A Fresh Fruit Arrangement is the Perfect Dessert for Summer Parties

When you’re throwing summer parties a seasonal fruit arrangement is an easy, inexpensive and delicious dessert that everyone at the party will love. Chilled fresh fruit is a wonderful dessert for hot summer nights, and it’s perfect for summer parties because everyone can eat citrus fruit. Kids can easily peel and handle fruit on their own, and fruit won’t make a mess if it’s dropped or left on a table or chair. Oranges, grapefruit and other citrus fruits can be enjoyed by anyone, even if they have medical restrictions on their diet or choose to eat only certain foods. Place a bright fruit arrangement on a bed of ice to chill, or just display on a picnic table or buffet table so people can help themselves and dessert is done.

A fruit arrangement is also a practical way to decorate at a summer party. For example, you can make a refreshing citrus punch with some of the fruit and then display the fruit arrangement in the center of the punch bowl, on a raised platform, so that that people can still drink the punch or grab a piece of fruit. You can also decorate by the pool, or on the bar, with a simple but elegant fruit arrangement.

Fruit is a great dessert for the summer because the natural electrolytes in orange juice and grapefruit juice will help rehydrate people who have been out in the sun and the heat for hours. The natural sugars in the fruit won’t make kids overly hyper, and are a low calorie alternative to ice cream, cookies, and other traditional picnic fare. If you want to make a dessert with a little more flair you can make fruit sorbet with some of the fruit and serve the frozen fruit sorbet in the hollowed out peels of the oranges and grapefruits. A fruit arrangement gives you lots of options to create a beautiful dessert that everyone will love without spending a lot of money or spending a lot of time creating a complicated dessert.

If you are the type of person who has summer parties every weekend you can save money by buying large boxes of assorted citrus fruits and storing them, and then using them to create your own fruit arrangement. If you store citrus fruit in a cool and dark place it will last for weeks, so buying a box or two of assorted citrus fruits is a cheap way to get delicious and healthy fruit for the summer.

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At Hale Groves, we believe the best gifts come from the land, not a factory. For generations, our fruit has been grown slowly under the Florida sun, picked at its peak, and delivered fresh to your door. From sweet Navel Oranges to rare Honeybells, every gift shares the simple joy of real flavor—perfect for holidays, milestones, or everyday moments worth celebrating.

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