Passion Fruit - The fruit is both eaten and juiced; passion fruit juice is often added to other fruit juices to enhance the aroma.

The two types of passion fruit have clearly differing exterior appearances. The bright yellow variety of passion fruit, which is also known as the Golden Passion Fruit, can grow up to the size of a grapefruit, has a smooth, glossy, light and airy rind, and has been used as a rootstock for the Purple Passion Fruit in Australia. The dark purple passion fruit is smaller than a lemon, though it is less acidic than the yellow passion fruit, and has a richer aroma and flavor.

Smooth, leathery skin gradually wrinkles as the fruit ripens; fully ripe fruit looks like a small, wrinkled, purple-brown ball and sounds slushy when shaken. Cut in half to scoop out the fragrant, sweet-tart, yellowish flesh and small, dark edible seeds. Delicious mixed with other fruit such as cubed pineapple, or sweetened with a little sugar, honey or liqueur and used as a sauce for ice cream, rice pudding and custards.

Fresh passion fruit is high in beta carotene, potassium, and dietary fibre. Passion fruit juice is a good source of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), and good for people who have high blood pressure.

Some research is showing that purple passion fruit peel may help with controlling asthma symptoms. The fruit contains Lycopene in the mature and immature pericarp.

In New Zealand and Australia, where it is called "passionfruit", it is available commercially both fresh and tinned. Fresh passionfruit is eaten for breakfast in the Summer months, is added to fruit salads, and fresh fruit pulp or passion fruit sauce is commonly used in desserts, including as a topping for Pavlova (a regional meringue cake) and ice cream, a flavouring for cheesecake, and in the icing of vanilla slices. A passionfruit-flavoured soft drink called Passiona has also been manufactured in Australia for several decades.

In Hawaii, passion fruit is locally called lilikoi and and comes in yellow and purple varieties. Passion fruit can be cut in half and the seeds scooped out with a spoon. Lilikoi-flavoured syrup is a popular topping for shave ice. It is used as a desert flavoring for malasadas, cheesecakes, cookies, ice creammochi. Passion fruit is also favoured as a jam or jelly, as well as a butter. Most passion fruit comes from backyard gardens or is wild-collected. While it can be found at farmers' markets throughout the islands, fruits are seldom sold in grocery stores.

In Brazil, passion fruit mousse is a common dessert, and passion fruit seeds are routinely used to decorate the tops of cakes. Passion fruit juice is also very common. When making Caipirinha (national cocktail of Brazil), it is common to use passion fruit instead of lime; it is then called "caipifruta de maracujá". It is also used as a mild sedative, and its active ingredient is commercialized under several brands, most notably Maracugina.