Grilled Peaches and Cherries with Cinnamon-Honey Syrup is a delicious way to top vanilla ice cream and part of a sponsored post for Socialstars.
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This year, we started doing something new in the produce department. I don’t pick the fruit anymore. Unless I need something in particular for a recipe, I have handed over the fruit shopping to the kids. I try keep the experience as rule-free as I can and they can pick almost anything they want, with two words of advice:
1. Choose fruit that is in season
2. Choose fruit that is lower in price as much as possible (which is pretty easy to do with fruit in season)
It’s proving to be a great learning experience for them. The kids didn’t pay attention to cherries until they were overflowing in the produce department. This prompted lots of conversations about why they are seeing so many in the stores and about fruits are in season. The only “downfall” is that they want cherries on every shopping trips because they know they will soon be gone.
With this change in our shopping, our kids have eaten more fresh fruit this summer than any other year. Something in particular that the kids are loving is grilled fruit. We’ve grilled pineapple in the past, but now we started grilling lots of different fruits, plus grilling them in different ways.
The biggest hit of the summer? Without a doubt, it’s been my Grilled Peaches and Cherries with Cinnamon-Honey Syrup. We use it as an ice cream topping and even when IÂ make a large batch, and it’s ALWAYSÂ gone in one day. That’s a seal of approval in our house!
I think your family will love these Grilled Peaches and Cherries with Cinnamon-Honey Syrup too, so I’m super excited to share with you how I make it. It’s a great time to make this since cherries are in season and at a great price. I picked up the beauties you see in this post in the Walmart Produce section for less than $3 per pound. While you won’t need a full pound for this recipe, you might as well get a pound because it’s hard to resist snacking on them. To get your cherries ready for grilling, you’ll just need to cut them in half and remove their pit and stems.
Ingredients Needed for Grilled Peaches and Cherries with Cinnamon-Honey Syrup:
- Cherries (14oz)
- Large Peaches (3)
- Honey (1/4 Cup)
- Unsalted Butter (1 1/2 Tablespoon)
- Ground Cinnamon (1/4 Teaspoon)
- Vanilla Ice Cream (Optional)
Cooking Equipment needed for Grilled Peaches and Cherries with Cinnamon-Honey Syrup:
I also bought the peaches for this recipe in the  Walmart Produce department  for .99 cents per pound. While your prices may vary a bit, but I do find them to be one of the lowest in town. And, of course, Walmart produce also has a 100% money back guarantee, which means that if you don’t love the produce you buy, just bring back your receipt to them and they will give you a full refund.
The peaches are cut into large chunks and the pit is discarded.
On wooden skewers that have been soaked in water, the fruit is threaded onto the skewers. I recommend putting your cherries and peaches on separate skewers as this will help the fruit on each skewer to come in contact with the grill surface.
The fruit is grilled on medium heat for about 10-15 minutes or unless tender and showing grill marks. They are removed from the grill and the fruit is placed in a bowl and the skewers are discarded.
While the fruit is cooling a bit, it’s time to make our cinnamon-honey syrup. It’s such a great addition to the grilled fruit and so delicious drizzled on top of vanilla ice cream. To make this, you’l just melt together butter, honey, and cinnamon into a small saucepan.
Drizzle the cinnamon-honey syrup over the top of your grilled peaches and cherries and very gently turn the fruit over in the bowl to ensure that all the fruit is coated. If fruit is still hot or very warm, allow it to continue to cool.
Spoon the warm fruit over a scoop of vanilla ice cream. You should have extra cinnamon-honey sauce collecting in the bottom of your bowl, so don’t be shy about drizzling a bit extra over your ice cream. Take a bite and I bet you’ll agree that there is only two words to describe this: insanely delicious.
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PrintGrilled Peaches and Cherries with Cinnamon-Honey Syrup
Description
Grilled Peaches and Cherries with Cinnamon-Honey Syrup are a must for summer grilling. Insanely delicious and perfect over a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
- 14 ounces cherries
- 3 large peaches
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 1/2 tablespoons butter (unsalted)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Vanilla Ice Cream (optional)
Instructions
- Cut cherries in half and remove their pit and stems. Cut the peaches into large chunks and discard the pit.
- Heat grill to medium heat. Thread fruit onto the skewers. Grill fruit on medium heat for about 10-15 minutes or until tender and showing grill marks. Remove the fruit skewers from the grill. When cooled enough to handle, but still warm, transfer fruit to a large bowl from the skewers.
- In a small saucepan, just melt together butter, honey, and cinnamon over low heat. When butter is melted and ingredients are combined, remove from heat. Drizzle over fruit in the bowl and gently turn the fruit over in the bowl to ensure that all the fruit is coated with the syrup. If fruit is still hot or very warm, allow it to continue to cool.
- Spoon the warm fruit over a scoop of vanilla ice cream, if desired. Spoon extra cinnamon-honey over the ice cream.
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Grilling
- Cuisine: American
Jennifer says
I just love grilled fruit. Great recipe—pinned. Thanks for sharing at the Weekend Blog Hop at My Flagstaff Home! –Jennifer
Stephanie Bickis says
This looks so yummy. Do you think the fruit could be grilled ahead and the next day make and add the syrup, thoughts?.
Monica @HappyandBlessedHome.com says
This week I’m featuring some amazing Summer Berry recipes at Family Fun Friday and this recipe made the short list! Thanks for sharing your culinary talents and for linking at Family Fun Friday.
Petra says
Grilled fruit is one of my summer pleasures! Peaches and cherries are so good. It looks so good on your photos and thank you for bringing this to Fiesta Friday #179! 🙂
Miz Helen says
We love grilled fruit, this looks awesome! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday, have a great weekend and come back soon!
Miz Helen
Joanne @ No Plate Like Home says
Looks incredible. Definitely need to pin this to my desserts board on Pinterest. We went blueberry picking a couple weeks ago and I ate a bunch of cherries on the way to the blueberry bushes! Yum! These looks fantastic! You got me at Cinnamon-Honey Syrup!
Sarah says
Oh boy, this looks soooooo good!
Carol says
Grilled fruit is always wonderful and this looks so yummy!
Melissa Soto says
Believe it or not, I’ve never had grilled peaches. Somehow the idea of grilling peaches just doesn’t sound good to me. But, this is a beautiful dessert and I just may have to give it a try!
Lorelai says
Yumm-O! Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty – We hope to see you again next week!
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
Lou Lou Girls says
This looks so amazing! I can’t wait to try it. Pinned and tweeted! Thanks for being a part of our party. I hope to see you, tonight at 7 pm. Lou Lou Girls
Sarah R. says
Grilled fruit is my JAM and you’ve picked my two absolute favorites here!! Thanks for linking up at Snickerdoodle Sunday- can’t wait to see your latest and greatest this weekend. 🙂
Sarah (Sadie Seasongoods)
CrazyMom a/k/a Melanie says
YUMMM.. you made my day.. I love Peaches and I love cherries and putting these together.. WOW.. loved your picture and soo gonna try the recipe this weekend… Soo excited.. hope mine turns out as great as yours
Stacey - Seattle Mom Blog says
That’s the most delicious thing I’ve ever seen! I would have never thought to combine these ingredients like this. Amazing.
Dawn says
That is one seriously gorgeous recipe. It just LOOKS so good. I see this and ice cream in my immediate future.
Ben - Gentlebim says
That looks freakin’ awesome! I’d love that with my Grapenuts.
Jennifer says
Grilled peaches and cherries with cinnamon honey syrup? OMG, that sounds DELICIOUS! I’d love that over some Greek yogurt.