How to Use Freeze Dried Pineapple Fruit Powder Crystals

Love pineapple flavor but hate the cutting, coring, slicing and juicing to prepare fresh pineapple? Look for freeze-dried pineapple fruit powder crystals. This powder adds the tangy, exotic sweetness of pineapple to all of your favorite foods without the hassle. Health food stores and Internet shops sell freeze-dried fruit powders. Stock up and store your extras, sealed in the pantry for up to one month after opening. Does this Spark an idea?

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Freeze-dried pineapple fruit powder crystals
Glass
Orange juice
Milk
Yogurt
Ice cream
Pudding
Tea ball
Shallow plate
1 cup brown sugar
Ham
Popsicle sticks
Bananas
Wax paper

Instructions

- 1
  
  Add one tablespoon of pineapple powder into one cup of juice or milk for a tropical twist to a morning smoothie. Make your own pineapple-orange juice with one tablespoon of pineapple powder stirred into one cup of orange juice.
- 2
  
  Fill a tea ball with the fruit crystals and shake it over yogurt, ice cream or pudding. The tea ball sifts the powder and prevents clumping. Stir the crystals into the dish just before serving.
- 3
  
  Pour ¼ cup of pineapple crystals onto a shallow plate. Dip the rim of a drinking glass into a bowl of water to dampen it, and turn it upside down into the pineapple powder to create a rim of pineapple flavor. Use this for tropical flavored drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic.
- 4
  
  Stir one tablespoon of pineapple powder crystals into one cup of brown sugar and scatter over a ham while baking for a sweet and tangy main entrée.
- 5
  
  Push a popsicle stick into a whole peeled banana. Roll it in pineapple powder, place it on wax paper and freeze it until solid. Serve instead of ice cream bars or use for the base of a banana split.