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Best Fruit Salad Recipes For Every Table

Stacey Pirtle

by Stacey Published: Jul 20, 2024

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Fruit salad!  Can there ever be enough of it?  Of course not! Crisp and crunchy, tart and sweet, fruit salad recipes are easy to make and bursting with seasonal color and flavor.  They are one of those southern staples everyone loves to see at holidays, cookouts, potlucks, family dinners, even brunches!

A collage featuring the best fruit salad recipes to make for every event-  holidays, potlucks, cookouts or family dinners.

Our southern fruit salads change with the seasons, showing off fruit that’s in its prime for the best flavor and color. There are so many differed combinations, textures and scrumptious dressings, fruit salads that are a whole meal, some that could be dessert…

So there’s never a reason to get into a fruit salad rut!

To keep fruit recipes the darlings of our menus all year long (for kids and adults alike), this list of easy fruit salads has plenty of options for every season, every occasion and every crowd!

The Best Fruit Salad Recipes

chunks of watermelon, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, mint and a honey lime dressing to serve as a side dish or dessert.

Berry Watermelon Fruit Salad

strawberry asparagus salad recipe

Strawberry Asparagus Salad

3 kinds of melons with chicken on a bed of greens.

Easy Melon Salad with Rotisserie Chicken & Garlic Vinaigrette

Sliced peaches, blackberries, blueberries, walnuts, mint and a honey lime dressing.

Berry Peach Fruit Salad

How to serve Waldorf Pasta Chicken Salad

Waldorf Chicken Pasta Salad

Strawberry Jello Salad

Strawberry Jello Salad: A Southern Tradition

Image for Blueberry Spinach Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Dressing

Blueberry Spinach Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Dressing

Berry Salad with balsamic dressing drizzled all around and peppered pork tenderloin.

Berry Salad with Cherry Balsamic Dressing

refreshing summer watermelon salad with cucumbers, feta, strawberries & jalapenos

Spicy Strawberry Watermelon Salad

best ambrosia salad with secret ingredient whipped cream dressing

Ambrosia Fruit Salad with Whipped Cream Dressing

Marinated Peach & Shrimp Salad

Marinated Peach & Shrimp Salad

An overhead look at a classic potluck or cookout salad with crunchy broccoli and a tangy, creamy homemade dressing.

Crunchy Broccoli Salad with Strawberries

Orange Jello Salad Styled photo with orange slices

Tropical Orange Jello Salad

An close up view of apple, cheese, celery salad.

Apple, Cheese, Celery Salad

Image for Apple, Pear, Pomegranate Salad with Pomegranate Vinaigrette

Apple, Pear, Pomegranate Salad with Pomegranate Vinaigrette

Aerial view of fruit salad.

Classic Fruit Salad with Old Fashioned Century Sauce

Easy summer ambrosia with a tropical flair. Filled with coconut, pineapple, blackberries and lime all swathed in clouds of cool whip, lime yogurt and mini marshmallows.

Blackberry Margarita Ambrosia

Autumn pear fig salad with molasses vinaigrette

Autumn Pear Salad with Figs & Ginger Molasses Vinaigrette

Red & Green Fruit Salad close up

Red & Green Fruit Salad with Cinnamon Orange Dressing

Coca cola jello salad in a trifle dish. Made with cherries, pineapple, coconut pecans, coca-cola and cherry gelatin.

Cherry Coca-Cola Jello Salad

Apple coleslaw with red and green apples, purple and green cabbage and carrots.

Crisp Apple Coleslaw with Homemade Buttermilk Dressing

Fruit salad!  Can there ever be enough of it?  Of course not! Crisp and crunchy, tart and sweet, fruit salads are easy to make and bursting with seasonal color and flavor.  They are one of those southern staples everyone loves to see at holidays, cookouts, potlucks, family dinners, even brunches!

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