- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 teaspoons coarse salt
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped hot fresh chile, such as habanero
- 1 large pineapple
- Combine the sugar, salt and chile and place in decorative bowls. Cut the top off the pineapple and place on a platter. Remove the inner fronds and place a tall candle in the center of the pineapple top. Cut the pineapple base into 1-inch pieces and scatter around the platter. Set out bowls of dip and toothpicks.