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If you like bright, tropical fruit flavors then passion fruit is a must-try. It’s a popular flavor in fruit punch, but definitely doesn’t taste like “red”. It’s tart, sweet and juicy with a heady tropical fragrance that’s reminiscent of guava. The texture is crunchy and slightly jelly-like because of the juicy sacs surrounding the edible black passion fruit seeds.

The Countertop:

Passionfruit can be stored on your countertop to ripen. You’ll know they’re ripe when the passion fruit’s skin begins to get slightly wrinkled or dimpled. Do not cut into your passion fruit until you’re ready to eat them.

Refrigerated:

Once ripened, refrigerate passionfruit to keep them fresh for up to two weeks. Leftover passionfruit can be placed in a sealed container and refrigerated for up to two days.

Frozen:

Freezing passionfruit is a great option if you want to keep these tropical fruits fresher, longer. It’s best to freeze passionfruit pulp, not the whole fruit. To freeze, first scoop the passionfruit pulp from its peel and place into a freezer safe container.

It might seem counterintuitive, but you can tell that a passion fruit is ripe when the deep purple skin begins to show some wrinkling. Passion fruit gets a little wrinkly when it’s ripe, and that’s when passion fruit are the most juicy and delicious! Just don’t let them go too far; you don’t want to confuse your passion fruit for a big ol’ raisin. At that point, over wrinkled passion fruit are just plain dried out.

Passion fruit are easy to use in countless recipes for snacks, meals, sweets, sauces and drinks. This versatile fruit is about to become your go-to kitchen hack for adding a punch of unexpected tropical flavor to just about everything.

Passion fruit is used in desserts and pastries to add golden color and tropical flavor. It’s delicious when added to juices and smoothies, or to simply enhance your water with tart tropical flavor.