Make holiday gatherings and Christmas parties extra special with these festive Christmas charcuterie board ideas. With seasonal touches and some out-of-the-box ideas, your board will be a showstopper this holiday season!
This time of year is full of so many great things: twinkling lights, holiday parties, candy canes, and so much delicious food.
This may not come as a surprise, but I think the best part is the food! I love gathering with lots of people and grazing on incredible homemade dishes.
Whether you’re the host or a contributing guest, you may be looking for delicious finger foods that will make your Christmas party amazing. Look no further; these festive ideas are sure to inspire you to make a beautiful board that everyone will love.
Charcuterie boards are the perfect holiday appetizer. They are an easy way to provide variety and visual appeal to your food lineup!
Festive Christmas Charcuterie Board Ideas
Christmas Charcuterie Boards
A stunning, festive board will be a great addition to your holiday party! With delicious cheeses, meats, fresh fruit, and more, your loved ones will go crazy for these fun grazing boards.
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Christmas Charcuterie Board
This recipe is for an absolutely gorgeous wreath charcuterie board with loads of fresh herbs for greenery. Full of fun ingredients and beautiful garnishes, this board is as lovely as they come.
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Beautiful Santa Charcuterie Board for Merry Snacking
This fun and festive board features a brie and salami Santa Claus, snowflake-shaped cheese, and loads of other delicious ingredients! For a cute board that will liven up a holiday party, try this creative idea.
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Christmas Charcuterie board - Wreath
This charcuterie board is a whimsical and elegant wreath charcuterie. With fresh thyme and loads of meat and cheese, none of the flavor is sacrificed for the beauty.
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Easy Charcuterie Board with Pomegranate for the Holidays
Full of red, white, and green, this board is the perfect simple yet festive board for Christmas. With pomegranate arils, fresh rosemary, and seasonal fruit spreads, it also highlights some delicious seasonal ingredients.
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Christmas Tree Charcuterie Board
Why not take the festivities up a notch and make your charcuterie board tree-shaped? This simple and elegant board is beautifully decorated and full of fresh fruit to pair with the cheese.
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Christmas Charcuterie Board | Clean Eating Kitchen
Another adorable tree-shaped cheese board, I couldn’t resist including it! While many charcuterie boards are loaded with ingredients and take a bit of time to assemble, this board masters beauty through simplicity. If you want to keep it simple but still have a stunning board, try out this tree board!
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Christmas Charcuterie Board | Windy City Dinner Fairy
This creative Christmas board uses cookie cutters to make a gorgeous winter-themed appetizer! A jam-filled wheel of brie with red and green ingredients makes for a flavorful and Christmassy board.
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Snowman Cheese Board
Your guests will love this playful snowman charcuterie board. Cheese wheels make perfect snowballs for a cute snowman. When packed in with delicious meats, crackers, nuts, and dried fruit, they make the perfect Christmas charcuterie board!
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How To Make A Charcuterie Wreath
This board idea is another wreath shape but in an easy-to-eat format. The wreath is made out of skewers of cheese, veggies, pickles, and more, making it an easy grab-and-go appetizer.
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Charcuterie Wreath
Another stunning wreath charcuterie board, I had to include this beauty! This board is super easy to make and fully customizable with what goes on the skewers. Garnish with a bit of fresh rosemary for a festive and realistic wreath board!
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Antipasto Wreath
This fantastic wreath antipasto board is loaded with flavor and holiday cheer. Each skewer is made with fresh cheese, meat, tomatoes, artichoke hearts, and more, giving it loads of savory flavor and lots of fun color.
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Festive Holiday Charcuterie Board
This vibrant red charcuterie board is perfect for any Christmas or holiday party. It has a well-balanced assortment of meat and cheese plus plenty of festive additions to make it tasty and beautiful!
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Burrata Charcuterie Board
There are few cheeses as delicious as rich and creamy burrata! This board highlights this delicious cheese with fruit, nuts, and crackers to pair. Choose this board for a unique take on the classic cheese platter.
Christmas Appetizer Boards
Appetizer boards don’t have to stop at charcuterie! Add one of these creative board ideas to your holiday food plans.
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Antipasto Christmas Tree
If you want an appetizer that will really blow people away, this is the recipe for you. Loads of flavorful antipasto ingredients are mounted in a tree shape, making an exciting way to serve an antipasto platter. Guests will love picking green olives, mozzarella balls, tomatoes, and more from this stunning food tree.
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Christmas Wreath Veggie Tray
Veggie trays are the perfect make-ahead appetizer and it doesn’t get cuter than this one! With loads of fresh, green veggies in the shape of a wreath, this vegetable platter is perfect for any holiday gathering.
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Candy Cane Caprese Salad
A festive twist on a classic salad, this candy cane Caprese board is fun and delicious! Make it as a side dish, an appetizer, or incorporate it into your Christmas charcuterie board.
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Winter Fruit Platter
Enjoy the fruits of the season with this beautiful winter fruit platter! With a variety of seasonal fruits and a homemade coconut cream dip, this fruit board is perfect for any holiday gathering.
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Holiday Butter Board
There is something so fun about dipping a piece of fresh bread in a butter board. It’s a really easy way to level up the classic bread and butter! This butter board is even more special because it’s packed with seasonal toppings such as figs, cranberries, and fresh rosemary.
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Easy Holiday Butter Board Recipe
Another beautiful Christmas butter board, this one is absolutely gorgeous! Topped with pecans, cranberry sauce, honey, and more, it’s as flavorful as it is lovely.
Christmas Breakfast Boards
Start Christmas morning off right with a huge breakfast board! These are fantastic for holidays because they can mostly be made in advance and they are fun.
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Bagel Board
This smoked salmon and bagel board is the perfect laid-back breakfast. Full of flavorful ingredients and entirely customizable, this is a great option for anyone wanting to avoid the kitchen on Christmas morning!
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EASY Cream Cheese Board Recipe
If you’re familiar with the famous butter board, you’ll love this cream cheese board! With three different flavor options, everyone will love trying homemade, flavorful cream cheese spreads with bagel bites. This is the perfect make-ahead breakfast, too!
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Pancake Charcuterie Board
This pancake board is the perfect Christmas morning breakfast for the whole family! Everyone will have a blast topping their pancakes with a variety of sweets, spreads, and fruit for the perfect individualized breakfast.
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Build Your Own Waffle Board For Breakfast Or Brunch
The possibilities are endless when it comes to waffle toppings, making this a great customizable breakfast board! With a base of homemade (or frozen!) waffles and any toppings you can imagine, everyone will love making loaded waffles for their Christmas morning breakfast.
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Easy, Breakfast Charcuterie Board
Get the best of both worlds (sweet and savory) with this beautiful breakfast board. A wonderful combination of breakfast meats, sweets, fruit, and more, there is something for everyone on this board.
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Build Your Own Latke Charcuterie Board (easy & beautiful!)
This one is for the potato lovers! This tasty latke board offers a fun combination of proteins, toppings, and sauces to make the perfect latke breakfast.
Christmas Dessert Boards
Everyone loves sweet treats during the holiday season! These creative boards will provide the perfect dessert with variety and whimsy.
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Christmas Tree Cake Dip Dessert Charcuterie Board
Beautifully festive and shockingly simple, this dessert charcuterie board with homemade cake dip will certainly impress! There is no limit to the tasty sweet treats you can dunk in this versatile dip, making it easy and customizable.
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Hot Chocolate Bar
It’s not just for dessert, but everyone can agree that hot chocolate is the perfect Christmas beverage! Make it extra fun with a hot chocolate bar.
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Healthy Fruit & Chocolate Party Tray
For a sweet treat that’s on the healthier side, try this amazing spread of fresh fruit, nuts, and chocolate spread. Perfect for dessert, appetizers, sides, and breakfast, you really can’t go wrong with this versatile board.
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Christmas Dessert Charcuterie Board
Who wouldn’t love a Christmas dessert board filled with festive goodies and small treats? This board is absolutely gorgeous and perfect for a holiday party! Best of all, it’s easy to make with mostly store-bought ingredients.
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Snow-tally Cute Santa Dessert Board
This cute Santa dessert board is perfect for parties with kiddos. Full of tasty snacks and a fun Santa face, everyone will gush about this dessert board. The Santa isn’t just adorable, it’s also a decadent sweet cheeseball!
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Peppermint Cheesecake Dip
I can’t get enough of boards with flavorful, homemade dips. This cheery peppermint cheesecake ball is the perfect dip for any dessert board! It is full of peppermint flavor and coated in colorful candy canes. You won’t want to miss this delicious dip!
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S'mores Charcuterie Board
If your Christmas involves a roaring fire, don’t forget this dessert essential. Make the simple s’more a delightful dessert by crafting a s’mores board! With different types of chocolate and cookies, everyone will love mixing and matching their ingredients to make the best s’more ever.
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Christmas Dessert Charcuterie Board: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Another cute and creative dessert board, you will have just as much fun making this as you do eating it! This Rudolph dessert board is filled with brownies, cookies, and more, making it an absolutely delicious dessert.
Tips for Making a Charcuterie Board
- Fill in all of the empty spaces for a truly gorgeous board. Once the main ingredients are in place, fill in all of the gaps with nuts, fruit, chocolate, and other small items.
- Make your board extra festive with sprigs of rosemary, pieces of evergreens, or other greenery.
- Make use of what’s in season! To have a fresh and festive charcuterie board, try to utilize seasonal fruits such as pomegranate seeds and cranberries.
- Get creative with your ingredients. A charcuterie board doesn’t need to stick to just meat, cheese, and crackers. Add different candies, vegetables, and salty snacks to make your board a fun experience.
- Be sure to offer cheese knives and spreaders for soft cheeses, such as goat cheese. The key to a good cheese board is making it as simple and straightforward as possible.
- If you don’t have a wooden board for serving, you can use a large cutting board or a ceramic serving tray for your cheese platter.
How to Make a Charcuterie Board Ahead of Time
To make for easy hosting on the big day, you can prepare your board ahead of time. Cheese, jam, and fruit can be set on the board and covered in plastic wrap. Add crunchy items such as nuts and crackers right before serving as they will get soggy in the refrigerator.
Alternatively, cut and prepare all of the ingredients in advance and store them in an airtight container. Assemble the board right before serving.
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