Make this Christmas tree fruit platter for an easy, fresh, and healthy holiday snack. With vibrant fruit and a signature pineapple star on top, it’s a festive centerpiece everyone loves.
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Christmas Tree Fruit Tray
This Christmas tree fruit platter is absolutely adorable and so easy to make! As soon as it makes an appearance at any party, you can bet this is one Pinterest-worthy easy fruit platter that quickly disappears!
Crispy, juicy grapes, sweet strawberries, and tart raspberries make up the tree, and a delicious pineapple as the tree topping star. It’s one of my favorite easy Christmas appetizers to serve, although this Christmas tree pull apart bread is a fan favorite, too!
A Christmas tree fruit tray is perfect for a Christmas dinner menu, as part of a brunch or dessert table, an appetizer table, or even as a centerpiece. It’s fresh, colorful, and just sweet enough without being indulgent. It’s also a fun little festive snack for the kids!
What to Look for When Buying Fruit
Color: Stick with a classic Christmas tree palette. Choose green fruit for the tree, red fruit for the ribbon, and a yellow fruit like pineapple for the star on top.
Appearance: Pick fruit that looks fresh, vibrant, and fully intact. Avoid anything wilted, bruised, or starting to brown so your platter looks bright and festive.
Taste: Choose ripe fruit for the best flavor. Sweet, juicy fruit makes this Christmas tree fruit platter even more delicious.
Size: Aim for smaller fruit or cut larger pieces down so everything fits neatly on the platter. Since this is typically served with toothpicks, the fruit should be bite-sized and fairly uniform. If you’re using a mix of sizes, place the larger pieces toward bottom of the tree.
Color Ideas for A Fruit Christmas Tree
Green grapes are great because they’re nice and bright, and also bite-size. You can also use kiwis or green apples in place of the grapes, or have kiwi slices and grapes in combination.
Red grapes are great in place of strawberries and raspberries. You could also do a combination with these as well. Ooh, cherries and cranberries might be a nice addition too!
Yellow is meant to shine bright! A pineapple star works great (plus you have extra pineapple slices to serve), but you can use your imagination. I mean, no one would be mad at a Christmas sugar cookie star!
How to Make a Christmas Tree Fruit Platter
- Use a cookie cutter (or a knife and cut out the star and place pineapple on a large rectangle plate.
- Build the tree in a cone shape starting with one green grape. Followed by two, then three, and adding an extra one with each row.
- About 3-4 rows down, you want to add some red rows, using raspberries or strawberries.
- Keep going until you’ve built the size of the tree you desire.
- Below the bottom row, place a row of pretzel sticks in the center as a tree trunk.
- Leave the surrounding plate bare, or add some extra garnish like sprinkles. You can also use a small star cookie cutter (smaller than the tree topper) and place little stars around the plate. For a savory option, some fresh herbs like rosemary or parsley would be great!
Christmas Fruit Tray Tips & Variations
- Be sure to dry your fruit after washing. If the fruit is wet, they’ll be sliding all over the place and juices running everywhere.
- If you don’t have a star cutter, use a sharp knife to get the sides of the pineapple nice and clean.
- Serve with toothpicks. You can also provide your guests with a bamboo skewer and that way they can build their own fruit kabobs!
- Enjoy the platter of fruit as is or serve with a side of dips. Strawberry fruit dip, hot fudge, strawberry cheesecake dip, you name it.
- Add in some cubes of mozzarella, cheddar, or your other favorite cheese and make it a fruit and cheese platter!
- Assemble just before serving. If making it ahead of time, cover with plastic wrap and store in the fridge.
- Instead of a Christmas version, create a Thanksgiving turkey fruit platter just as easily. So fun for the holidays!
For more fresh and festive ideas, you’ll also love my simple fruit dip, bright rainbow fruit kabobs, and holiday-ready Christmas charcuterie board.
More Festive Holiday Ideas
Christmas Tree Fruit Platter
Ingredients
- ½ pound large green grapes , washed and dried
- 1 pint berries , washed and dried
- 1 slice of pineapple
- 10 pretzel sticks
Instructions
- Cut a slice of pineapple about 1/2" thick. Use a star cookie cutter or knife to cut out the star. Then place at the top of a large rectangle plate.
- Next build your tree by adding 1 grape and then 2 beneath. You're going to add one extra grape as you go down to build the trees. After about 3-4 rows, add a row of berries (I prefer raspberries or small strawberries). Then repeat.
- Once you've reached the base of the tree you can add the pretzel sticks to the bottom to make the tree trunk. Serve with toothpicks if desired.
Last step: Please leave a comment and rating after you make the recipe.
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
Natalie
What a fun treat!! My kids will love it!!
Allyssa
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing fruit christmas tree recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious! Highly recommended!
Amy L Huntley
So cute and festive! I am making this for our Christmas party!