Honey Lime Fruit Salad: A refreshing fresh fruit salad that’s always a hit! Serve this fruit salad as a healthy dessert or as a sweet side dish for any occasion. We’ve even included this fresh fruit salad recipe in our top favorite recipe ideas for a picnic.
Why you’ll love this recipe
This is the best fruit salad recipe for a hot summer day! It’s a family favorite because it’s the perfect fruit salad for a crowd! The honey lime dressing is what makes this the perfect side dish or healthy dessert.
I also love making this fruit salad with cool whip when I’m craving a creamy fruit salad.
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Ingredients
- Honey
- Orange juice
- Lime juice
- Strawberries
- Oranges
- Kiwi
- Bananas
- Pineapple
- Blueberries
- Grapes (black seedless)
- Mint leaves (optional)
- Splash of pure vanilla extract (optional)
See recipe card toward the bottom of this post for quantities instructions all in one place!
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix together orange juice, honey and lime juice, (and vanilla if desired), set aside.
- Wash, slice fruits and mix together in a large bowl.
- Pour “dressing” over fruit mixture and toss!
- Serve right away or let marinate in the refrigerator for up to an hour.
Hint: The bananas are usually the first to “turn” but the dressing acts as a preserve so it helps keep the bananas from turning brown so fast!
Substitutions/Variations
This recipe is very forgiving so feel free to add in or swap out any fruit to your liking! Here are a few of my favorite fruits to add to this easy fruit salad recipe!
- Raspberries & Blackberries – There’s nothing better than a combination of fresh raspberries and blackberries! They make a great addition to this fresh fruit salad!
- Clementines – Clementines are easy to peel and don’t need to be cut which is a great (less messy) swap for oranges! Besides, mandarin oranges are just so cute!!
- Peaches – Adding peaches to this salad would be perfect for a summer cookout! Peaches are ripe and ready to eat during the summertime which is the perfect time to enjoy them!
- Poppy Seeds- Feel free to add 1-2tbsp of poppy seeds to the honey lime dressing! Poppy seeds add texture and taste delicious topped on fruit salad!
- Lime Zest or Lemon Zest – For extra flair, zest lime or lemon on top!
Top tip
The honey acts as a “sweetener” to help offset fruits that may be a bit tart. But if you find that the fruit salad is still tart, you can mix in 1 teaspoon of brown sugar with an additional teaspoon of orange juice and pour/stir in with fruit salad to add a touch more sweetness.
How do you store fruit salad?
You can store this honey lime fruit salad in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. If you plan on storing your fruit salad, I would recommend omitting the bananas as they will get brown if stored for days.
What are the best fruits to mix together?
For best results for this honey lime fruit salad recipe, you should mix fruits with different colors and textures but avoid mixing fruits that are too acidic (like grapefruits).
Fresh strawberries, pineapple, red grapes, fresh blueberries, mandarin oranges, and other fresh/in season fruit makes the best fruit salad!
Or, if you’re looking to make a fruit salad at Christmas, you’ll love this Christmas Fruit Salad!
📖 Recipe
Honey Lime Fruit Salad
Ingredients
- 1/8 cup honey
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- juice of 1/2 lime
- 16 oz Strawberries
- 2 Oranges
- 2 Kiwis
- 2 Bananas
- 8 oz Pineapple
- 8 oz Blueberries
- 8 oz Grapes Black seedless
- Mint leaves Optional
- Splash Vanilla extract Optional
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix together orange juice, honey and lime juice, (and vanilla if desired), set aside.
- Wash, slice fruits and mix together in a large bowl.
- Pour “dressing” over fruit mixture and toss!
- Serve right away or let marinate in the refrigerator for up to an hour.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
This fruit salad recipe was first published on Tornadough Alli.
Diane says
Looks great! I assume you mean 1/2 CUP of lime juice? The last part of the measurement is missing.
Jessica says
Hello Diane! It was actually meaning the juice of half of a lime. It looks like the formatting of my new recipe card, threw it off, so thank you for asking. I’ve fixed it! 🙂
Megan says
This looks so good, will have to try it! Gotta share my favorite fruit salad hack for last minute get-togethers: I buy a catering size fruit tray at Chick-fil-A then stir in honey and lime juice. The fruit is already chilled so after a couple hours in the fridge it’s good to go!
Jessica says
Oh my goodness, MEGAN… that sounds AMAZING! Thank you so much for sharing. I’ll have to try that for sure!
Melissa says
Beautiful salad with all my favorites inside – making again soon!
Jessica says
I’m so happy that you love this fruit salad! Thank you so much for sharing and for leaving a review!
Toni says
I love everything about this salad! Packed full of delicious flavors!
Jessica says
Right? I love how it can be so flexible with whatever fruits you like! Thank you for the review!
Kim says
This reminds me of a recipe I used to make all the time! I can’t wait to try this out too! Looks so good!
Jessica says
Thank you so much Kim! I hope you love it!