Yellow pineapple, orange clementines and a white layer of homemade yogurt turn four little fruit cups into candy-corn parfaits. A sprinkle of unsweetened coconut finishes the top. The fruit supplies the sweetness, and you can see all three colors through the glass.
Have your homemade 24-hour GAPS yogurt finished and chilled before you begin. With that ready, these no-cook Halloween snacks take about 10 minutes to assemble.
Where These Parfaits Fit on GAPS
Wait until diarrhea and abdominal pain have cleared and stools are consistently normal before introducing raw fruit. Use these parfaits after raw pineapple, clementines, coconut and homemade fermented dairy have been introduced and tolerated. Serve them as a Full GAPS fruit snack between meals.
The complete parfait is not an Introduction Diet recipe, even if you already use its plain yogurt during Intro.
Choose ripe fresh fruit and plain homemade whole-milk yogurt. The coconut should be unsweetened and free of preservatives or other additives.
Prepare the Fruit and Yogurt
Peel and core the pineapple, then cut the flesh into small pieces about half an inch across. Measure one cup of those prepared pieces. Peel the clementines, separate the segments, remove any seeds and cut the segments in half. Measure one cup after preparing them. Fruit sizes vary, so the prepared cup measure is more useful than a fixed number of clementines.
Measure one cup of finished, cold yogurt. If your homemade batch is too runny to form a distinct layer, use the existing yogurt-draining method first. A shorter drain leaves thicker yogurt; an overnight drain makes a soft curd. For these cups, stop at a spoonable yogurt texture and measure after draining. That advance draining takes extra time.
Make Three Visible Layers
Set out four clear 8-ounce glasses or jars. Each cup holds three quarter-cup layers, so leave enough room above them for the coconut.
Spoon a quarter cup of pineapple into each glass, keeping the fruit near the sides so the yellow layer is visible. Add a quarter cup of clementine pieces, then gently spoon a quarter cup of yogurt over the orange fruit. Keep the spoon near the surface as you add the yogurt so it does not plunge through the fruit layers.
Sprinkle half a tablespoon of coconut over each white top. Serve the parfaits immediately, while the fruit layers are distinct and the coconut has a little texture.
Recommended Equipment
You need clear 8-ounce glasses or jars, a cutting board, a small knife, measuring cups and spoons, and a serving spoon. The clear sides show the Halloween colors; no blender or food processor is needed for this plain-yogurt version.
Serving and Storage
For a Halloween party, assemble the parfaits close to serving time for the clearest layers. Keep the prepared yogurt refrigerated until you need it. Cover any leftover parfaits and refrigerate them promptly; the fruit can release juice into the yogurt as it sits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does This Taste Like Candy Corn?
The candy-corn idea is in the colors. These cups taste like pineapple, clementines, tangy plain yogurt and coconut.
Do I Need Sweetened Vanilla Yogurt?
Plain homemade whole-milk yogurt is the selected version here. Ripe fruit supplies the sweetness. Finish the yogurt’s full ferment and chill it before measuring.
Can I Make a Bigger Tray of Parfaits?
Use the card’s 2× control for eight parfaits. Keep the same quarter-cup layers in each glass and half-tablespoon coconut topping.
Candy Corn Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits Recipe
Candy Corn Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits for Full GAPS
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Have the linked homemade yogurt fully fermented and chilled before you begin. If it is too runny to sit in a distinct layer, drain it using the linked whey method until spoonable, then measure the yogurt. Advance yogurt making, chilling and any draining take additional time.
- Peel and core the ripe pineapple. Dice the flesh into about 1/2-inch pieces and measure the prepared fruit.
- Peel the clementines and separate the segments. Remove any seeds, cut the segments in half and measure the prepared fruit.
- Set out a clear 8-ounce glass or jar for each parfait. Spoon 1/4 cup pineapple into each, followed by 1/4 cup clementine pieces.
- Gently spoon 1/4 cup cold yogurt over the orange layer in each glass. Keep the spoon near the fruit surface so the layers stay visible.
- Sprinkle 1/2 tablespoon coconut over each white top and serve immediately. Cover any leftovers and refrigerate promptly.
Notes
Tried this recipe?
Let us know how it was!Other Halloween Recipes
- Jack-o-Lantern Stuffed Peppers put carved faces on a warm dinner.
- Orange Mad Scientist Smoothies come with a gummy worm at the rim.
- Spinach and Apple Gummy Worms add another green Halloween treat.
Other Variations
For another simple fruit presentation, make Clementine Pumpkins with celery stems. Keep the plain yogurt recipe handy for other sweet or savory uses once your batch is ready.
Recipe Source
This fresh-fruit version follows Falyn’s Candy Corn Fruit Parfait at Maple Lane Kitchen, including its plain whole-milk yogurt and fresh-clementine options. It uses the same prepared amounts with homemade GAPS yogurt.
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