Grilled Pineapple Skewers - Easy BBQ Dessert

Our grilled pineapple skewers are super easy and make the perfect zingy dessert to go with BBQ food.

Grilled pineapple skewers are just the perfect summer BBQ dessert recipe - they're super simple to make and oh so delicious served with vanilla ice cream, frozen yogurt or Greek yogurt with just a sprinkling of homemade mint sugar to finish them off.

You can make our pineapple skewers up ahead of time so that when BBQ time comes they just need whipping out of the fridge and putting onto the grill.

They cook and caramelise gorgeously in the heat and will only take a few minutes to be cooked to perfection.

Now if you're wondering about how to make your own minted sugar that's super easy too and just has two ingredients - fresh mint and caster sugar.

I use a gorgeous strawberry mint which tastes and smells just like juicy, minty strawberries - it's perfect for loads of summer recipes and salads. Totally worth hunting out and buying some plants to grow in the garden, or just in a little pot on the kitchen windowsill.

Grilled Pineapple Skewers Ingredients

• a fresh whole pineapple

• big handful of freshly picked mint leaves

• 5 tbs caster sugar

• kebab sticks

Grilled Pineapple Skewers Recipe

• If using wooden kebab sticks soak the sticks in water for a few hours before using - then they won't burn.

• Cut the top and bottom off the pineapple and peel the skin off using a sharp knife.

• Cut the pineapple into strips lengthways (avoiding the tough inner core) - then cut the strips into chunky bitesized cubes

• Thread the pineapple chunks onto the kebab sticks and rub with the minted sugar (see below for recipe)

• Grill the pineapple kebabs for a couple of minutes each side until they start to sizzle and caramelise then serve.

How to make minted sugar

• Pick the mint leaves from the sprigs of mint and place them into a pestle and mortar.

• Tip in the caster sugar

• Bash and grind the mint leaves into the sugar for 3-4 minutes, the sugar will start to turn a greenish colour.

• The minted sugar is ready when all the mint is finely ground into the sugar.

Make grilled pineapple skewers your way...

• You could add a kick of heat to your fruit kebabs and sprinkle on some chilli flakes

• If you can't be faffed making the minted sugar just drizzle over some honey before you grill for a sweet sticky taste.

• Add in some fresh peaches amongst the pineapple to mix things up.

How to serve grilled pineapple skewers

Well you can eat these just as they are - although let them cool a little first grilled fruit gets really hot!

But... they're extra nice served with vanilla ice-cream, frozen yogurt or thick creamy Greek yogurt with an extra sprinkling of the mint sugar.

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