Y’all, it’s the holiday season and what is more festive than a Christmas cookie charcuterie board? This Christmas cookie charcuterie board is easy to make, though a tad time consuming, but absolutely delicious! This Christmas cookie board will be a hit whether you’re hanging out with your family or at a Christmas party.
Christmas Cookie Charcuterie Board
We don’t really do Christmas in my household. Rather, we focus on Jesus, His birth, and life rather than presents and Christmas trees. However, we are all about cookies! I mean who isn’t? While we try to be good when it comes to sugar, December is just our month of sweets.
Which is why I was so excited to make this delicious Christmas Cookie Charcuterie Board.
What Is A Christmas Cookie Board?
A Christmas charcuterie board is literally a platter of Christmas cookies. Most charcuterie boards have meat, cheese, crackers, and fruit. This one is focused on dessert with fun Christmas cookie recipes with a variety so that there is something for everyone! Whether you’re at home and enjoying a holiday cookie board with your family, looking for a Christmas Eve charcuterie board, or entertaining guests at a holiday party, these festive treats are perfect for people to munch on!
Supplies Needed To Make A Christmas Cookie Charcuterie Board
You can use all your favorite cookies may they be homemade or store bought. All of my cookies are homemade.
- Wooden Charcuterie Board or Wooden Cutting Board
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Gingerbread Cookies
- Snowball Cookies
- Cherry Almond Cookies
- Sugar Cookies
- Chocolate Dipped Wafer Cookies
- Chocolate Dipped Pretzels
How To Build A Christmas Cookie Board
Step 1
Bake all your cookies or open your cookie packages and have them ready.
Step 2
Lay out your wooden cutting board or charcuterie board.
Step 3
Begin laying out your cookies.
- I laid out the chocolate chip cookies first in the left corner.
- Then prop the gingerbread cookies against the chocolate chip cookies.
- I then put a stack of snowball cookies in the corner.
- The sugar cookies are propped up by the snowball cookies.
- I put the chocolate covered pretzels sit in the right corner.
- With the chocolate covered wafer cookies are in the middle of the bottom of the board.
- The almond cherry cookies are in the right hand corner. (I ran out of room unfortunately, but they still got eaten.)
What Is The Best Christmas Charcuterie Board?
There isn’t a good answer for this unfortunately as there are so many great ideas! From savory to dessert you can find all your favorites. Since I can’t have dairy, I’ve become rather fond of dessert boards. Which is why this cookie board is currently my favorite.
Why Make A Cookie Charcuterie Board?
Why not?! A cookie charcuterie board is great for get togethers especially around the holiday. This dessert charcuterie board has sweet treats and a cookie assortment that everyone will love. There is literally something for everyone. There are so many cookie varieties on this cookie platter. And you don’t have to just use it for Christmas. If you ever need entertaining ideas, then make this for party desserts. You can add chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies, shortbread, macarons, biscotti, no-make cookies.
And you can add other decorative elements like nuts and dried fruits and even cakes and pastries. Mixing textures and making a colorful presentation makes this the most perfect celebration platter!
More Sweet Charcuterie Board Ideas For Christmas
Need more great Christmas charcuterie board ideas? Look no further! Here are some of my favorites!
- You will definitely want to try this Christmas candy charcuterie board!
- Can’t decide between sweet or savory? Try this butter board! This would be perfect for a Holiday charcuterie board.
- This buttercream board would be perfect as a Christmas charcuterie board!
Deliciously Easy and Festive Christmas Cookie Charcuterie Board
Equipment
- Wooden Charcuterie Board or Wooden Cutting Board
Ingredients
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Gingerbread Cookies
- Snowball Cookies
- Cherry Almond Cookies
- Sugar Cookies
- Chocolate Dipped Wafer Cookies
- Chocolate Dipped Pretzels
Instructions
- Bake all your cookies or open your cookie packages and have them ready.
- Lay out your wooden cutting board or charcuterie board.
- Begin laying out your cookies.
Notes
- I laid out the chocolate chip cookies first in the left corner.
- Then prop the gingerbread cookies against the chocolate chip cookies.
- I then put a stack of snowball cookies in the corner.
- The sugar cookies are propped up by the snowball cookies.
- I put the chocolate covered pretzels sit in the right corner.
- With the chocolate covered wafer cookies are in the middle of the bottom of the board.
- The almond cherry cookies are in the right hand corner. (I ran out of room unfortunately, but they still got eaten.)
Enjoy Your Delicious Charcuterie Cookie Board
I hope you and your family and friends enjoyed this cookie board as well as my family did. We ate way too many cookies I’m afraid to say, but it is December and everyone deserves to go wild every once in a while!
