Dessert Charcuterie Board (Printer-Friendly)
Shareable dessert board of fresh fruit, chocolates, cookies and dips—assembled for parties and easy grazing.
# What You'll Need:
→ Fresh Fruits
01 - 1 cup strawberries, halved
02 - 1 cup seedless grapes
03 - 1 cup blueberries
04 - 2 kiwis, peeled and sliced
05 - 1 apple, thinly sliced and tossed with lemon juice to prevent browning
→ Sweets & Treats
06 - 1 cup assorted chocolates (dark, milk, white)
07 - 1 cup assorted cookies (shortbread, chocolate chip, macarons)
08 - ½ cup mini brownies or brownie bites
09 - ½ cup marshmallows
10 - ½ cup chocolate-covered pretzels
→ Dips & Spreads
11 - ½ cup Nutella or chocolate hazelnut spread
12 - ½ cup salted caramel sauce
13 - ½ cup whipped cream or vanilla yogurt
→ Garnishes
14 - ¼ cup candied nuts
15 - Fresh mint sprigs
# How-To Steps:
01 - Wash and thoroughly dry all fruits. Slice the strawberries in half, peel and slice the kiwis, and cut the apple into thin slices. Toss the apple slices with a squeeze of lemon juice to prevent browning.
02 - Arrange the prepared fruits in clusters across different sections of a large serving board or platter, spacing them out to create visual balance.
03 - Fill small bowls or ramekins with Nutella, salted caramel sauce, and whipped cream or vanilla yogurt. Position them around the board to create anchor points for the arrangement.
04 - Scatter assorted chocolates, cookies, mini brownies, marshmallows, and chocolate-covered pretzels across the board, grouping similar items together for an appealing visual display.
05 - Tuck candied nuts and fresh mint sprigs into any empty spaces to fill gaps and add pops of color throughout the board.
06 - Serve immediately and encourage guests to mix, match, and dip their favorite combinations.
# Expert Advice:
01 -
- Zero cooking means you can throw this together in twenty minutes while your guests are literally walking through the door.
- Everyone finds something they love because you control the mix of fruits, chocolates, and dips.
- It looks wildly impressive on social media but requires almost zero skill to pull off.
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- Toss apple slices in a little lemon juice right after cutting or they will turn brown and make the whole board look tired within minutes.
- Do not assemble this more than an hour ahead because berries weep and cookies go soft when they sit too close to moist ingredients.
03 -
- Always build the board on the exact surface you plan to serve it on, because moving a loaded platter is a recipe for disaster and marshmallows will roll everywhere.
- The single best upgrade is warming the Nutella and caramel slightly so they become dippable instead of stiff, which takes thirty seconds in the microwave and changes everything.