Easy Rainbow Fruit Topped Bagel Recipe

Do you ever wake up in the morning and crave something clean to eat? I sure do! Especially after I’ve had a big feast the day before. That’s why this is such a lovely post holiday breakfast treat.

It’s a simple meal which makes up for all the slaving in the kitchen you’ve been doing before. And it’s full of fresh, simple, and clean ingredients to help you in your post holiday recovery. It has a little more sustenance than this gorgeous Rainbow Fruit Tray here.

If you want the easy printable recipe, scroll to the bottom. If you want to read my tips and tricks on how to make it, read on!

Ingredients You Can Make Ahead

There are 2 things you will want to make ahead for your Rainbow Fruit Topped Bagels. One, Vanilla Infused Fruit and two, Honey Cream Cheese. The Vanilla Infused Fruit will need to be made at least 1 hour before serving. That will give the fruit time to soak in all the vanilla essence. It’s amazing! The Honey Cream Cheese can be made ahead for sake of convenience. You can make it even days before and store it in the fridge. But you can also make it as you are ready to serve your Fruit Topped Bagels.

How to Make Honey Cream Cheese

The Honey Cream Cheese is simple! We are just going to sweeten it ever so slightly with honey. For 1/2 cup of cream cheese, I used about 2 tablespoons of honey. You could even use less. Just be sure to start with room temperature cream cheese, so you can mix the honey in thoroughly.

If you want to make it a little fancier, you could also add a tiny bit of lemon zest and lemon juice! Just a touch and it’s just an option – it’s not something that’s required.

How to Make Vanilla Infused Fruit

This is the star of this recipe – Vanilla Infused Fruit. Once you try this, you are going to want to infuse every time! In addition to vanilla, you can infuse your fruit with lemon, basil, mint and all kinds of things. To make it, after you chop your fruit into bite sized pieces, place them in a unique bowl for each fruit.

Add around 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract to each bowl of fruit. Gently toss the fruit to coat them. Allow them to marinade for at least an hour. Overnight will work perfectly too.

The Best Bagels

The better the bagel, the better this recipe will be. So if you have a traditional New York style Bagel place in your city – it will be worth it! I used whole wheat bagels to keep it simple and bring out the flavors in the Honey Cream Cheese and Vanilla Infused Fruit, but you could try this recipe with Cinnamon Raisin Bagels, Blueberry Bagels or something special!

Enjoy!