Take your fruit salad along to those summer picnics the easy way! Layer it up rainbow-style in a jar with a creamy citrus yogurt dressing. This layered fruit salad will quickly become a summer favorite.
Sorry to break it to you but you’ve probably been eating fruit salad the wrong way your whole life.
For those of you that are no stranger to the jarred fruit salad life, welcome back! All our newbies in the building, please hold onto something firm because you’re about to get your mind blown by a fruit salad.
Which is honestly impressive for a humble little pile of fruit, not gonna lie.
I’m mostly exaggerating because this really is a simple concept we’ve got here today, but it’s one that I just LOVE! The idea of making up fruit salad in personal-sized jar form with the gorgeous fruit all layered up and the dressing on the bottom to keep everything fresh just works.
This Fruit Salad Features…
- A sweet and creamy orange yogurt dressing
- Layers of pineapple, strawberries, kiwi, and blueberries
- A simple recipe that comes together in jars for easy grab and go
Making the Fruit Salad
(scroll down to the bottom of the post for the full recipe)
Ingredients You Will Need
- Greek yogurt
- Mayonnaise
- Orange
- Honey
- Vanilla extract
- Pineapple
- Strawberries
- Kiwi
- Blueberries
Choosing Your Jars
I recommend using pint-sized mason jars for this fruit salad. The fruit easily divides between 4 jars and will yield a good-sized serving of fruit per person.
Tips for Perfect Jar Fruit Salad
- Use fresh orange juice and zest in dressing – this gives the dressing an incredible citrus flavor.
- Put dressing on the bottom – this will keep the fruit from getting soggy. I like to layer the heartiest fruit like the pineapple on the bottom touching the dressing.
- Layer fruit – this makes for a fun rainbow effect.
- Store jars in refrigerator no more than 2 days – I find that after 2 days the fruit starts to lose some of its texture.
Other Fruit Options
The sky’s the limit for what fruit you can use here! Try these other options.
- Peaches
- Plums
- Apples
- Blackberries
- Raspberries
- Melon
- Bananas
- Cherries
- Oranges
- Grapes
Like I said, this fruit salad really is so simple but it’s the stunning layers that really capture people’s attention! A quick shake to coat everything in the dressing right before serving and we’re in business, baby.
Fruit has seriously has never looked better. ♥
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Layered Fruit Salad with Citrus Yogurt Dressing
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
- 2 tablespoons honey or agave nectar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups fresh diced pineapple
- 2 cups fresh diced strawberries
- 2 medium kiwi, peeled and diced
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk yogurt, mayonnaise, orange juice, orange zest, honey, and vanilla until smooth. Divide dressing between 4 (16 oz) jars.
- Divide diced pineapple, strawberries, kiwi, and blueberries between jars, arranging on top of dressing. Store fruit salad in refrigerator up to 2 days. Shake fruit to coat in dressing just before serving. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
This post was updated with new recipe adjustments and photos on 6/24/26.
Renee' Arnold says
Can this be made up days in advance and refrigerated? Will the fruit still be good?
Sarah says
Hi Renee! You can definitely chop up the fruit and make up the dressing several days in advance and store in the fridge, but I would recommend storing them separately and waiting until just before serving to pour the dressing on top.