Dessert Charcuterie Board

Kids and adults alike will be wowed by this fun and easy Dessert Charcuterie Board. Perfect to serve at your next birthday party, game night, book club, or any get together!

Fun and Easy Dessert Charcuterie Board

Considering that my sonโ€™s birthday dinner request when he turned 8 years old was sushi, I shouldnโ€™t have been surprised when he asked me to make him a Dessert Charcuterie Board for his 11th.

Me: what do you want as your dessert this year? Some type of cake? Oreo parfaits? Something else?
Trevor: you know that charcuterie board you made? (And yes, he DID actually say โ€œcharcuterieโ€)
Me: um, ya. ???
Trevor: can you make one of those, but with ALL dessert stuff?
Me: Lol. Really?
Trevor: please.
Me: Well, sure!
Trevor: and NOTHING healthy. No fruit or nuts, ok?
Me: copy that, little man.

I was immediately excited. It never crossed my mind to do another charcuterie board. But a dessert themed one? HOW FUN!

Dessert Charcuterie Board with chocolate truffles, Hershey's kisses, M&Ms, and candies

Charcuterie boards are technically made up of cured meats, so this is really โ€œjustโ€ a dessert board, but in a charcuterie style, letโ€™s say. Packed with tasty sweet treats, it was super easy and fun to map out and assemble, it practically made itself.

Basics to building an awesome Dessert Board

The key to a great Dessert Charcuterie Board is all about variety and balance, and includes ingredients that contrast and complement each other. Visually appealing boards have different textures, flavors, shapes, and colors.

Dessert Charcuterie Board with Golden Oreos, Hershey's kisses, and Sour Patch candies

Suggestions for your Dessert Board

The combinations are endless, mixing and matching cookies, chocolates, and candies. You could use different types of cookies, chocolate covered pretzels, M&Ms, fun size candy bars, chocolate truffles, mints, Hersheyโ€™s kisses, marshmallows, gummy worms, or Starbursts. Nuts and fruits are also a great way to balance out the sweets. It depends who youโ€™ll be serving it to.

Hereโ€™s what I put on this dessert board:

1. Regular and Golden Oreos
2. Frosted animal circus cookies
3. Pretzel M&Ms
4. Dark Chocolate Hersheyโ€™s Kisses
5. Ghirardelli squares – caramel, dark chocolate, and milk chocolate
6. Chocolate truffles – dark chocolate and caramel
7. Starburst gummies
8. Sour patch strawberries

How to serve a dessert board

There are so many dessert trays available online atย Amazon or Etsy, or in stores like Target and Bed Bath and Beyond. You can find them made of wood, marble, and bamboo. But if you donโ€™t have a tray, thatโ€™s ok! You can easily serve your goodies on a cookie sheet or holiday serving platter.

Dessert Charcuterie Board with cookies, chocolate, and candies

Bonus, this can be made in advance, and depending on whatโ€™s on your tray, cover and store it in the refrigerator until shortly before serving.

Dessert Boards are such a creative way to serve your guests something sweet, offering them variety and small bites. Thereโ€™s something for everyone and guaranteed to please!

Other charcuterie boards you might like!

Beginners Charcuterie Board

Cheese and Nut Board

Other no-bake dessert recipes we love!

Ritz Cracker Cookies

Rocky Road Avalanche Bars

Candy Coated Strawberry Carrots

Polar Bear Paws

Old Fashioned Potato Candy

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Well, hey there! Amy here, founder and COO at BellyFull. If youโ€™re looking for tried and true, fuss-free, budget-friendly, delicious, every day recipes, youโ€™ve come to the right place.

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2 Comments

  1. Linda M. Thomas says:

    Wow!!! Desert for kids. This is also perfect for any occasion especially when birthday parties. I really love how you combine the ingredients. I and my kids to make the way they like it.

  2. Mom says:

    How much fun was that! How did the birthday boy’s guests respond?