Mexican Fruit Salad Recipe with Chili Powder
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Fruit salad is one of my favorite healthy recipes to enjoy in the spring and summer months. Typically, I just throw whatever fruit I have on hand into a bowl and dress it with a bit of lemon juice (or for dessert – some honey).
This Mexican Fruit Salad is a fun take on the usual way you might dress up summer fruits. In this salad I brought together: mango, dragon fruit, melon, jicama, pineapple, strawberry, kiwi and chili powder for a sweet + spicy side dish. You can use whatever fruits you have on hand – although tropical fruits work really well in this recipe!
How To Make This Mexican Fruit Salad Recipe
Ingredients and Notes
The ingredients for these Mexican fruit bowls are easy to find at your local grocery store, especially since you can customize it based on whatever is in season!
Fruit: I used Yellow Watermelon, Jicama, Mango, Kiwi, Dragon Fruit, Strawberries – but this recipe is so flexible, feel free to use a combination of your favorite fruit! Honeydew melon, Coconut Flakes, or any seasonal fresh fruit would taste great in this sweet fruit salad.
Seasonings: A squeeze of lime juice, Salt, Black Pepper, and spicy chile powder or chili lime seasoning gives this salad its unique flavor. You could also use ancho chili powder for a more smoky flavor.
Tools and Equipment
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1: Cube all of your fruit to be about the same size.
Step 2: Transfer to large bowl. Pour fresh lime juice over top. Using clean hands gently combine so that lime juice covers the fruit evenly. Add salt, pepper, and chili powder. Incorporate with your hands to evenly spread spices among the fruit.
Step 3: Serve in individual bowls, and enjoy!

What Makes This Mexican Fruit Salad Healthy?
- Low Calorie: One serving of this fruit salad has only 55 calories. It’s a healthy low calorie dessert, or perfect to bring to a picnic.
- No Added Sugar: Most fruit salads add orange juice or some fruit juice or syrup to make it sweeter. But this fruit salad has no added sugar. All of the fruits included are already naturally sweet! There’s no need to sprinkle any sugar on top to enjoy this recipe. One serving of this fruit salad contains 8 grams of natural sugars.
- High in Fiber: Whole fruit is a natural source of fiber, and is much healthier than fruit juice (which has no fiber and is all sugar). One serving of this fruit salad has 2 grams of fiber.
Recipe FAQs
Kids love fruit salad! This one is a little different than ones they are likely used to enjoying, because it’s both sweet and spicy due to the chili powder. I recommend encouraging them to try it, but leave some cut fruit on the side in case the spices aren’t their thing. If they don’t like it you can offer them the plain fruit, which is a delicious treat all on its own!
Jicama is a root vegetable. It is also called a Mexican yam bean, or Mexican turnip. It’s round in shape with a thin brown skin, and a white starchy interior. It has a sweet and starchy flavor and adds a nice bit of crunch to recipes. It’s most often eaten raw with a touch of lemon or lime juice and a sprinkle of the chili powder.
Dragon fruit has a bright pink exterior and is “polka dotted” on the inside. It tastes like a cross between a kiwi and a melon. The exterior is not edible, but the inside is sweet and delicious!
Tropical fruits taste delicious with chili powder, because their natural sweetness balances out the spice nicely. Fruits such as watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe, pineapple, and mango all pair well with a hint of chili.

How to Serve
This salad would pair perfectly with most Mexican food. Here are a few ideas…
- Black Bean Tacos
- Elotes
- Chips and this healthy guacamole recipe
- Enchiladas
- Burrito Bowl
- Quesadillas
- Loaded Veggie Nachos
Expert Tips
- Cut all of your fruit into similarly sized small cubes.
- Use more or less chili powder depending on how spicy you like it. If you have kids you may want to hold off on adding the spices until you have separated out their portion.
- For an extra kick – add a pinch of cayenne to this dish!
- Add other tropical fruit such as papaya or pineapple! Or use any fruit you have on hand!
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Mexican Fruit Salad
Ingredients
- 1 cup seedless yellow watermelon (or melon of choice) cubed
- 1 cup jicama cubed
- 1 cup mango cubed
- 2 kiwis cubed
- 2 dragon fruit peeled & cubed
- 1 cup strawberries cubed
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/4 tsp salt more to taste
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1/4 tsp chili powder more to taste
Instructions
- Cut all of your fruit into small cubes.
- Toss with lime juice, and spices.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- Cube all of your fruit into bite size pieces
- Cube the fruit into 1 inch cubes
- Use more or less chili powder depending on how spicy you like it. If you have kids you may want to hold off on adding the spices until you have separated out their portion.
- For an extra kick – add a pinch of cayenne to this dish!
- Add other tropical fruit such as papaya or pineapple! Or use any fruit you have on hand!
Can’t have a better fruit salad for summers! totally love it.
Thanks Meenakshi! So glad you liked it!
This fruit salad looks so healthy and delicious! Love all the colors.
Thanks Biana! I’m sure you’ll love this when you try it!
This looks so fresh and delicious 😋 I can’t wait to try it this summer!
It really is perfect for summer!
This salad looks delicious! What a great side dish for the summer.
Thanks Serena! Enjoy!
What a tasty, crispy and amazing fruit salad. I love it!
Thanks so much Nishtha! 🙂
This salad is so pretty and very refreshing. And it’s amazing that this has got to be one of the easiest dressing ever.
Thanks so much Anita! Yes, absolutely, it is a very easy salad and dressing to make!
This salad looks healthy and delicious, I love it!! What a perfect side dish for meat or fish. Burrito Bowl here I come, cheers.
Yesss this would be amazing paired with a burrito bowl! Enjoy!!
What a tasty, crispy fruit salad! We love it!
Aww yay! So happy to hear that Sally!
I love eating fruit salads no matter what time of the year! Love the idea of adding jicama to the mix though. Awesome idea!
Thanks so much Amy! The jicama pairs so well with the sweeter fruits in this salad – it makes it feel very refreshing!
Wow this is such a beautiful bowl! I can’t wait to make it!
Thanks so much Cate! Hope you love it!
I wish I wasn’t allergic to melons because these look so yummy! 🙂
i like ur pics,..thy look so fresh
I was amazed when I tried chili powder on melon. It made it taste like a grown-up treat.
Pretty pics!