Watermelon and Melon Balls Appetizers
Watermelon and Melon Balls Appetizers recipe on toothpicks or skewers for a cool thirst quenching summer snack to hydrate in the hot days.
- Total Time15 min
- Yield20 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ripe watermelon
- 1 ripe melon (sponspeck)
- toothpicks or skewers
- melon scooper
Instructions
- Obtain a fresh ripe watermelon and a melon or sponspeck.
- Cut in half and scoop out the seeds and pips, to be able to scoop out balls with a melon scooper. Do both watermelon and melons. Trying to make equal amounts for each.
- Place these balls in fridge or on covered ice until you make them up.
- With your small skewers or toothpicks stick one of each melon on a stick and one of watermelon on a stick. Another option is to put both on a toothpick for serving.
- Serve on ice in a bowl with sides, but place a cling wrap plastic layer over the ice to prevent it from burning the fruit. The bowl or serving dish should have sides to prevent it from leaking melted ice all over. Decorate and garnish with mint or basil leaves.
- Serve just when needed, otherwise keep in the fridge chilled and covered until served.
- This makes this appetizer a easy to pick cool and thirst quenching snack for the hot summer days. Not only that, kids will love to eat them as they look so appetizing.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Category: Appetizer, desserts, Snack
- Method: Stove top No Bake