Refreshing Watermelon Yogurt Fruit Punch Tutorial

With just 2 main ingredients, this fruit punch is a treat you really can’t mess up! The sweetness naturally comes from the fruit juices and yogurt drinks. Use cookie cutter shapes to create shapes like stars or hearts for extra cuteness. I love serving this to my family to make their fruits extra special :) 💙

Here is the video tutorial of this recipe.

Suggestions to Think About Before You Make This

You can freeze the fruit pieces before mixing the juices and yogurt drinks together to create “ice cubes” so it doesn’t water down your punch.
Use an assortment of fruit for a mix of flavors and colors. I love to add strawberries but kiwi, oranges, blueberries, or mango would add deliciously beautiful pops of color too!

How to Choose the Sweetest and Juiciest Watermelon?

These are two major signs I look for when choosing the sweetest and juiciest watermelon that my husband, the watermelon whisperer, taught me. There are more tell-tale signs but my brain only remembers these two and they haven’t failed me so I’m blessing you with these not so secret tips too. You’re welcome! :)

Stripes! The watermelon should have obvious contrasting stripes. The green should be dark and the light stripes should be a creamy yellow green.

Your watermelon needs to have a pale yellowish spot, sometimes a light orange. This is the side the watermelon has been sitting on when ripening and means it\'s packed with juicy flavor. It shouldn’t be white or non-existent, that may mean the flavor is not in the room with us..

I mentioned two major signs but here’s a third one that doesn’t always apply because it’s not as obvious. If you ever find discolored webbing (tan/light brown color), great! It means the watermelon is sweet. If you look closely at the yellow spot image in the previous bullet, you’ll see small tan webbings. Those spots are where the sugar has been sneaking out, calling your name

Storage

Using the watermelon as a punch bowl, it will last up to two days.
If you use a separate glass container instead, it will last up to five days.

Recipe

Ingredients:

One mini seedless watermelon (when using the watermelon as a punch bowl, you\'ll probably only use half the juices and fruit when combined with the yogurt drinks)
248 ml Yogurt drinks (each bottle is 62 ml for the brand I got)
Mixed chopped fruits (I used fresh strawberries, oranges, and chocolate daisies I piped to decorate )

Directions:

Using your serrated knife, cut the watermelon with one side being larger than the other (the larger side will be the punch bowl)
Trim a small piece off the end of the watermelon side that you will be using as the punch bowl to help it stand without rolling
Scoop out the watermelon fruit and juices into a separate large bowl if you plan to transfer it back to the watermelon to use as a punch bowl. If not, you can just cut the fruit and pour the juices into a pitcher with a lid.

Tip: You can use a melon baller or cookie cutters for this part to make fun shapes. You can also cut little triangles at the edge of the watermelon to make it a fancy punch bowl.
If you’re adding other fruits, cut them to the shape you’d like to add into the punch. I cut some strawberry hearts using a cookie cutter and chopped up the extra pieces to add into the punch. So cute!
Pour the yogurt drinks into the watermelon punch bowl and fill the rest up with watermelon juice and fruits.
Decorate the top as you’d like with edible flowers, chocolate, or fruits.

Enjoy! :) Please tag @SparkleCakerie if you make this! I’d love to see and share your creations <3