Whether you are throwing a party, enjoying a cookout with friends or simply want to offer your kids a healthy snack, this Under the Sea Mermaid Honey Lime Fruit Salad is perfect! If you are trying to plan an ocean or mermaid birthday party, you know how difficult it can be to find more nutritious food to serve guests. But this fruit salad will be a hit with all ages and makes a great side dish, appetizer or addition to your dessert table!
To make this ocean themed fruit salad, you’ll need some metal cookie cutters for the cool watermelon shapes.
Mermaid Honey Lime Fruit Salad Cutters
Mermaid and Whale Tail Cookie and Fondant Cutter – Ann Clark – 4.4
R & M International Best Selling Set of 7 Classic Sea Themed CookieAnn Clark Starfish Cookie Cutter – 4 Inches – Tin Plated Steel
I bought the whale or mermaid tail cutter and the sea themed cookie cutter set featured above and had them shipped directly to me from Amazon in a couple of days using prime shipping! (Definitely beats hunting around local stores for the right sets.) The starfish would have looked beautiful as well and I’ve already added it to my cart for my next order.
Besides watermelon, I also included cantaloupe balls, green grapes and blueberries. These fruits remind me of fish eggs and seaweed, plus they add some beautiful colors to this fruit salad. You can serve your fruit plain or you can add a honey lime drizzle.
I thought the lime zest also resembled ocean plant life and would fit the theme well while offering some delicious flavor.
Depending upon how ripe and juicy your watermelon is, it will start to break down a bit with the honey so be sure to add the drizzle shortly before serving. If you need something that can hold up better, you could always skip the watermelon and call it a fish egg fruit salad instead.
I served up this honey lime fruit salad to my family for a weekend brunch. The kids really had fun picking out which watermelon shapes they wanted and they loved the honey lime dressing.
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- ½ seedless watermelon
- ½ cantaloupe
- 2 cups green grapes
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- 1 medium lime for 1 tablespoon lime juice and zest
- 3 tablespoons honey
- Slice watermelon into large round sections.
- Cut out mermaid and sea shapes with cookie cutters.
- Create cantaloupe balls using melon baller.
- Add watermelon shapes, cantaloupe, grapes and blueberries to medium bowl.
- Whisk together honey, 1 tablespoon lime juice and zest of lime.
- Drizzle over fruit salad right before serving.
Looking for more mermaid party ideas? Check out my Mermaid Candy Bark.
Also learn how to make these edible mermaid tails out of chocolate!
shelly peterson says
July 5, 2017 at 12:40 pmThis looks like a great fruit salad. I like how you cut the watermelon in shapes.
Sarah L says
July 5, 2017 at 7:09 pmThat is a great fruit salad. Like the lime dresssing.
Rosie says
July 6, 2017 at 8:06 amThis is so fun and delish! I collect cookie cutters, and definitely want these! Thanks for letting us know how to find them asap!
Brandon Sparks says
July 6, 2017 at 1:22 pmThis looks so good. This is something the kids would love. Thanks for this..
Tracie Cooper says
July 6, 2017 at 1:47 pmI would love to make this for my niece’s 6th Birthday Party!
Betsy Barnes says
July 6, 2017 at 5:40 pmI love the shapes, very cool! I am looking forward to making this fruit salad, sounds delicious.
Isabel says
July 9, 2017 at 11:04 pmThis fruit salad looks delicious and I think the would love it
Julie Wood says
July 10, 2017 at 7:28 amThe Under the Sea Mermaid Honey Lime Fruit Salad is so adorable! My daughter would love to make this for a yummy summertime snack. thanks for the recipe.
Elena says
July 12, 2017 at 1:22 pmLooks so delicious and healthy. I love fruits
Sarah L says
July 16, 2017 at 12:57 amJust right for a summer picnic.
Jenna Hudson says
July 16, 2017 at 12:11 pmWhat a fun way for the kids to eat fruit! Need to get me a melon baller!
Starla says
July 24, 2017 at 10:27 pmThis not looks delicious, but pretty too! This would be perfect for my nieces birthday that is coming up. We have been thinking of a theme because she can’t decide. I am definitely pinning this for later!