How to Can Pineapple

Our family loves canned pineapple for an easy lunch or late night snack but at $1.00 each that can start to add up. So when I see whole fresh pineapples on sale at the grocery store, I like to can my own. This past week my local Kroger had the the lowest price I have seen in a while – .87 each! There was no way I was passing this up. I bought 5 pineapples and came home to can my own pineapple. If you have never canned pineapples, you’re going to love hw easy this process is.

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Materials Needed

Whole fresh pineapples
Sharp knife
Cutting board
Canning jars/lids/bands
Water bath canner
Jar Lifter to pull out hot jars (optional)
Funnel (optional)
Sugar

Directions

Wash the whole pineapples with cold water
Cut off the top and bottom of the pineapples
Slice each side and remove the middle (heart)
Cut each pineapple slice into bite size cubes

Heat several cups of water and add one cup sugar while you are cutting your pineapple
Add cubed pinapple chunks to the hot water/sugar mixture for about a minute

Fill your hot clean jars with the pineapple chunks
Use a canning funnel to make the process easier
Leave about 1/2 inch headspace
Top off the jars with your hot water/sugar syrup

Process the jars in a hot water bath canner for a full 15 minutes
Remove the hot jars with your canning tongs
Leave on a towel till cool
Store for winter snacks

I cut up 4 pineapples and ended up with 11 jars of pineapple chunks. That comes to approximately .30 each which is a great savings in my book! Plus ,I have a bonus pineapple for us to eat this weekend!

Have you ever canned pineapples? Do you love how easy they are to preserve for later? I’d love to hear your tips!

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How to Can Pineapple