The invention relates to a method for preparing a dried fruit product, that may be based on dried fruits such as of raisins, peach, apricot, prunes, cherry, apple, pear, figs and blueberry. The method involves the coating of a dried fruit core by a pre-coating material and the curing of the pre-coating material to form a coating layer on the dried fruit core. Curing may be done by methods such as baking and roasting.
