Recipe for cooking frosted party cantaloupe

Starters and Snacks :: Chilled Hors d'oeuvres

Frosted Party Cantaloupe

8 oz. softened cream cheese
2 Tbsp. milk
1 cantaloupe
Toasted coconut
Mixed fresh fruit
Mint leaves or parsley (for garnish)
Whole strawberry or cherry (for garnish)

Peel one cantaloupe and cut across bottom. Clean out seeds from center. Pat dry. Make mixture of fresh fruit such as fresh pineapple, strawberries, honeydew melon, grapes, blueberries, bananas, oranges and kiwi. Pack center of cantaloupe with fresh fruit and put onto servings tray.

Beat cream cheese and milk with mixer until spreading consistency. Frost cantaloupe with this mixture and coat with toasted coconut. Top with mint leaves or sprig of parsley centered with cherry or strawberry. Surround cantaloupe with remainder of fresh fruit. Use party picks for servings fruit and slice cantaloupe from center top to bottom, in sm. wedges.

Servings about 12 to 15.