Easy dessert Charcuterie board
This easy dessert Charcuterie board is the perfect sweet treat for all of your get-togethers. It's easy to assemble and there's no baking involved, you'll need only store-bought items.
Servings: people
Equipment
- 1 wood board
- 2 1/2 Cup ramekins
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup chocolate hazelnut spread or similar
- 1/2 Cup dulce de leche or similar
- 10 units round cookies or similar
- 10 units square cookies or similar
- 1/2 Cup caramel filled chocolate squares or similar
- 1 Cup fresh fruit
- 1/2 Cup pretzel sticks or similar
- 1/2 Cup dry fruit
- 1/2 Cup chocolate covered almonds or similar
- 1/2 Cup nuts
Instructions
- First, start by placing the bigger objects in a cutting board or wooden board. I started with my spreads, which I placed in small bowls in the center of my board. If using jams, make sure to place a small spoon for easy serving. If you're not using spreads or dips, you can also place something small like nuts, chocolate chips or cranberries in a small bowl and start from there.1/2 Cup (150 g) chocolate hazelnut spread, 1/2 Cup (113 g) dulce de leche
- Second, I added the next biggest items in my ingredients' list: the Dutch Stroopwafels, followed by the chocolate butter cookies. Arrange them around your spreads, and try to place them in an orderly manner. You can see here that I used 2 cookies with 2 different shapes and colors, and some of them were placed with the cookie facing up. Variety and the change of color creates interest in your board.10 units round cookies, 10 units square cookies
- Third, were the circular, medium sized treats. You can place them to start filling the gaps around your spreads and in the corners of your board. If they're not flat like the cookies, and they're circular or with a cubed form, you can pack them in small heaps around the board. I repeated 3 to 4 heaps of each ingredient, but this will depend on how many ingredients you have. If you're using fresh fruit, make sure to cut a few slices to break the pattern and create different sizes1/2 Cup (66 g) caramel filled chocolate squares, 1 Cup (237 g) fresh fruit
- I then added the pretzel sticks, which I loved how these had a completely different shape from everything else. I placed them in the thin and long spaces between the ingredients, filling the board even more.1/2 Cup (28 g) pretzel sticks
- Following the pretzel sticks came the second to last smallest ingredients. Chocolate covered almonds, raspberries and apricots. Again, I placed them in the gaps, in small heaps in 2 or 3 different places.1/2 Cup (90 g) chocolate covered almonds, 1/2 Cup (118.5 g) dry fruit
- Lastly came the smallest of them all: the nuts. Use them to fill any gaps there are on your board. If possible, use more than 1 variety.1/2 Cup (72 g) nuts
Notes
Expert Tips
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- Use a variety of colors to create an eye-catching board. Place the desserts next to different colored objects. For example, don't place all of your milk chocolate and dark chocolate together, but break that color pattern by placing some fresh colorful fruit that will give that pop of color between them
- Equally important is adding seasonal, fresh produce. This gives a natural and fresh feeling to your board
- On the other hand, different shapes help create an interesting board. Try looking for different shapes of cookies or cutting part of your fruit with a few slices to break a shape pattern (take a look at the strawberries on my board!)
- Different textures help your board look diverse. The added sea salt in the pretzels or chocolates, the creaminess of the spreads or dips, or the smoothness of the chocolate will help you achieve this
- Place forks and dessert plates so your guests can easily grab all of the goodies on the board
- To sum up, diversity in shapes, flavors, colors, and textures will make for an interesting and beautiful board
