How to Make Creative Apple Cups

Are you looking for fun ways to serve apples and other fruits? Then you are in the right page. Today, you are going to learn how to make creative apple cups. Apple cups can be used to serve small fruits such as strawberries and grapes, as well as melon balls and other items that can be fit into the cups. The apple cups are ideal for parties and other special events. It is also the simplest way to make food fun for the kids.

In order to make creative apple cups, you are going to need apples, spoon or melon baller, knife, and some toothpicks. There are no special skills needed to make cups that even kids can help you prepare them. Just make sure that you do all the slicing for them.

The first step is to get two apples and cut the part with the stalk. Keep this top section. We will use it later to decorate the creative apple cups. Then with a melon baller, scoop out the flesh of one apple. Just make sure that you don’t damage the outer layer of the apple, or else the cup will have a hole in it.

Then get the second apple and stick toothpicks in the bottom, and then place the hollowed out apple on top of it. Now you have a basic apple cup.

The next step is to get your selected fruit selection. It is recommended to use assorted berries, grapes, and other small fruits to fill your creative apple cups. Just place the fruits in the cup until it is full.

Then get the sliced portion of the apple and cut it into a flower. To do this, you just need to cut triangle shaped wedged for the flower petals. Then remove a smaller wedge in the middle of each petal. Once you have apple flowers, attach them to the creative apple cups with toothpicks. And that’s it. You know have creative fruit cups.

And in order to keep the apples from turning brown, apply some lemon juice. You can brush or sprinkle some lemon juice to the exposed apple flesh. Apples turn brown because of oxidation that occurs when an enzyme in apple reacts with oxygen. In case you don’t have lemons, you can also use lime or pineapple juice to prevent apples from becoming brown.

If you are going to make creative fruit cups for a party or event, you might need help in hollowing the apples, as well as making the flower. Those are the only steps that require a lot of time and patience. Try to make one today, and see how your kids will enjoy eating their fruits out of an apple.