A new way to enjoy summer melon
My local grocery store had seedless watermelons on sale for $3.77 this week. These babies were huge and I found myself looking for new ways to eat the watermelon. Of course, there is nothing wrong with simply cutting the watermelon into slices, but I thought it might peak my kids interest if the delicious fruit was served in a unique manner. That is when I decided to make watermelon splits.
The first thing I did was decorate the plates with a drizzle of hot fudge intertwined with a drizzle of butterscotch topping. On top of the hot fudge and butterscotch topping went a banana cut into two halves.
Next, I carved out a scoop of vanilla frozen yogurt and placed it on the banana. I followed that by a scoop of watermelon, another scoop of vanilla frozen yogurt, and one final scoop of watermelon. Of course, you could use all watermelon if you wish. I just love mixing the sweet watermelon with the creamy yogurt.
Finally, I top the watermelon splits with fat free whipped cream and a cherry. My kids like to sprinkle a few jimmies on top as well. There is nothing like a cold watermelon split on a hot summer day.
There are several ways you can change up this recipe. I thought of freezing the watermelon scoops before adding them to the splits. You could also decorate the plate with chocolate syrup instead of hot fudge. Any flavor of ice cream can be substituted for the vanilla frozen yogurt, and there are a ton of ice cream toppings that would taste great on the top of the whipped cream. You could use chopped nuts, chocolate chips or even bits of crushed pretzels.