Indulge your sweet tooth with 23 super easy Christmas dessert charcuterie board ideas. It’s a fun twist on a traditional charcuterie board.
Let’s make a festive dessert board for any holiday parties you may have coming up.
We have tips for what ingredients to include, different varieties for presentation and ideas for serving.
There are so many super cute holiday ideas!
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What is a Holiday Dessert Charcuterie Board?
A Christmas dessert charcuterie board is a tray filled with your favorite holiday cookies, candies and fruits with a mix of dips.
Mix up the flavors and textures to and include desserts in traditional red and green to make the dessert board stand out.
The number of items you include will depend on how many people will be at your get together.
You don’t have to bake everything you are serving.
The grocery store carries a variety of dessert platter ideas that you can mix in with your homemade cookies and candies.
Arrange store-bought cookies as well if you like.
It’s all about having fun with it and making the presentation festive for the holiday season.
If you prefer classic charcuterie boards for your holiday parties with meats and cheeses be sure to check out these tips on how to make the ultimate charcuterie board.
There are over 30 different varieties!
Popular Ingredients for Simple Dessert Boards
There are no rules when putting together dessert boards. But, here are some sweet treats you may want to include.
- chocolate covered pretzels
- graham crackers
- assorted Christmas candy – try this 2-ingredient fudge
- candy canes
- a variety of holiday cookies – these 3 ingredient sugar cookies are perfect
- mini marshmallows
- apple slices or other fresh fruit
- dried fruits – try these sugared cranberries
- chocolate dipping or other dips like cheesecake dips
How to Serve a Dessert Charcuterie Board
The main thing to look for is a board large enough to display your ingredients with room for a nice variety of items. Here are a few ideas for serving your sweet charcuterie board.
Arrange the items around your tray mixing colors and textures.
Add dips in small bowls and although most of the items are finger foods, include a few accessories like tongs to make serving easy.
Can I Make the Dessert Board Ahead of Time
For best results, it’s not recommended to make the board ahead of time. The cookies may get stale and fresh fruit is best served cold.
However, you can make up the dips ahead of time and keep them covered in the mini bowls.
Also, place everything together so all you have to do is open everything and set up the tray.
Kids could even help-especially if you are making a candy charcuterie board!
23 Dessert Charcuterie Board Ideas
Now that we've talked about what to include in a dessert board, let's see some beautiful board ideas to inspire you to make your own. Several of these ideas would also work for a New Year's Eve or Valentine's Day party.
Kids and adults will love this hot cocoa dessert board with a mix of mini marshmallows and decorated full size marshmallows. Set up a slow cooker filled with hot cocoa and guests can make their own with their choice of toppings.
Make a Santa hat buttercream board with a mix of store-bought cookies for dipping. It doesn't get much easier than this!
It's all in the presentation and this sweet gnome is such a cute way to put together a dessert board.
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Create a seasonal cookie board with homemade cookies, nuts and fruit displayed with a few sprigs of pine for a beautiful presentation.
Who can resist this Grinch candy and fruit board? Such a creative idea!
Explore the magic of Christmas with a tree-themed buttercream board with a variety of sweet treats to dip into the buttercream.
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Pops of red against dark chocolate dipped treats take this dessert board to the next level. So simple to put together.
Fans of Little Debbie snack cakes will get a kick out of this festive dessert platter.
Kids will flip for this super cute snowman frosting board. Add a mix of cookies for dipping.
There's something for everyone in this holiday charcuterie board. The mix of Christmas treats is adorable!
Create a quick & easy Christmas dessert charcuterie board with sweet treats this holiday season.
A variety of cookies and candies displayed on a serving tray is all you need for a great addition to your dessert table.
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This Christmas dessert charcuterie board is packed full of seasonal treats. Indulge your sweet tooth today!
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