Easy Fruit Cups
Transform diced fruit into delicious homemade fruit cups that rival store-bought in terms of flavor and cost. You can make more cups or less, according to your preference.
Servings 4
Calories 62kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups finely diced fresh fruit (such as strawberries, blueberries, apricots, peaches, grapes, cherries and/or apple)
- 1 cup lemonade (low sugar if possible or apple juice or coconut water)
Instructions
- Gather a few small storage containers. (The ones I use are 4 ounces.)
- Fill about 3/4 with the diced fruit.
- Add lemonade just to cover. Stir gently to make sure the fruit is coated.
- Secure lids and serve or store in the fridge.
Notes
- Store in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- You can also freeze these into popsicles.
- Finely dice the fruit so it's easy to eat with a spoon (just like store-bought fruit cups). To ensure that the apple is easy to chew for younger toddlers, remove the skin and dice it finely.)
- Remove pits from cherries, apricots, and peaches.
- Use a mixture of fruit as shown here, or just do 1-2 that the kids like most.
- You can use lower sugar lemonade such as Honest Kids Berry Lemonade. You can sub in apple juice for lemonade or do 50/50 water and either apple juice or lemonade. Coconut water also works.
- This is a great way to use up leftover fruit or to pack cut fruit for lunch since the lemonade helps prevent the cut fruit from browning.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 62kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 67mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 34IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg