13 charcuterie boards that are next level but easy to make

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Having guests over for the holidays? Rather than arrange your regular buffet table of appetizers and desserts, consider trying your hand at charcuterie boards. These 13 options offer a next-level way of presenting the food you’re serving at spring holidays like Easter and Passover. Many include store-bought items that save time and make it easy on you, the host.

Assorted easter treats and colorful candies displayed in a wooden tray.
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Simple Small Charcuterie Board

Cheese, meat, nuts, and veggies on a small charcuterie board.
Simple Small Charcuterie Board. Photo credit: fANNEtastic food.

For an intimate Easter or holiday gathering, following this simple, step-by-step guide to making a small charcuterie board. Even if you don’t have a lot of ingredients, you can make something beautiful and delicious.
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Charcuterie 101: Your Guide to the Ultimate Foodie Trend

A charcuterie board featuring an assortment of cheeses, meats, olives, crackers, and fruits.
Charcuterie 101: Your Guide to the Ultimate Foodie Trend. Photo credit: Adobe Photos.

Need to get a leg up on the basics of building charcuterie boards? Here is some background on these items that were previously known as meat and cheese boards. Why are they so popular? Because they are easy to make.
Get the Recipe: Charcuterie 101: Your Guide to the Ultimate Foodie Trend

Savory Easter Charcuterie Board

A selection of appetizers on a wooden board, featuring sliced meats, cheese, olives, tomatoes, and crackers with a colorful cookware in the background.
Savory Easter Charcuterie Board. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

This sweet and savory Easter charcuterie board hits the right notes for your taste buds. Mozzarella wrapped in prosciutto satisfies the salty side while apricots, dates and candied almonds hit the sweet tooth.
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Easter Candy Charcuterie Board

Easter candy charcuterie on a wooden board with plates and glasses in background.
Easter Candy Charcuterie Board. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

If you have adult children who have outgrown the Easter Bunny, present them with a grown-up version of an Easter basket with this Easter candy charcuterie board. It’s a sweet twist on a holiday tradition.
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Apple Pie Dessert Charcuterie Board

An apple pie dessert charcuterie board with apples, whipping cream, caramel and butterscotch sauce, cookies, and candies.
Apple Pie Dessert Charcuterie Board. Photo credit: Little House Big Alaska.

If you normally make an apple pie for Easter dessert, here’s a fun way to change things up: make an easy apple pie charcuterie board. All it takes are slices of apples, melted caramel dipping sauce and a few cookies.
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Breakfast Charcuterie Ideas

A spread of assorted breakfast foods including bagels, pastries, fruit, and coffee on a patterned tablecloth.
Breakfast Charcuterie Ideas. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

Level up your Easter morning meal by creating a breakfast charcuterie board of pancakes, waffles, bagels, muffins, fruit and more. These are also great for the morning after a big sleepover at your home.
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Dessert Charcuterie Board

An assortment of desserts including strawberries, chocolate-covered nuts, cupcakes, cookies, and pretzels on a table.
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When hosting a party at home, you can get on the charcuterie train with one devoted to desserts. This can be for a game night or a holiday get together. Best of all: they feature store-bought goodies to save you time.
Get the Recipe: Dessert Charcuterie Board

Passover Charcuterie Board

A spread of various fruits, crackers, and snacks on a wooden board with plates and utensils on the side.
Passover Charcuterie Board. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

For a non-traditional seder, consider elevating the traditional seder plate onto a Passover charcuterie board that friends and family will love. You can include staples, like matzo, gefilte fish and other Jewish delights.
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Jewish Desserts Board

Assorted snacks and fruits, including blueberries, strawberries, and candies, displayed on a table.
Jewish Desserts Board. Photo credit: Bagels and Lasagna.

A Jewish desserts charcuterie board can work for all of the major holidays centered around food. This includes Passover, Rosh Hashanah and Chanukah. Adding fresh fruits to give the board a slightly healthy twist.
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Effortless Eats: Creating the Ultimate Girl Dinner

An orange, a jar of jam, meats, apples, nuts and cheeses on a grazing board.
Effortless Eats: Creating the Ultimate Girl Dinner. Photo credit: Food Drink Life.

The girl dinner trend is all over TikTok and there’s no question as to why: they are no-cook platters of perfectly arranged finger foods on, you guessed it, charcuterie boards. So easy to make and enjoy.
Get the Recipe: Effortless Eats: Creating the Ultimate Girl Dinner

Spread the Love: Exploring the Tasty World of Butter Boards

Butter Board with Salmon with bread cubes nearby.
Spread the Love: Exploring the Tasty World of Butter Boards. Photo credit: Food Drink Life.

What was originally called butter boards have been reinvented as today’s charcuterie boards. When done right, you can glam up a butter board with all sorts of tasty treats to turn them into edible works of art.
Get the Recipe: Spread the Love: Exploring the Tasty World of Butter Boards

Brunch Charcuterie Board

A wooden board with fruits on it.
Brunch Charcuterie Board. Photo credit: Food Plus Words.

Are you hosting a holiday brunch this year? Well, wow your friends and family with a brunch charcuterie board filled with savory and sweet flavors along with gorgeous colors.
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Turkey Charcuterie Board

A fruit-filled turkey shaped platter.
Turkey Charcuterie Board. Photo credit: Food Plus Words.

Thinking ahead to Thanksgiving, put this clever charcuterie board in your back pocket. When the time comes, you’ll be able to celebrate gratitude and harvest with the turkey charcuterie board.
Get the Recipe: Turkey Charcuterie Board

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