Hungry Fruit Caterpillar Recipe

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Hungry caterpillars make good children's stories as well as a fruity feature using apples, kiwis, clementines and cleverness—an easy dessert that's simple enough for small hands. —Kim Mordecai, Little Rock, Arkansas

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Hungry Fruit Caterpillar Recipe

Prep: 20 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1/8 teaspoon almond extract
1 medium apple, sliced
3 tablespoons orange juice
1 medium plum plus 1/2 small plum
1 teaspoon creamy peanut butter
2 green grapes
1 small lemon slice
2 flowering sprigs of mint, optional
6 fresh strawberries
2 clementines, peeled
1 medium kiwifruit, peeled and halved
1/4 cup hot caramel ice cream topping

Directions

In a small bowl, whisk the confectioners' sugar, milk and extract until smooth; set aside. In another bowl, combine apple and orange juice; toss to coat.
Place whole plum on a serving platter. Using peanut butter, attach grapes for eyes and lemon for mouth. Attach mint sprigs for antennae if desired. Arrange apple and remaining fruit in a zigzag pattern to form caterpillar body. Drizzle caramel topping for legs; spoon almond glaze over fruit. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving equals 250 calories, 1 g fat (trace saturated fat), 1 mg cholesterol, 83 mg sodium, 61 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Hungry Fruit Caterpillar in Taste of Home February/March 2012, p72