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Our favorite summer fruits combine in this easy Mojito Fruit Salad recipe! Light and refreshing, this easy fruit salad recipe is perfect for your next BBQ, picnic or party! Love easy salad recipes? Make sure to try my Berry Salad, Grape Salad, and this incredibly delicious Ambrosia Salad!

Mojito Fruit Salad - A deliciously easy fruit salad with mojito flavor! Perfect for hot summer days! Rum optional. | MomOnTimeout.com | #fruit #salad

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This weekend finally cooled down enough to the point where we could actually ENJOY ourselves. A totally novel concept around here lately. We went to Discovery Kingdom on Saturday and had the best time! The weather was gorgeous – mid 70s and sunny skies – perfect! We just happened to run into The Smurfs and the boys got some cute pics in. They even had a Smurfs Village set up – so fun!

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Sunday we went to a friend’s house and the boys had a blast playing outside and enjoying the beautiful weather. Barbecue was on the menu and I was tasked with garlic bread and fruit salad. On our way back from Discovery Kingdom I stopped by one of my very favorite farmer’s markets and loaded up on gorgeous super-ripe, fresh fruit.

Reece spotted “Dragon’s Eggs Pluots” so those made it into our basket along with peaches, nectarines, grapes, limes, mint and more! I knew this was going to be one heck of a fruit salad – but I wanted to do something a little fun. My friend Jen was making up some pineapple punch (rum optional) and I thought it would be fun to make up a fruit salad made with mojito flavors – lime and mint. Again, rum optional 🙂

I got home and picked some plums from our poor tree which is so laden with fruit that the branches are now touching the ground…and got to chopping. I absolutely LOVE how this fruit salad turned out and can’t wait to make it again. I made a concentrated simple syrup flavored with fresh lime juice. You can substitute rum for some of the lime juice for true mojito flavor OR keep it kid-friendly and keep it virgin. The lime juice is really what makes this salad so special because it just wakes up all the amazing fruit flavors.

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How To Make Mojito Fruit Salad

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Mojito Fruit Salad

The refreshing flavors of a mojito combined with the robust flavors of fresh summer fruit salad!
Course Side
Cuisine American
Keyword fruit salad, mojito fruit salad
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 141kcal
Author Trish - Mom On Timeout

Ingredients

  • 8 cups fresh fruit chopped (nectarines, peaches, strawberries, blueberries, kiwi, grapes, melon, plums, pluots, etc.)
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/2 cup lime juice OR 1/4 cup lime juice and 1/4 cup rum
  • 2 tbsp mint fresh - chiffonade

Instructions

  • Combine sugar and water in a small saucepan over low heat.
  • Heat until sugar is fully dissolved. Let cool.
  • Stir in lime juice and/or rum.
  • Drizzle about half of the lime mixture over chopped fruit and gently stir until combined.
  • Continue adding lime mixture just until fruit is lightly coated. You don't want a puddle at the bottom of the bowl.
  • Sprinkle with fresh mint and stir gently just prior to serving.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

If you are one of those people who don't like to actually EAT mint (you know who you are!) simply add the mint leaves to the simple syrup and let simmer until sugar dissolves. Strain the mint leaves from the syrup before combining with lime juice. Tada!

Nutrition

Calories: 141kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 9mg | Potassium: 152mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 494IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg

If you are one of those people who don’t like to actually EAT mint (you know who you are!) simply add the mint leaves to the simple syrup and let simmer until sugar dissolves. Strain the mint leaves from the syrup before combining with lime juice. Tada!

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Comments

  9. Andi @ The Weary Chef says

    This sounds delicious and looks so pretty! My oldest would be so jealous of your plum tree because he LOVES plums. The only fruit tree we have is a lime tree, which has yet to grow any fruit!

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  11. Happy Valley Chow says

    Looks like you guys had a fantastic weekend, who doesn’t love spending it in a theme park?! This salad sounds amazing, never thought to add alcohol to a fruit salad, fantastic idea 🙂

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