Nine New Summer Fruits That Taste Like Candy Prevention
December 6, 2022 · 3 min · 509 words · Sonia Quinn
Cotton Candy GrapesNo need to hit up a circus for a taste of that spun sugar you got your hands sticky with as a kid. Scoop up Grapery’s cotton candy-flavored green grapes, freeze, and enjoy as a sweet summer treat. A half-cup serving contains 14 g sugar, slightly more than regular green grapes, which have 12.5 g sugar per half-cup.
PineberriesThese white strawberries look like something straight out of Willy Wonka’s factory. In reality, they’re a simple cross between a Hawaiian strawberry and the common garden-variety strawberry. But the pineapple flavor is nothing short of magic. It comes at a price, though: Pineberries have five times as many calories as regular strawberries. Find them in Dean & DeLuca stores or order a plant and grow ’em yourself.
SunGold KiwifruitsThis hybrid tastes something like a cross between a mango and a strawberry. Although slightly more candylike compared to the OG green fruits (55 calories and 10 g sugar per SunGold versus 40 calories and 6 g sugar per regular kiwi), SunGolds contain twice as much vitamin C—just one of these sunny suckers meets your daily requirement. Look for them on supermarket shelves June through January.
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Purple Wonder StrawberriesSweeter than the regular red variety, Purple Wonders are the fruits of Cornell scientists’ curiosity. This breed of berry is especially high in antioxidants. Not available in most grocery stores, you can order the plants from burpee.com for your backyard or fire-escape garden.
TayberriesThis blackberry-raspberry hybrid is bursting with sweet-tart flavor. The ruby red berries are also loaded with vitamin C and have half the calories of raspberries. They’re only in season July through mid-August and tend to yield less in a harvest than their raspberry cousins. Because of their rarity, tayberries can usually only be spotted at farmers’ markets. Scoop them up while you can!
OroblancosSpanish for “white gold,” this cross between a pomelo and a white grapefruit doesn’t have the tangy bite of regular grapefruit. These things are packed with potassium and fiber and make a sweet addition to summer salads. Look for them at farmers’ markets or in mainstream supermarkets like Shop Rite.
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LimequatsA cross between a Key lime and a kumquat, this sweet-and-sour fruit makes a great on-the-go snack. The skin is edible, so you can bite into these babies peel and all. Pick them up at Whole Foods.
PluotsThe pluot, a cross between a plum and an apricot, is the second attempt at fusing these two fruits (Plumcots came first). With a sweeter plumlike taste, pluots are high in sugar, so munch in moderation. Pluot varieties can typically be found in grocery stores like Whole Foods.
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Moon DropsThe out-of-this-world shape of these fingerlike purple grapes makes them look a little like Jolly Ranchers. Except you can enjoy the strange tubelike grape hybrids without worrying about artificial sugars and colors. Moon Drops will hit the produce aisle starting in late August.