November 17 2022

Chocolate Charcuterie Board Idea For Christmas

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Looking for a fun and unique way to serve up your holiday baked goods and sweet treats this year? Why not try a Chocolate Charcuterie Board!

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This festive and easy-to-make dessert platter is perfect for any holiday party.

Read on for our step-by-step guide on how to make your own chocolate dessert charcuterie board – perfect for chocoholics!

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Chocolate Charcuterie Board

The whole ingredients list and instructions are in the printable recipe card at the end of this post. I highly recommend reading the blog post all the way through so that you don’t miss any tips or substitution suggestions, to ensure that you have all the ingredients and equipment required and understand the steps and timings involved.

The very definition of charcuterie is the culinary art of preparing meat products, which dates back to the 15th century, and so, a classic charcuterie board typically features cured meats and other delicacies.

However, modern-day charcuterie boards can be laden with all kinds of foods – from traditional meats and cheese to themed boards for the holidays, and like our chocolate charcuterie board, desserts!

So if you are you looking for a unique and delicious way to entertain your guests this holiday season, setting up your desserts on a sharing board is a great option!

Charcuterie boards look like they are difficult to set up, but they are actually pretty easy.

They can be as fancy or as simple as you desire, and this grazing board filled with chocolate desserts and sweet treats for the holidays is sure to be a hit with both kids and adults alike!

Ingredients & Equipment Used In This Recipe

While most ingredients can be bought in grocery stores, for your convenience, any specialized or notable ingredients and equipment needed for this recipe have been linked to Amazon or other stores if available online.

The complete list of ALL ingredients with measurements is found on the recipe card at the end of this post.

Ingredients Needed For A Chocolate Charcuterie Board

The hardest aspect of creating any charcuterie board is going to be deciding what goes on it; the rest is fairly easy! I ADORE creating them for parties.

This charcuterie board “recipe” is really just a guide on how to set up a board of delicious chocolate desserts to serve at your next Christmas gathering.

The items listed below are used in the board featured in this post.

But if you can’t source a particular element, don’t like something, or want to switch to something else – go for it!

Chocolate Desserts

White Chocolate Oreos – if you can’t find these, you could dip regular Oreos into melted white chocolate. Check out our Easy Christmas Tree Oreos for tips.
Chocolate Fudge Oreos – again, you could dip regular Oreos into melted chocolate or use any kind of chocolate-covered cookies or biscuits.
Mini Chocolate Cupcakes – can’t find mini cupcakes? Use regular ones! You might need a bigger board though… Or of course, bake your own.
Mini Chocolate Brownies – in the UK you can often find tubs of brownie bites, they’re perfect for this board!
Mini Caramel Brownies – if you can’t find mini versions, cut larger brownies down to size, or make your own with a box mix.
Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies – or any mini cookie you like!

TIP! The holidays are busy for everyone so sometimes grabbing ready-made something is often the easiest option. But you can totally make items to go on your dessert board – even if it’s using a box of cake mix!

Extra Treats

Ghirardelli Peppermint Bark – or any brand available to you. Or you could make your own using this recipe: How To Make Peppermint Bark – A Classic Holiday Candy!
Dark Chocolate Bark
Christmas Pretzels – you can decorate white chocolate-covered pretzels with a drizzle of melted red, and green candy melts. Much like in our Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Reindeer Food Recipe
Chocolate Bars – use any brand that you like, just make sure it is a bar you can snap into pieces, such as Hershey’s, Cadbury’s, Green & Black’s, or Lindt to name a few.
Peppermint Sticks – if you can’t find these, regular or Mini Candy Canes are just fine. Use the mini candy canes to make a heart shape as a festive decoration on your board.
Mint Chocolates – again, use any brand you like, and even any type – squares, truffles, even Kisses!
NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Frosted Cinnamon Roll Truffle – these are super specific, but they are so good! However, you could use any kind of small chocolate or candy here – even large chocolate chips if you like.
Snowball Whoppers – in the UK we call them Maltesers, but I’m not sure if they do a seasonal version… Any kind of small, round, white chocolate balls will do!
Seasonal M&M’s – use red, green, and white candies for that festive touch.

TIP! Can’t find the exact chocolate desserts and sweet treats we used? Don’t worry – use whatever products are available to you. That’s the beauty of any type of charcuterie board!

Fruit

Strawberries – cut in half through the leaves and stem for a pretty presentation.
Blueberries
Raspberries

TIP! Ensure that you use fresh fruit rather than frozen which will end up being mushy on your board.

Sweet Dips

More Chocolate Ideas For Your Sharing Platter:

Chocolate Covered Pretzels – I made these a long time ago on my blog, but they are so easy to make.
Candy Cane Chocolate Fudge – any kind of chocolate fudge would be great, but this recipe makes use of candy canes which are also on this board.
Candy Cane Chocolate Truffles – ditto on the above, but replace fudge with truffles.
Marshmallows – whether you have plain white ones (perfect for dunking), shaped ones, Peeps, or even these S’mores Marshmallows. You make Chocolate Covered Marshmallows (which I did for one of my son’s birthdays).
Chocolate-covered fruit and nuts – like raisins, cranberries, Brazil nuts, and peanuts.
Wafers – rolled wafers, wafer cookies, or stroopwafels
Seasonal Chocolates – of course, that will be dependent on where you live in the world, but some British favourites include After Eights, Ferrero Rocher, Matchmakers, and Terry’s Chocolate Orange. And in the USA, Hershey’s Kisses.
Whipped cream would be another great dip, as would Biscoff spread (so, so good!)

Equipment Needed Chocolate Charcuterie Boards

Wooden Board – or a platter to place all of the charcuterie elements on. The one you see in these photos is 9″ x 13″, but you can use one you have to hand and adjust to the items to fit.
Small Bowl – to serve the condiments in. You could also use a ramekin.
Sharp Knife
Chopping/Cutting Board – to cut and prepare the food.
Small Plates – for guests to eat from. This might be ceramic plates, or paper plates, which will depend on your event.
Charcuterie Utensils – tongs, spoons, etc. You will need them for guests to pick up foods from the charcuterie board, and possibly utensils to eat with.

Recipes on The Purple Pumpkin Blog use both cup measurements and/or weighted measurements. American cups and kitchen food scales are handy pieces of equipment to have in your kitchen as it means you’ll be able to make all of the different recipes on my blog. I try to give American, imperial, and metric measurements in my recipes. Please note, that you can mix cup measurements with weighted measures, but never mix imperial (pounds, ounces, pints, etc.,) with metric (kilograms, grams, liters, etc.,).

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One of the hero ingredients in this dish is chocolate, so here are some more recipes using the same:

What is the Best Board To Use for Charcuterie?

It’s a common misconception that a charcuterie board must be displayed on a wooden board.

But you can use slate, marble, ceramic, and glass, and even line a counter or table with parchment paper and lay everything out direct. (Very popular on TikTok!)

Take a look at your trays and platters – I’m sure there are plenty you could use.

There are really no hard and fast rules – use what you have, or invest in a good quality non-porous hardwood or bamboo board to use for charcuterie.

Hardwoods such as olive, black walnut, teak, and acacia are best.

Softwoods like oak or ash are not good to use as a charcuterie as they’re too porous and the oils and aromas will leak into the wood.

No matter what shape it is – square, rectangle, round, or otherwise – reserve the board you’ll use to serve your desserts solely for that use. Don’t chop food on it as well.

How Do I Make Chocolate Charcuterie Board?

The printable recipe card has the full ingredients list and instructions and can be found at the end of this post.

This charcuterie board is an assembly job rather than a recipe as all the items are bought ready-made.

But if you are making some of the items for your chocolate board, make sure you allow enough time for that. Most baked goods can be made the day before.

We used a large, round wooden board, but you may use any size and shape you have available, you will need to adjust the placement of items to fit.

Step 1: Place the brownies, stacked on their sides in a wavy ‘S’ shape across the board. This is the guideline for the placement of the rest of the chocolate charcuterie items.

Step 2: Place two small bowls or ramekins at the apex of the S-shaped line of brownies. You can fill them with the two dipping sauces now, or when you are ready to serve.

Using the photo below as a guide for placement, make a line of stacked Oreos (one white chocolate, and the other chocolate fudge) leading out from the brownies.

Place three cookies on the bottom row, followed by two cookies, and then finally one on the top.

From here on, it is a rough placement guide, as it will depend on the size and shape of the elements that you have for your board!

CHARCUTERIE PLACEMENT TIPS!

Arrange items in uniform patterns on the board.
Group the same items together.
Try to keep similar colors separate if possible.
Fill in all available space.

Step 3: Snap your chocolate bar into strips and stack them next to the brownies. Pile the chocolate bark next to one of the bowls.

Add a stack of mint chocolates next to the brownies in the curve of the ‘S’ and by the chocolate fudge Oreos.

Fill in the gap between the Oreos and one of the bowls with white chocolate balls, and on the other side, pile in some of the mini truffles on the opposite side.

Step 4: Stack some peppermint sticks next to the white chocolate Oreos on one side, and add a pile of M&M’s on the other.

Fill in the space between the brownies and the chocolate bark with some chocolate-covered pretzels.

Step 5: Place some mini cupcakes next to the brownies on the side of the chocolate fudge Oreos, and add some on the opposite side too.

Add a pile of mini cookies next to the peppermint sticks (you can see a few large chocolate chips thrown in too just to fill in the gap!)

Fill in the remaining spaces with blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries.

Tuck in a few packages of peppermint bark, and decorate with a mini candy cane heart (just place two candy canes opposite each other at an angle).

Pour dipping sauces into the bowls if you haven’t done so already – serve and enjoy!

More Christmas Dessert Recipes

Looking for more holiday desserts to make? Check these recipes out next:

Chocolate Charcuterie Board Recipe Card

The printable recipe card below has the full ingredients list and instructions. To save ink, any demonstration photos do not print.

Chocolate Charcuterie Board

Michelle Ordever

Looking for a fun and unique way to serve up your holiday baked goods and sweet treats this year? Why not try a Chocolate Charcuterie Board!

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Course Desserts

Cuisine Christmas

Servings 10 -12

Calories 1640 kcal