Fruit Kabobs With Pineapple Dip

Fresh fruit threaded on skewers and served with a fruity, creamy dip is simple, fun and tasty!

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 16 kabobs

Ingredients

• Dip

• 0.5 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese, softened (Neufchà tel)
• 1⁄2 cup plain fat-free yogurt
• 1⁄4 cup honey
• 0.5 (8 1/4ounce) can  pineapple slices in juice, drained, finely chopped

• Kabobs

• 0.5 (8 1/4ounce) can  pineapple slices in juice, drained
• 16  green seedless grapes
• 0.5 (11 ounce) can mandarin orange segments, drained
• 8  strawberries, cut in half

Directions

1. In medium bowl, mix cream cheese, yogurt and honey until creamy. Fold in chopped pineapple. Cover; refrigerate at least 1 hour to blend flavors.
2. Cut pineapple slices into eighths. Thread any combination of about 4 pieces fruit on each of 16 plastic or wooden skewers. Serve with dip.
3. Make the Most of This Recipe.
4. Special Touch.
5. For special events, serve a bowl of warm chocolate ice-cream topping with the pineapple dip. Mmm.
6. Time Saver.
7. Skip the from-scratch dip. Instead, buy a tub of fruit dip. Or you can buy pineapple cream cheese and whip it to a soft consistency.