How To Make A Fun Easter Charcuterie Board

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Celebrate Easter with a fun Easter Charcuterie Board! Full of fresh fruit, veggies and Easter candy, it’s a great way to entertain and snack.

Whether you like to celebrate with a delicious Easter brunch or an amazing Easter dinner, one thing is for sure – tasty food is always a huge hit! The easiest way I know to entertain is with a beautiful Easter charcuterie board.

Why this may not be exactly like a traditional charcuterie – no variety of meats – it’s full of snacking favorites and special colorful candies that are sure to create a delicious grazing board everyone will love!

Celebrate Easter with a fun Easter Charcuterie Board! Full of fresh fruit, veggies and Easter candy, it's a great way to entertain and snack.

I’m going to share what you need to make this great Easter board, along with how to make some of the special items featured – like those adorable sheep pretzel cookies!

As always, feel free to use the table of contents below to jump ahead in the post:

Celebrate Easter with a fun Easter Charcuterie Board! Full of fresh fruit, veggies and Easter candy, it's a great way to entertain and snack.

Don’t Skip This: Are you wondering what a charcuterie board is? My post on How To Make An Epic Charcuterie Board explains the meaning and how to make a great one in just seven easy steps!

What Do I Need To Make A Fun Easter Charcuterie Board?

Since the theme for this charcuterie board is Easter, I definitely wanted to add lots of favorite treats that would reflect the holiday. Here are some of my favorite sweet treats and suggestions. But feel free to add your favorite small candies as well because there is no wrong way to make a board:

The edible Easter grass was perfect for making the cutest nest for my chocolate eggs. As far as the taste of the grass – I got no clue there. I know it’s edible but I just wanted the look of grass more than anything. Although, this could get your guests talking for sure! 🙂

The butterfly crackers were the perfect addition to this appetizer tray! I tried arranging them several different ways, but my favorite turned out to be shaping them into a carrot form. The chopped celery made the perfect carrot top to complete the look!

So now let’s talk about the additional food items I added to my board that you might find on a more traditional charcuterie boards.

I went with two different types of cheese, but I wanted it to look more springy! So I decided to cut the cheese with flower cookie cutters to give it a more fun style. Super simple trick that adds a more personality to the board.

Speaking of flowers, I also placed a small flower here and there on the board as well. Fresh flowers compliment my theme perfectly and they’re an easy way to add more visual appeal and bright colors to the board too!

Celebrate Easter with a fun Easter Charcuterie Board! Full of fresh fruit, veggies and Easter candy, it's a great way to entertain and snack.

How To Make Sheep Pretzel Cookies

One of my favorite Easter cookies on this board, besides my Easter M&M’s cookies, has to be the adorable sheep pretzel cookies. A simple pretzel, dipped in white chocolate and sprinkles can be so yummy!

Celebrate Easter with a fun Easter Charcuterie Board! Full of fresh fruit, veggies and Easter candy, it's a great way to entertain and snack.

And even though they look complicated, they are actually pretty easy to make! Here’s what you will need:

Supplies Needed for Sheep Pretzel Cookies

Steps For Making Sheep Pretzel Cookies

  • Dip the pretzels in melted white chocolate wafers. Tap off excess chocolate a couple of times on the edge of the bowl. Set on a parchment paper lined plate and immediately cover with white nonpareil sprinkles. Place in the refrigerator to chill until the chocolate is firm – about 3 minutes.
  • Remove plate from fridge. Pipe two melted dark chocolate dots on either side of the face. Then fill in top opening on the pretzel twist to form the face.
  • Using a toothpick, drag an edge of one of the chocolate dots toward the face to form an ear. Repeat on the other side.
  • Immediately add the candy eyes. Chill again in fridge until the chocolate is firm – about 2 minutes.

Sheep Pretzel Cookies Steps

Step 1

  • dip pretzel in white chocolate
  • tap off excess and place on plate
  • immediately add sprinkles
  • place in fridge to chill

Step 2

  • remove from fridge
  • pipe two dots of melted chocolate for ears
  • fill in center for sheep face
  • use toothpick to connect ears to face

Step 3

  • place candy eyes in center of chocolate face
  • chill in fridge for 3 minutes or so to harden
Celebrate Easter with a fun Easter Charcuterie Board! Full of fresh fruit, veggies and Easter candy, it's a great way to entertain and snack.

When it comes to creating a charcuterie board, I’ve learned some tips and tricks that always help me present an attractive board.

  • PLACE YOUR CENTERPIECE FIRST – I really wanted to showcase my fancy butterfly crackers in the shape of a carrot, so I positioned that on the board before everything else. Then worked around it to fill in as needed.
  • PLACE SMALL BOWLS FOR SAUCES OR SMALL ITEMS NEXT – Bowls can often take up room, so you want them on the board earlier rather than later. I used them on this board for ranch dressing and my favorite Easter candy.
  • USE COOKIE CUTTERS – Think outside the square shape of cheese and use some cookie cutters for a fun way to add different shapes to your charcuterie board!
Celebrate Easter with a fun Easter Charcuterie Board! Full of fresh fruit, veggies and Easter candy, it's a great way to entertain and snack.

I do hope you give this Easter dessert board or veggie board or whatever you want to call it board – a try this spring season. If not this Easter maybe PIN this to save it for your next Easter party!

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