Name: Jack-O-Lantern Orange Fruit Cup
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 Navel Oranges (tops sliced off and scooped out); Fruits of choice ( around 2 cups of diced fruit); More Filling Suggestions:; Ambrosia salad; Fruit Cocktail (canned and drained) or another drained canned fruit your prefer; For fresh fruits, suggestions refer to the notes below; For savory filling suggestions see the see notes below; Garnish Suggestions: fresh mint, cinnamon sugar, toasted pumpkin seeds, maraschino cherries, whipped cream, a drizzle of fruit puree, or any flavored ice cream topping; Note: if carving peppers, slice off the top, remove the seeds, and proceed to stuff with a savory salad filling you prefer

If you are looking for a healthy option to serve for a spooky Halloween party or serve a holiday-themed festive brunch these are the cutest little Jack-O-Lantern Orange Fruit Cups to add to your menu.

Not only can these be filled with healthy fruits, but we have some fantastic alternative filling suggestions plus substituting vegetables to make it a spooktacular meal.

Simple kitchen tools can create these fun-filled oranges or even bell colorful peppers to start the most creative themes for your favorite holiday and we have several ideas to try below.

Whether you're a fruit, ambrosia salad, or enjoy an orange-flavored custard dessert, we will have you covered with all of the delicious creative ideas to try.

sweet oranges carved like pumpkins filled with diced assorted fresh fruits

Creative Carvings for Fruits and Vegetables

The fun thing about carving out fruits and vegetables is you can really fill them with anything you prefer not just fruits.

The holidays are so busy and using colorful fruits and vegetables will surely decorate the holiday-themed tables that will impress your friends, and family for any social gathering.

Just keep in mind, fill them with what your family likes, and find it easy to carve fresh fruits and vegetables that match the colors of the holiday, your table will be spectacular and delicious!

fresh oranges hollowed out filled with fresh fruit

Tips and Suggestions for Carving Fruits and Vegetables

use a serrated knife for craving the face
colorful bell peppers can be carved to a holiday theme and filled with chicken, ham, tuna or egg salad
make an ambrosia salad and fill the pumpkin cups
blot fruits with extra water and dry them with paper towels before filling
do not use frozen fruits they contain too much water
brush apples, pears, or bananas with orange or lemon juice to prevent browning
chopped or finely diced fruits to fill the size of your fruit cups so they fit easily

instructions how to carve oranges to look like Jack O lanterns

Creative Holiday Food Art Ideas:

Patriotic Carved Red Apples: red, white, and blue fruits (blueberries, blue grapes, blackberries, strawberries, cherries, red raspberries, watermelon, and pineapple are all good choices
Christmas: carve a small round watermelon with snowflake shapes, carve a baked acorn squash, fill red or green pears: fruits suggestions colorful kiwi, strawberries, cherries, red raspberries, and watermelon are good choices)Fill Red and Green Bell peppers with savory salad fillings. Carve the outside in snowflake patterns
Easter Green Pears Fruit Cups: lighter colors yellow, blue, orange (cantaloupe, peaches, mango, oranges, pineapple, rainier cherries)
Thanksgiving Oranges Carved: or left uncarved: yellow, orange, and darker fruits (pineapple, melons. apples, mango, oranges, bosc pears) Carve orange bell peppers and fill with savory fillings
Halloween Oranges as shown Jack-O Lanterns: orange, yellow, and dark fruits (pineapple, melons. apples, mango, blood oranges, pears, or carve and fill with savory filling orange bell peppers
St. Patrick's Day Carved Green Pears: add pineapple and green grapes. and kiwi cut into shamrock shapes or carved green bell peppers and filled with savory salad fillings
See all fruit list suggestions below

Fruits, Vegetables Sweet or Savory Filling Suggestions:

green grapes red grapes blue grapes
sliced plums
sliced peaches
pear slices
fresh cherry pits were removed and sliced
firm bananas soaked in lemon juice and sliced
sliced apples soaked in lemon juice
large navel orange or mandarin oranges
raspberries
blackberries
boysenberries
starfruit
watermelon, or other melon like cantaloupe or honeydew
pineapple fresh and cut the long way
diced strawberries
mango
papaya
fill with canned fruit cocktail drained
fill with sour cream and chopped oranges sweetened with powdered sugar
add any fruits to whipped cream or whipped cream cheese and fill
fill oranges with a vanilla pudding and mandarin chopped oranges
fill with Ambrosia Salad
fill oranges or bell peppers with chicken salad
fill with ham salad
make one of your favorite dips fill the oranges and serve with assorted crackers and dips
fill with cubes of cheese or a cream cheese herb-seasoned dip
fill a bell pepper with bean dip

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Carve and Scoop Out a Sugar Pie Pumpkin

If you prefer a large amount of savory fillings to feed a crowd, then the pumpkin carved and filled is the easiest way to go.

This is a fun centerpiece and conversation piece just use a carved pumpkin then line the pumpkin with a cup to fit inside and fill it with whatever you like then you can still bake the pumpkin to use for making a pie!

Keeping the food safe is important so be sure to keep dips and savory filling cold and just use the pumpkin as a serving bowl.

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Yield: 8

Author: Claudia Lamascolo