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.

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

They are a perfect addition to your Spring fruit trays and make an excellent snack.

The recipe calls for two types of melon topped with dark chocolate for a yummy, 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.

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.

A blue plate features seven carrot-shaped cookies on sticks with colored bunny decorations, each resembling cartoon faces—perfect for fun bites. Speckled eggs and greenery in the background complete this playful food display.

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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