle the bananas with a small amount of lemon juice to help preserve them after slicing
- Serve with dips such as caramel, chocolate sauce, maple syrup, sour cream dip, Greek yogurt dip, or vanilla yogurt fruit dip
- Make a July 4th fruit kabob by layering strawberries, pound cake or bananas, and blueberries for red, white, and blue
- Fruit kabobs are a great way to serve fruit at events such as birthday party, a baby shower, a pool party, or a summer party
​Fruit Kabobs Simple Ingredients
Strawberries
Buy fresh strawberries when they are in season at your grocery store. For most, that will be the summer months.
Bananas
Bananas are almost always available for a decent price. When I am making fruit kebabs, I like to get them slightly underripe. They will soften a bit after being sliced without getting too mushy.
Pound Cake
It’s a great idea to go ahead and purchase pound cake or angel food cake. While you can make it at home, that takes a long time and the best part about these kabobs is how quickly you can put together these easy snacks.
Skewers
You can use bamboo skewers or metal skewers for this recipe. Since you aren’t grilling the kabobs, you don’t have to do anything special to the bamboo skewers before use.
Fruit Kabobs Step by Step
Ingredients
- 1 lb strawberries
- 4 bananas
- 16 oz pound cake
- 10 skewers
Preparation
Cut the cake into cubes about one inch each. You want to make sure that the fruit pieces are large enough that they won’t come apart and fall off of the skewers. Cut the tops off the strawberries and slice the bananas into one-inch chunks.
Carefully thread the fruit and cake on the skewers in an alternating pattern.
Fruit Kabob Leftovers
Storage: Wrap the fruit tightly with plastic wrap and store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 1 day.
Recipe
Originally Published On: March 28, 2018
Last Updated On: January 17, 2020
Fruit Kabobs
Ingredients
- 1 lb strawberries
- 4 bananas
- 16 oz pound cake
- 10 skewers
Recommended Equipment
Instructions
- Hull strawberries (cut the tops off)
- Slice bananas into one-inch chunks
- Cut the pound cake into one-inch cubes
- Thread the fruit and cake on the skewers, using two pieces of each per skewer
All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutrition content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
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I usually love to have fruit kabob during our summer cookouts, nothing brings more joy than grilled fruit. This recipe you shared does not need to wait for summer, I love it and probably may have that for our Easter dinner.
These would be great for Easter dinner! I haven’t tried grilled fruit kabobs, but that sounds delicious, too!
I am SO hungry right now as I am reading this that I may just have to make these sooner than later! Thanks for sharing!
They are so delicious and a great snack, plus so easy to put together.
Love the kabob with fruit. So many directions I could go. Adding the sponge cake is perfect.
The cake gives it that bit of extra sweetness while still having delicious fruit.
those fruit kabobs are calling out to me. I’ve never tried them but you can be sure I will after reading your post!
They are such a great snack and so easy to put together!
This looks so yummy and looks like a prefect snack for my all time hungry husband. The presentation looks amazing and so tempting.
It’s a great snack since it’s mostly healthy, but still filling with all the fruit. And a little cake never hurts 🙂
I know for a fact that if and when I have kids – this will legit be my go-to recipe LOL!! Everything on sticks. Although with my luck, my kids will poke themselves and each other in the eyes!
Making food fun definitely helps the kids to eat it easier! Either on a stick or having something to dip it in.
Adding cake on fruit skewers is genius!! I never thought of that. I think it probably also makes picky kids eat more fruits that way. Love it! thanks for sharing 🙂
The cake was definitely a welcome addition to it. I still have a few kids eat only the cake and not the fruit, but most ate the fruit still.
This looks delicious. I will definitely try preparing it for myself coming month.
The fruit kabobs make a wonderful and (mostly) healthy snack!
I love kabobs and fruit with cake is always a favorite. I would totally drizzle cream cheese icing or something on them!
Oh, I didn’t think about cream cheese icing on it! I’ve had chocolate and caramel dip for them and that was always a hit.
These look awesome. Super easy and super yummy. I know my kids would love these!
They were a big hit at my son’s birthday party!
Ooh what a clever idea to add the angel food cake! Thanks for this fun and easy recipe!
The cake was a great addition to the fruit kabobs, and the kids all loved them!
This is perfect for children’s party. Thanks for sharing this easy and delicious snack.
We loved these at my son’s birthday party. Both the kids and adults enjoyed the fruit kabobs.
This looks so delicious…Loved the display and the recipe looks so simple. Definitely going to try this .
It was such a hit with both the kids and adults at the party.
This looks so tempting !OMG! I love fruits and cake ah, cannot get better!!
Perfect summer snack. I will sure try this sometime 🙂
The fruit and cake together was the perfect combination.
Theses looks delicious and its a new to me that fruit and cake together.
Fruit and cake go together so well!
Fruit Kabobs sounds so delicious…. I would love to have them. This recipe could be perfect for children and parties.. Such quick, easy and intelligent recipe.
They are so yummy, and were a big hit at my son’s party with both the kids and the adults!
I love fruit kobobs. They are so easy to make, such an easy snack and so healthy. It’s great recipe specially for parties.
We made these originally for a party, but my boys love them as an after-school snack, too!
Wait! look what? Fruit Kobobs I’ve never seen anything like this it looks so appetizing and it looks so easy to assemble just cut and fix, can’t wait to try these out for an evening snack, my kids will love this thing.
Thanks! They are so easy and a fun way to get the kiddos to eat fruit.