Dessert Charcuterie Board
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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!
Considering that my sonโs birthday dinner request when he turned 8 years old was sushi, I shouldnโt 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 โcharcuterieโ)
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!
Charcuterie boards are technically made up of cured meats, so this is really โjustโ a dessert board, but in a charcuterie style, letโs 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.
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, Hersheyโs kisses, marshmallows, gummy worms, or Starbursts. Nuts and fruits are also a great way to balance out the sweets. It depends who youโll be serving it to.
Hereโs what I put on this dessert board:
1. Regular and Golden Oreos
2. Frosted animal circus cookies
3. Pretzel M&Ms
4. Dark Chocolate Hersheyโs 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 donโt have a tray, thatโs ok! You can easily serve your goodies on a cookie sheet or holiday serving platter.
Bonus, this can be made in advance, and depending on whatโs 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. Thereโs something for everyone and guaranteed to please!
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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.
How much fun was that! How did the birthday boy’s guests respond?