Heart Fruit Skewers with Raspberry Cheesecake Dip
These Heart Fruit Skewers with Raspberry Cheesecake Dip are a cute, fun snack to serve for Valentine's Day, anniversaries, or really any day!
Prep Time25 minutes mins
Total Time15 minutes mins
Course: Appetizer, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Diet: Gluten Free, Vegetarian
Servings: 12 Servings (3 ½ cups)
Calories: 360kcal
Raspberry Cheesecake Dip
- 1 cup Fresh Raspberries
- ¼ cup Granulated Sugar or sweetener of choice - see blog post,
- pinch salt
- 8 oz Cream cheese softened
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup Heavy whipping cream
Heart Shaped Fruit Skewers
- 1 Pineapple
- 1 small Seedless Watermelon
- 1 Honeydew Melon
- 1 Cantaloupe
Raspberry Cheesecake Dip
In a mini food processor, blend the raspberries, sugar, and salt until smooth. If you’d like, you can press this mixture through a fine sieve to remove the seeds, we don’t bother.
Add the softened cream cheese, lemon zest, and vanilla, blend until smooth and well combined. Set aside.
In a large bowl, use an electric hand mixer to beat the heavy cream until stiff peaks form.
Add raspberry cream cheese mixture to the bowl, fold until well combined.
Cover and chill until use.
Heart Shaped Fruit Skewers
Using a sharp knife, cut the top and bottom off the pineapple, cut into ½"-¾" thick slices.
Cut the watermelon into ½-¾" thick slices.
Cut the honeydew and cantaloupe in half. Use a spoon to scoop out the seeds and pulp from each melon half, discard. Cut each half into ½-¾" thick slices
Use a mini cookie cutter to cut heart shapes from each slice of melon and pineapple, keeping the cuts close together to avoid waste.
Thread the cut fruit pieces onto bamboo skewers, and serve with the raspberry cheesecake dip.
Note: the nutrition information reads a bit higher than it is in reality - there was no option for a small watermelon, it's assuming a full size.
Also, there is a fair amount of fruit that does not end up used in the skewers, just as cut waste.
Calories: 360kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 42mg | Sodium: 102mg | Potassium: 877mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 49g | Vitamin A: 4335IU | Vitamin C: 93mg | Calcium: 81mg | Iron: 2mg