This Fruit Salsa is made with fresh strawberries, mango & kiwi in a honey lime dressing and is served alongside homemade Cinnamon Chips. This salsa makes the perfect summer appetizer or snack!
This Fruit Salsa is truly the flavors of summer in a bowl. The pops of color and refreshing flavors create a delicious, healthy snack that can be served as a simple snack or as part of a summer celebration. The homemade baked Cinnamon Chips are so simple to make and only require 4 ingredients. They are the perfect vessel, or shovel, for enjoying the Fruit Salsa!
How to Make Homemade Cinnamon Chips
To make the homemade Cinnamon Chips, first cut your tortillas into 6 triangles. I use flour tortillas that are considered "fajita size" and are 6 inches in diameter. Place the triangles in a large bowl and toss with melted butter and a mixture of cinnamon & sugar. For something like this, your hands are your best mixing utensils to get each tortilla triangle evenly coated.
Place the tortillas in a single layer on baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 until golden brown.
Simple Fruit Salsa
This Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Chips is the perfect way to showcase the fruits that are in season during the summer. Besides strawberries, mango and kiwi other fruits such as raspberries, blueberries or peaches could also be used. The key is to choose fruit that is ripe as this will achieve the perfect sweet flavor.
The premise of the Fruit Salsa is simple. Dice the fruit, mix it together in a bowl with lime zest and drizzle it with a simple dressing of lime juice & honey. I prefer the flavor of using honey versus sugar for this recipe. I wanted to play off the natural sweetness of the fruit without being obnoxiously sweet. Combining the fruit with the acidic liquid of lime juice along with the sweetness of honey allows the fruit to macerate, which means to draw out the fruit's natural juices. Allowing the Fruit Salsa to sit for 20 to 30 minutes after making allows this process to occur leaving some delicious, sweet juice behind.
Can I Make Fruit Salsa With Cinnamon Chips Ahead of Time?
Technically yes, with a few disclaimers. Refer to our discussion above on the process of macerating the fruit. This process doesn't stop after 30 minutes. As the Fruit Salsa continues to sit, more juice will be released and the fruit may become mushier. The salsa will still taste fine 1-2 days after it's made, but it may be less visually appealing than when it's fresh. Because of this, I would recommend making the Fruit Salsa the day it will be eaten.
The Cinnamon Chips can easily be made ahead of time and stored in an airtight container.
How Else Can I Serve Fruit Salsa?
Some other ideas for serving the Fruit Salsa include:
- on top of pancakes
- as an ice cream or frozen yogurt topping
- with yogurt & granola
- on it's own!
If you are short on time or would prefer to not make your own Cinnamon Chips, there are store-bought cinnamon sugar pita chips available that would work as a substitute.
Other popular appetizer ideas:
Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Chips
Ingredients
- 16 oz. strawberries
- 1 mango
- 3 kiwis
- zest of a lime about 1 tablespoon
- juice of half a lime about 1 tablespoon
- 2 tablespoon honey
- 8 6 inch flour tortillas
- 2 tablespoon butter melted
- 3 tablespoon white sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
Cinnamon Chips
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Cut each tortilla into 6 triangles and place in a large bowl. Add in melted butter and toss to coat.
- In a small bowl, combine white sugar & cinnamon. Add to tortillas and toss to coat well.
- Arrange tortilla triangles on a baking sheet in a single layer. Bake 12-15 minutes, flipping halfway through until tortillas are golden brown.
Fruit Salsa
- Cut all fruit into a small dice and place in a mixing bowl. Mix in lime zest.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together lime juice & honey. Pour over fruit and toss to coat well.
- Allow to sit 20-30 minutes before serving. Store Fruit Salsa in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.
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Notes
- Other fresh fruit may be used. Peaches, blueberries or raspberries would be great additions!
- While the fruit salsa will keep for a few days, the longer it sits, the more juice will be given off and the colors of the fruit will start to run together. It will still taste fine, but may be less visually appealing.
- Store bought cinnamon pita chips can be used in place of the homemade chips.
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