Fruit Bouquet

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cantaloupe, peeled
• 1 melon, peeled
• 15 strawberries, hulled
• 10 pineapple chunks, fresh and drained
• 40 purple seedless grapes
• 40 green seedless grapes
• 1 cup dipping chocolate
• bamboo skewer

Recipe

• 1 you will also need a plant pot, round florists styrofoam ball to fit into the pot and garland. the recipe format would not allow me to put these in the ingredients needed.
• 2 cut the styrofoam so it fits into the plant pot, the top of the styro should be just even with the top of the plant pot.
• 3 wrap the garland around the pot, then cover the styro foam top with it.
• 4 on med. low heat, melt the dipping chocolate in the microwave, stirring every min, being very careful that water or moisture does not get into the chocolate.
• 5 when smooth, dip the top 1/3 of the strawberries into the melted chocolate, then place on skewers.
• 6 poke all the strawberry skewers into the styro, as this will store them upright until the chocolate is set.
• 7 with a serrated knife, or a ridged hors d'ouvres tool, slice the melons into 1" wide by 3" long pieces.
• 8 insert the melon pieces onto the skewers, lengthwise,set aside.
• 9 place the pineapple chunks onto the skewers, set aside.
• 10 place the grapes onto the skewers long-wise; purple, then green, then purple, ending with another green.
• 11 remove the choc. dipped strawberry skewers from the plant pot, set aside.
• 12 start poking the fruited skewers into the styro filled pot.
• 13 fill the center first, then work towards the outside.
• 14 i served this with chocolate fruit dip #137738.
• 15 note: i made this the night before our party,and of course it wouldn't fit in the fridge.
• 16 i wrapped it loosely with saran wrap, placed it in a box not much larger than the plant pot, then set it in my car in a cool garage, it was still nice and fresh teh next day !
• 17 be careful when you move it, as it is top heavy !