Name: Easy Fruit Carrots
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 4 slices cantaloupe; 1 slice Galia (melon); 100 grams dark chocolate; 14 candy eyes

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For an easy fruit platter idea everyone will love (that doubles as a delicious dessert), check out these Easy Fruit Carrots. They are the perfect addition to your Spring fruit trays and make an excellent snack, too.

A closeup of seven carrot-shaped snacks made with melon decorated with chocolate outlines and candy eyes, arranged on a blue plate.

The recipe calls for two types of melon topped with dark chocolate for a tasty treat you can make in advance and store chilled until it’s ready to serve.

A plate of seven carrot-shaped fruit snacks with googly eyes and chocolate details on sticks, surrounded by pastel eggs and string lights.

Recipe Tip

Feel free to replace the melon with other fruits or vegetables: papaya, nectarine, persimmon, kiwi, pear, and for a veggie version, use carrots, orange peppers, cucumber, celery, and avocado.

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Servings: carrots

Easy Fruit Carrots

Cantaloupe and Galia melon shaped like carrots and topped with dark chocolate and candy eyes.

Prep: 30

Cook: 0

Total: 30

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Equipment

Ingredients

▢ 4 slices cantaloupe
▢ 1 slice Galia, melon
▢ 100 grams dark chocolate
▢ 14 candy eyes

Instructions

Slice the cantaloupe and Galia melon into thick pieces of 1.5 cm (0.6 inch).
Shape the carrot out of cantaloupe using a carrot cookie cutter.
Cut the top leafy part of the carrot out of Galia melon.
Place the Galia melon leaves on top of the cantaloupe carrot and push a canapé stick through to hold the two parts together.
Melt the dark chocolate.
Add the chocolate to a piping utensil or bag.
Pipe the outline of the fruit carrot with chocolate, and make a few rounded curves on the front of the carrot.
Top with candy eyes.
Allow to set.
Serve.

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Notes

I used two different cookie cutters for the fruit carrots since I try to use what I have. However, the easiest way to make the carrots is to get your hands on a large carrot cookie cutter or cut them by hand.

Nutrition

Calories: 86kcal, Carbohydrates: 7g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 0.004g, Cholesterol: 0.4mg, Sodium: 3mg, Potassium: 103mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 25IU, Vitamin C: 0.1mg, Calcium: 10mg, Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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