How to Make a Fruit Tray or
Fresh Fruit Platter for a Crowd

If you are looking for recipe instructions and photos of the Best Fruit Tray to make for a crowd, here is how I made a fresh fruit platter for a large group today.

I made this for a group of about 25 people.

Perhaps you are making a tray of fruit for a Wedding, a Shower, a Christmas Party, a New Year's Eve celebration, or any special occasion.

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Everyone loves healthy fruit...and dip! A Do It Yourself / DIY Fresh Fruit Presentation!

I made this platter of fresh fruit with my daughter, Karissa, for a potluck supper following the baptism of our dear grandson Matthew.

Putting a party tray together is really very simple, quick, and is much less expensive than purchasing a store-made tray of fruit.

Homemade fruit trays are also fresher, and...you can pick the types of fruit!

Ideally you should make this fresh fruit platter the day of, or the day before the day you plan to serve it.

I would advise that you make it no earlier than 24 hours prior to serving time.

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How to Make the Fruit Tray

Step 1

Choose a large tray, and cover it with aluminum foil. You can also use a disposable, store-purchased tray with a lid, however, as you can see from the photo, a large fruit tray is quite heavy, so you will need to add a large baking sheet or something similar underneath to support it!

The dimensions of the tray in the image is 15" x 20".

Step 2

Choose the types and quantity of fresh fruit which you would like to include on the tray.

Here is the list of what I used to make the tray in the photo above. You can very easily substitute different fruit, and vary the quantity of each fruit type according to your likes and dislikes, or in consideration of the fresh fruit available at the time you are making the fruit platter.

Here is a list of the fruit I used and the quantity of each:

4 pounds peeled, cored pineapple, cubed
2 mini watermelon (or another melon type)
1 1/2 pints (about 1 1/2 pounds) blackberries
4 quarts (about 6 pounds) strawberries, stems removed
3 pounds green grapes, cut into segments of about 4 grapes/segment
2 pints (about 2 pounds) blueberries
1/2 pint (about 1/2 pound) raspberries

What a great idea - add white chocolate and milk chocolate chips for garnishing inside the raspberries (see them in the photos)!

GO to Chocolate Raspberries Food Flair

Ideas for Fruit Substitutes:

wild black raspberries, kiwi, red or black grapes, cantaloupe, honey melon, apples.

Note - if you plan to use apples for the fruit tray, you should prepare them, and add them to the tray only about 6 - 8 hours prior to serving the tray.

Apples should be cored and sliced, but the peel left on, and then treated to help prevent, or slow down, the browning of the apples.

GO to How to Prevent Apples from Turning Brown

I purchased cored pineapple which only needed to be cut into chunks.

Step 5

Make the fresh fruit dip!

I used my favourite dip for this fruit tray. Just TWO ingredients...quick and easy!

GO to Favourite Fruit Dip Recipe

For a Collection of the Best Scrumptious Fruit recipes:

GO to Fruit Dip Recipes

Step 6

Cover the finished tray of fruit with a cover or cover with plastic wrap.

Store the fruit platter in the refrigerator until serving.

Store excess dip in the refrigerator, and fill dip container as needed.

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