This fall fruit salad is made with sweet, crunchy apples and grapes in a creamy yogurt and cream cheese sauce topped with crushed walnuts and brown sugar.
Fall Fruit Salad with Apples and Grapes
I’m usually pretty sad when summer comes to an end, but I do love the fall! Seeing the leaves change colors, apple and pumpkin picking and all the wonderful things we can do when the weather cools! This fall fresh fruit salad made with apples and grapes is the perfect fall treat. It’s light and crisp, with a mixture of flavors and textures, and requires no cooking, it’s absolutely addicting! Other apple recipes I love to make each fall, applesauce nut bread, apple butter, and apple cobbler.
What You’ll Need to Make This Easy Fruit Salad
- Fruit: 3 cups green seedless grapes and 4 cups diced gala apples
- Lemon juice, to prevent the apples from browning
- Creamy dressing: Greek yogurt, light cream cheese, light agave, maple syrup, honey or brown sugar and vanilla extract.
- For Topping: brown sugar and chopped walnuts, or pecans
How to Make Fall Fruit Salad
This fall or winter fruit salad comes together in four quick steps. I’d make it within a few hours of serving and wait to add the topping until right before.
- Fruit: Slice the grapes in half and cut the apples into small pieces. Drizzle lemon juice over the apples so they don’t brown.
- Sauce: Mix the yogurt, cream cheese, agave, and vanilla extract.
- Salad: Combine the fruit with the sauce and put in one large serving bowl or eight small ones.
- Topping: Combine the brown sugar and crushed walnuts and sprinkle over the fruit salad.
How to Serve Fall Fruit Salad
This fruit medley is the BEST FALL FRUIT SALAD! It’s so easy to whip up for dessert or snack and great for a crowd. You could serve it as a Thanksgiving fruit salad or dessert for the holidays.
Variations and Tips:
- Fruit: Use different apples like Honeycrisp apples. Or substitute with other fruit like Bartlett pears, pomegranate seeds, or dried cranberries.
- Make It Lighter: Skip the cream cheese and double the yogurt.
- Use Different Nuts: Try it with pecans or almonds
- Make it Nut-Free: Swap the nuts with hemp seeds, pepitas, or chopped pretzels.
- Spices: Add cinnamon or nutmeg to the nuts.
- Adjust the Serving Size: You can easily double this autumn fruit salad recipe to feed a crowd or halve it for fewer servings.
More Fall Apple Recipes You’ll Love:
- Apple Cranberry Crumble
- Cinnamon Apple Yogurt Bowls
- Delightfully Baked Apples
- Crockpot Applesauce
- Cinnamon Apple Crisp
Autumn Apple and Grape Medley
Ingredients
- 3 cups (16 oz) green seedless grapes, washed and dried well
- 4 cups 24 oz gala apples, diced
- 1/2 tsp lemon juice
- 8 oz fat free Greek yogurt, such as Stonyfield Organic
- 4 oz light cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup light agave, maple, or brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Topping:
- 2 tbsp brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, or pecans
Instructions
- Cut grapes in half and set aside.
- Dice apples into small pieces about the same size as the cut grapes.
- Toss with lemon juice to prevent the apples from browning.
- Mix yogurt, cream cheese, agave and vanilla until blended well.
- Stir in grapes and apples and pour into 8 small bowls or ramekins or one large serving dish.
- Combine brown sugar and crushed walnuts. Sprinkle over top of each ramekin.
- Chill until ready to serve.
Love it will make it again I only used half of the brown sugar and I used slivered almonds instead of the walnuts and I think next time I will use the brown sugar stevia blend :)) but it’s delicious:)) highly recommend
It is a easy and delicious recipe. I mixed the walnuts in the apples and grapes.
McDonald’s used to have this on their menu and it was so good! I’d forgotten all about it until I saw this. Gotta make it and I’ll bet this won’t be sickening sweet like there’s was!
This was excellent. I used cotton candy grapes as I had them on hand, and was worried it might come out too sweet but it didn’t. YUM
Great!
Super delicious and easy to make, I really enjoyed this! I added pecans instead of walnuts and it tasted great
Made this today and it was fantastic. It doesn’t even need the nuts and brown sugar because the low fat cream cheese and non fat greek yogurt sauce is so good. You could probably use even less agave to cut down on sugar. My husband loved it. I had to warn him not to eat so much!
So easy & yummy! Because I had Neufchâtel cheese in the fridge l substituted it for the cream cheese. Used maple syrup for the same reason. Can’t wait to make it again.
This is so delicious! I’m not a big yogurt fan, but the crisp apples and grapes, along with the topping really made it worth it. I skipped brown sugar and sprinkled some cinnamon instead!
Also, I made this on Sunday and by Tuesday, the apples and grapes were still good! Not mushy at all!
Delicious! It’s nice to have fall flavors that aren’t something warm during 80 degree fall days in NC. I did use a vanilla oikos yogurt to keep from having to add the agave of extract.
Love this recipe! How long will it keep in the refrigerator?
3-4 days without the nuts. 🙂
When I saw this recipe I knew I had to have it for the birthday brunch we had this morning! Everyone loved it! I made some more so I could have it for lunches this week! Thanks for the delicious recipe!
Happy birthday! 🙂
Can you substitute red grapes for the green grapes?
This is a perfect recipe for those grapes that are a little too sour and no one wants to eat them! We always use up our grapes like this!
The next day it might be a little bit runny, but add a touch more yogurt amd stir it well.
We used whipped cream spread for easier stirring and I think a few less calories. Or you can use the flavored spreads, like pecan and maple. So yummy!
made this today! so good! thank you! any ideas for nut allergies? pretzels maybe?
Great idea! Or hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds, etc
Could it be done without the cream cheese? Need meals and snacks that are as low in fat as possible, so if I can take out the cream cheese, would be better.
Sure, just double the yogurt
This is wonderful!! I will be making this again for sure.
I made this tonight and it was delicious! I didn't have any grapes, so I used all apples and added some cinnamon to the walnut/brown sugar mixture. Yum!
I made this for dessert last night, topped with pecans, and substituting maple syrup for the brown sugar/agave. It was totally delicious and I was amazed that my son ate a good sized helping. He is generally very fussy!
I used to make this with Miracle Whip & Cool Whip. Thanks for a much healthier version!
Brilliant way to sneak yogurt past a person who refuses to eat it!
Just made this and it was wonderful! I am sure the kids will even like it.
I made these last week and they were so delish. It was hard not to eat the whole thing. My kids weren't crazy about it but my husband and I loved it and it satisfied my sweet tooth.
just made this and it was soooooo good! its not fall, but i would eat this anytime! great!
Would it be okay to freeze this in individual bowls? It is just my husband and I living in our apartment, and I believe I'd be the only one eating it, so I want to put it in individual bowls, and throw it in the freezer, then I can grab it for my lunch at work, then by lunch, it would be thawed out, however, I'd hate to do this, and the apples or grapes get "mushy" or gross. Thanks
I’d probably make less, half or 1/4 of the recipe
Made this a week or so ago and my son and husband went nuts for it…according to my hubby…this shit is goood!!!!! make it again lol.
Made this for a pre-wedding snack over the weekend for my cousins wedding, it was a hit!! I made it again today for my husband and he loved it too! Thanks for another great recipe!
Gina, do you know what the carbs would be if I left off the topping? My DH has to watch carbs, but he'd love this dessert-thanks!
Made this and it didn't last very long.It's sooo good. My husband loved it.
I made this earlier this week. I really enjoyed it and limited myself to 1/2 cup for a side for my lunches limiting the points that way. Thank you!
I made this on Sunday and I love it!
I'm so glad you all like it!!!
This is amazing. Made it last night and love it!
Had this at a brunch yesterday- so yummy I couldn't believe it was healthy!
What a healthy and tasty salad! So simple but so full of flavors. Love your recipe!
Me and my husband really enjoyed this. Thank you!
I'm sure it will be great Anna!
This looks awesome! If I sub in some light sour cream for the yogurt I think I have all the ingredients, assuming candied walnuts will also work as a sub for the topping. Grapes are so cheap right now.
You hear this all the time, but I love your site. I'm not on a diet per se, but it feels good to eat healthy delicious food, at least most of the time!
I think it would hold up ok. Put the topping on tomorrow.
Does anyone know how this holds up in the fridge overnight? I'm thinking of making it tonight for a party tomorrow night but I don't want it to get mushy.
I'm not surprised!! 🙂
Made this for a potluck and came home with a clean dish! Wonderful!
Thanks for the pin!!
This looks GREAT and a perfect dish I can bring to my moms group next week! I pinned it on pintrest too! 🙂 Thanks so much!
That is a perfect healthy fall recipe; love it will sure try it.
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Yum! This looks so good 🙂 I will be trying this tomorrow for breakfast
OMG!! I just made this…it was so good- that is my new breakfast! I did not have any walnuts so I used just a bit of peanut butter granola. YUM
I wonder if you could make this with a Marzetti cream cheese fruit dip rather than the yogurt and sweetener. It probably mimics the taste and it's about 3 points for 2 tablespoons. I am going to definitely make an apple and grape salad today based on seeing this! I have pecans, so will use them instead of walnuts, but I can almost taste the blend of fruits now! Thanks for the idea 🙂
Awesome anonymous!
Erika – it's seriously delicious!
This is very different – I've never seen anything like this! That being said, it looks delicious! 🙂
I just discovered your blog and have literally stayed up all night browsing and printing out recipes. you are my favorite person in the world right now. these all look so delicious and healthy. i have been looking for a website like this forever. and now…i will love you forever. ha. keep up the good work!!!!
Bella, they will love it!
Sarah, I'm not sure how that would change the points. You'll have to check on recipe builder.
Could I use a container of WW yogurt and some ff cream cheese and lower the points that way? If so would it be only 3?
looks great, can't wait to try it!! and thanks Gina for listing the amount of sodium in your recipes, it is greatly appreciated and very helpful! Sincerely, Rose
if only mine would turn out as lovely looking 🙂
Mmmm love this! I'm super excited for fall this year too. Weird!
Yum Gina this sounds and looks amazing….I am having a week at the beach next week and we are all on a diet. I have been looking for sweet things that would work and I do believe this will do it. As always thanks so much.
You'll be pleasantly surprised!
I was looking for a new way to eat grapes the other day and this dish is the perfect way to fulfill that.
This looks great for a snack, breakfast or lunch! 🙂 yumm
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Making a list of things to make the kids for after school snacks. So adding this one!