Name: Fruit salsa with cinnamon chips
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 apples; 2 teaspoons lemon juice; 1 cup chopped strawberries; 2 kiwis, peeled and chopped; 1 orange, peeled and chopped; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 2 tablespoons apple butter or apple jelly; 8 large flour tortillas; water; 3 tablespoons sugar, (grandma's recipe calls for 1/4 cup, add more if more sweetness is desired); 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

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Fruit salsa made from apples, oranges, kiwis and strawberries. Made even more delicious with homemade baked cinnamon sugar tortilla chips to use for dipping! Colorful party appetizer or healthy summertime vegan dessert.

fruit salsa in clear bowl with cinnamon tortilla chips in background

Where are my fruit lovers?

This recipe is a hit for parties or summer gatherings!

Plus it takes minimal effort to throw together.

Those cinnamon chips? I’ll tell you how to make them, but the fruit salsa can totally be eaten without them or with whatever sweet chips you like.

Fruit salsa is another one of my grandma’s go-to appetizers. She calls it apple salsa but there are also kiwis, an orange and strawberries in there.

It’s probably a go-to recipe for her because we all love it so much!

Minimal sugar is added (and you can even play around with less if you want, or dare I say – coconut sugar?) so it also is pretty darn healthy even though it’s sweet.

whole fruit before cutting for salsa recipe - bowl of strawberries in middle, surrounded by orange, apples and kiwis

Even though I seem to put apple in everything, it’s by far not my favorite fruit. Kiwi and strawberry are pretty high up on that list. Blueberries might be the ultimate fav.

Actually, now I’m regretting not adding blueberries to the bowl. It would have added another color of the rainbow, too.

Fruit salsa made from apples, oranges, kiwis and strawberries and tortilla chips baked with cinnamon sugar. Colorful party appetizer or dessert!

To make the cinnamon chips, you literally just cut a package of flour tortillas into little squares and sprinkle with a little cinnamon sugar mixture.

It’s even pretty good with just cinnamon, so here’s a place you can save yourself on the amount of sugar if you wanted to cut back.

cut up tortillas on a baking pan with bowl of cinnamon sugar and spoon next to it

Use those tortilla chips as dippers or pile up the fruit salsa on top.

fruit salsa in a clear bowl next to baked cinnamon sugar chips on green cloth

Without the chips I guess it would just be a fruit salad, I suppose? Fruit salsa sounds so much fancier.

fruit salsa in serving bowl on green cloth

close up of cut up fruit salsa in clear serving bowl

Tell me: what’s your favorite fruit?

Yield: 3 cups

Fruit salsa with cinnamon chips

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 8 minutes

Total Time 18 minutes

Ingredients

For the fruit salsa (no-bake):

2 apples
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 cup chopped strawberries
2 kiwis, peeled and chopped
1 orange, peeled and chopped
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons apple butter or apple jelly

For cinnamon chips (bake):

8 large flour tortillas
water
3 tablespoons sugar, (grandma's recipe calls for 1/4 cup, add more if more sweetness is desired)
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

Chop the apples and put in a medium bowl. Add lemon juice to prevent browning.
Chop remaining fruit (strawberries, kiwi, orange) and add to the apples along with the brown sugar and apple jelly. Stir to combine.
Chill in refrigerator.
Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400°F for the cinnamon chips. In a small bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon.
Lightly brush tortillas with water (so the cinnamon and sugar will stick). Cut or tear tortillas into squares.
Spread out tortilla on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper, careful not to overlap too much. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over tortillas.
Bake for 7-8 minutes or until crispy.
Serve fruit with cinnamon chips.

Notes

Can make fruit salsa several hours ahead of time if desired to let marinate in the refrigerator. Will not keep much longer than a day - if you have leftovers you can freeze them, and/or add with ice to make a smoothie!

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1/2 cup
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 328Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 319mgCarbohydrates: 66gFiber: 6gSugar: 23gProtein: 6g

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