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The Ultimate Barbecue Finale: Grilled Dessert

Posted Wed, Aug 01, 2007, 3:39 pm PDT
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Many of today's avid grillers have expanded their techniques and repertoires to include more than barbecued meats; now they're also starting to discover the delicious tastes of grilled vegetables and even breads. What's next? The new frontier: grilled desserts.  

Although my friends at the Campfire Café prove that a variety of cakes, pies, and tarts can be cooked successfully over an open fire, I chose this particular dessert recipe with kids in mind. Threading the fruit onto the skewers can be a great way to get the kids involved with meal preparation and reinforces an appreciation for fruit in their diet. From my experience, kids love kebabs. Just make sure, depending on the child's age, that you supervise them when served.

GRILLED FRUIT KEBABS
Makes 8 Servings

3 tablespoons canola oil
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 bananas, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
2 peaches or nectarines, pitted and cut into 1-inch pieces
4 (1-inch) slices pineapple (canned or fresh) cut into chunks
2 pears, pitted and cut into 1-inch pieces
2 apples, cored and cut into 1-inch pieces

Stir the oil, lemon juice, brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl until the sugar dissolves.

Thread various kinds of fruit alternately onto 8 skewers. Brush kebabs with the oil mixture and place on the grill over medium heat. Turn frequently until fruit begins to brown, about 6 to 8 minutes.

Remove from grill and let cool briefly. Serve warm to room temperature.

  • 1. Posted by Dena on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:03 pm PDT

    Can't believe it was actually Delicious.. GRANDKIDS LOVED IT!! And thats what count's with me..

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  • 2. Posted by flute91894 on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:12 pm PDT

    Loved it!!0

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  • 3. Posted by flute91894 on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:12 pm PDT

    Loved it!!

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  • 4. Posted by robert w on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:13 pm PDT

    how can anyone like HOT fruit?????

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  • 5. Posted by yolanda u on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:17 pm PDT

    try this same receipt with just peaches..over vanilla ice cream..soo good!

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  • 6. Posted by a_goldberg25 on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:18 pm PDT

    This looks great. I can attest that grilled fruit with brown sugar is delicious, I have been doing it for years. When the fruit cooks, the sugar caremelizes and gives it an unbelievable flavor. Its healthier than most baked deserts too.

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  • 7. Posted by Thin for a reason on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:19 pm PDT

    If the only way you can entice your kids to eat fruit is to slather it with oil and sugar, then you may as well give them Fruit Rollups or something equally as "healthy".

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  • 8. Posted by erin f on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:20 pm PDT

    dont the bananas get squishy when they get hot? seem like they wouldnt stay on very good.

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  • 9. Posted by Adam B on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:20 pm PDT

    Sounds Terrible. Just gimme the fruit like it is. And you said it robert w, who the heck would eat hot fruit straight without being in a pie or something??

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  • 10. Posted by Thin for a reason on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:20 pm PDT

    If the only way you can entice your kids to eat fruit is to slather it with oil and sugar, then you may as well give them fruit roll-ups or something equally as "healthy".

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  • 11. Posted by Kenneth Wilson on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:21 pm PDT

    Wow, grilled fruit kabob, way to think outside the box Art...yawn

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  • 12. Posted by collygolightly on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:23 pm PDT

    Posted by robert w on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:13 pm PDT how can anyone like HOT fruit????? What about warm apple pie? That's "hot fruit" :)

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  • 13. Posted by rend130 on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:25 pm PDT

    How could you not like hot fruit...have you ever had a pie??

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  • 14. Posted by megan on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:28 pm PDT

    robert w - ever hear of fruit pie??? Hmmmm..hot fruit...duh!

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  • 15. Posted by megan on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:32 pm PDT

    Thin for a reason - where in this article does it state, or even hint, that the only way to entice kids to eat fruit is to "slather it in oil and sugar" - try actually READING the article!!

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  • 16. Posted by billageegranite on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:34 pm PDT

    Art, are you a Fruit??????????

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  • 17. Posted by billageegranite on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:34 pm PDT

    Art, are you a Fruit??????????

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  • 18. Posted by michelle_ejohnson on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:35 pm PDT

    sounds good to me!.... I'm gonna try it!

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  • 19. Posted by Big N Pretty on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:36 pm PDT

    thin for a reason sounds like she's annorexic or something equally discusting

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  • 20. Posted by Jenna on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:39 pm PDT

    Fruit Kabobs are really yummy. Instead of using oil use lowfat margarine. It will give it the same brown crisp. For those of you that think its not healthy.

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  • 21. Posted by resdeb20042003 on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:43 pm PDT

    For those who say it is slathered in sugar and oil, read the amounts again. It is 3Tbs of oil and sugar. that is hardly slathering in fat.

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  • 22. Posted by singingholli on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:45 pm PDT

    I think it sounds good. I went camping a few weeks ago and we cored some apples, put some cinnamon and sugar in the middle, wrapped then in tin foil and it was sooooo good!

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  • 23. Posted by Eliza L on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:48 pm PDT

    It mentions kids here: "I chose this particular dessert recipe with kids in mind. Threading the fruit onto the skewers can be a great way to get the kids involved with meal preparation and reinforces an appreciation for fruit in their diet. From my experience, kids love kebabs. Just make sure, depending on the child's age, that you supervise them when served." BUT BUT BUT ... it's dessert. If you're going to serve your kids dessert it would be better to serve them the natural sugar rather than a processed sugar. And frankly 3tbsp oil, sugar and cinnamon is hardly a "slathering" but if it bothers you .. I bet you can easily add the oil and sugar to "taste".

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  • 24. Posted by Joanne on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:49 pm PDT

    I will try it soon.

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  • 25. Posted by sleeplessrain on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:50 pm PDT

    all you naysayers haven't even tried it...don't knock it til you tried it...

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  • 26. Posted by Jay on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:57 pm PDT

    Oh my...you people have nothing better to bark at! Why don't you focus your stress toward something meaningful like aid for the people of the bridge disaster in Minnesota! For crying out loud its not national policy, it's fruit!!

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  • 27. Posted by sammy112292 on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:59 pm PDT

    i am so glad you posted this recipe. I was cooking with my friends (we call it a "food network challenge") for desert i grilled pineapple. i grilled an assortmet of other fruits as well and plated it with my new favorite, mango sorbet. i got a 96 on it based on theme, originality, TASTE! (most important), and more. I heard bobby flay talk about grilling fruits, so i gave it my own twist by glazing it in honey before grilling. it is so easy, afourteen year old (like myself) can do it!

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  • 28. Posted by Jay on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 1:59 pm PDT

    Oh, by the way...I have contributed to the cause in Minnesota, and Art, great idea for a dessert!!

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  • 29. Posted by sean c on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 2:05 pm PDT

    First, to those who cringe at the idea of hot fruit, just go dribble some more of that A1 sauce on that piece of meat on your plate. Second, you can remove both the oil and sugar content if you like and simply marinate in a juice of some kind, preferably a natural juice and use the cinnamon and maybe add some nutmeg or whatever you feel like. And to Yolanda U, well done, but try some other flavors also, pineapple on coconut ice cream, or even some raspberry sherbert.... RECIPES.... are not to be blindly followed, but to inspire creativity... again to those who arent just grab another budweiser and drop your chunk of meat on the grill, am sure its the best way to have a meal anyway....

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  • 30. Posted by on Thu, Aug 02, 2007, 2:11 pm PDT

    I don't get it ... is this supposed to be something new? Yawn. When will you offer something even approaching original?

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