This Mojito Fruit Salad recipe was made for celebrating summer! It’s loaded with fresh watermelon, strawberries, and blueberries, and then tossed with a sweet lime and mint mixture. Rum is optional!
Ingredients:
The major fruit players in this summery salad are watermelon, strawberries, and blueberries. And while the limes aren’t actually visible in the salad, their tart awesomeness is evident with every bite.
I especially like how the sweet minty-lime mixture soaks into the watermelon, so I always include much more watermelon than berries. On hot summer days, what is more refreshing than cold watermelon?!
I often refer to this as my watermelon fruit salad recipe, but you can mix up the fruit ratio however you like.
- 8 c. cubed watermelon about 1″ in size
- 4 c. hulled and quartered strawberries
- 3 c. blueberries
- 18 large mint leaves chopped
- ½ c. fresh lime juice
- 4 T. powdered sugar
- 4 T. white rum optional
- jicama stars optional
HOW TO MAKE FRUIT SALAD
This is one of the easiest salad recipes you’ll find!
- Place fruit in a large bowl.
- In a small bowl, combine chopped mint, lime juice, and powdered sugar. With the back of a spoon, muddle the mint to release its flavor. Stir in rum, if desired.
- Drizzle mixture over fruit. Gently fold to combine. Then place in fridge to chill, and to let the fruit juices mingle. This can be made a few hours prior to serving. Just be sure to fold right before eating.
- To include jicama stars, cut jicama into 1/4″ slices. Use a sharp star-shaped cutter to create stars. I used the smallest cutter in this set, about 1-3/4″ in size. To preserve their whiteness, I wait to toss the stars into the salad until right before serving.
Done!
While it’s fun to include a bit of rum (it IS a mojito fruit salad, after all!), it’s definitely optional. We usually have kids at the table whenever we make this, so I then forgo the rum.
This is the best fresh fruit salad I know for summer. My whole family loooooves it, and it’s always a hit when entertaining.
For those summer patriotic holidays, I am sharing a way to offer even more fun with this recipe. With a few jicama stars, this easily becomes a red, white, and blue fruit salad.
It’s so very festive!
Just cut the jicama into slices, about 1/4″ thick. Then use a small star-shaped cutter to create star-shaped jicama pieces. To preserve their whiteness, I wait to toss the stars into the salad until right before serving.
I used the second smallest cutter from this star set. But you can make them either one or different sizes.
How FUN is that?!?!
This fruit salad is perfectly perfect all summer long. And with a few jicama stars, it’s THE fruit salad for Memorial Day weekend and 4th of July celebrations!
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Mojito Fruit Salad Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 8 c. cubed watermelon about 1″ in size
- 4 c. hulled and quartered strawberries
- 3 c. blueberries
- 18 large mint leaves chopped
- ½ c. fresh lime juice
- 4 T. powdered sugar
- 4 T. white rum optional
- jicama stars optional
Instructions
- Place fruit in a large bowl.
- In a small bowl, combine chopped mint, lime juice, and powdered sugar. With the back of a spoon, muddle the mint to release its flavor. Stir in rum, if desired.
- Drizzle mixture over fruit. Gently fold to combine. Then place in fridge to chill, and to let the fruit juices mingle. This can be made a few hours prior to serving. Just be sure to fold right before eating.
- To include jicama stars, cut jicama into 1/4″ slices. Use a sharp star-shaped cutter to create stars. I used the smallest cutter in this set, about 1-3/4″ in size. To preserve their whiteness, I wait to toss the stars into the salad until right before serving.
