Fruit Salad with Orange-Vanilla Syrup is the perfect bright and colorful fruit salad to serve with dinner, at potlucks, BBQ’s, Game Day’s etc! Strawberries, blueberries, red and green grapes are tossed in a delicious orange-vanilla syrup. This recipe is sure to be a hit!

Fruit salads are the best! They are perfect to serve at potlucks, BBQ’s, game day parties, birthday parties and about anything you can think of. 

Everybody loves fresh fruit and this recipe has best orange-vanilla syrup that gives it a unique and amazing flavor!

Fruit Needed:

Strawberries

Blueberries

Red Grapes

Green Grapes

Other fruit that you could add:

Mandarin oranges

Kiwi

Peaches

Raspberries

Blackberries

Or whichever other fruit you think would go well.

You could top it with mint leaves but I didn’t bother since my kids aren’t fans of that.

The Orange-Vanilla Syrup is the secret star in this recipe! To prepare it you just make a simple syrup over the stove top using sugar, water, juice, and zest of an orange and vanilla extract. So easy but super special! The taste is amazing!

Once the syrup is cooled, you toss it with the fresh fruit and chill it until it’s ready to serve! You can even keep it in the fridge for a couple of days.

This fruit salad is so good! You can’t go wrong with fresh fruit and the delicious orange-vanilla syrup. My kids were obsessed!

Everyone will love it!

Enjoy!

Fruit Salad with Orange-Vanilla Syrup

4.83 from 17 votes

Servings 12 servings

Prep: 30 minutes mins

Total: 30 minutes mins

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Ingredients

 

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Orange-Vanilla Syrup:

• ▢ 1/2 cup sugar
• ▢ 1/3 cup water
• ▢ Zest and juice of 1 orange
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Fruit:

• ▢ 4 pints strawberries (hulled and halved)
• ▢ 2 pints blueberries
• ▢ 2 cups green grapes
• ▢ 2 cups red grapes

Instructions

 

• In a small pan, add the sugar, water, and zest and juice of 1 orange. Over medium heat, stir to dissolve the sugar. Then bring it to a boil. Turn the heat to low and simmer for about 15 minutes to thicken. Stir in the vanilla extract. Set aside to cool.
• Prepare all the fruit in a large bowl, pour the cooled syrup over the top and toss together. Chill until ready to serve.

The nutrition facts provided are calculated using a third-party tool and are estimates only. Actual nutritional content may vary based on the ingredients and brands you use, as well as portion sizes. For accurate results, please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.

Course Fruit

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