Yahoo Lifestyle 20 Candy Boards We Love More Than Charcuterie Boards
A holiday is not a requirement for building an over-the-top dessert-based charcuterie board, although Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine's Day are certainly good excuses to get creative with candy!
Charcuterie boards are a great way to easily feed a family, and grazing boards allow people to help themselves whenever they're hungry. These 20 easy candy board ideas also eliminate the need to put out dishes for each individual, which eases the burden of meal prep, along with clean-up.
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How To Make a Candy Charcuterie Board
Charcuterie boards traditionally include cheese, meat and fruits that can be shared with guests, but today's focus is on sweets and candy-focused boards with a flair for the holidays. It's a simple swap! Fill boards and little trays or cups with candy (think M&M's, Twizzlers, peppermints, lollipops or your other favorite goodies). You can also arrange a whimsical pattern of cookies, fudge, chocolates and other various nibbles in fun patterns or go all out with a holiday-themed hot chocolate board with all fixings: hot cocoa, mini marshmallows, rock candy sticks, coconut shavings. Really, the sky's the limit here.
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Don't restrict yourself to thinking along the lines of holiday food with your creations. Instead, think outside the box! Have you received an excess of sweet treats from friends and neighbors? Create a candy board. Or, include homemade Valentine's treats in a potluck-style board and set it out for people to munch on while mingling.
A Candy Board For Every Season
No matter what time of year, holiday or occasion, this collection will show you how to make a delicious dessert board for them all. From Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas right to Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day—there's plenty of inspiration for every single event with these beautiful boards!
Best Candy Charcuterie Boards
Glorious Treats
Here's some fall inspiration for you to create a snack and treat board with fall in mind! Your family and friends will love the effort you put into sharing this.
Get the recipe: Fall Charcuterie Board
Favorite Family Recipes
The language of love comes alive and is beautifully presented with a pink and red Valentine-themed candy and cookie dessert charcuterie board. Enjoy with a sweetheart or your kids or friends!
Get the recipe: Valentine Charcuterie Board
Cutefetti
This colorful fun board is great for creating birthday vibes and using all the candy that kids love in a charcuterie board.
Get the recipe: Birthday Candy Charcuterie Board
Bellyfull
Cookies and candies and treats, galore! This fun circular dessert board is ready to serve to family or friends.
Get the recipe: Dessert Charcuterie Board
Favorite Family Recipes
The most candy holiday of the year needs a special holiday board with a fun dressed-up treat tray like this one! You will be a hit with the kiddos as they indulge in too much candy.
Get the recipe: Halloween Charcuterie Board
Ain't Too Proud To Meg
Thanksgiving is a great day of food that typically lasts all day or even all weekend. So this fun fruit, chocolate and cookie platter and meat/cheese platter is perfect as a centerpiece and as a finger food snack board.
Get the recipe: Thanksgiving Dessert Cheese Board
Jennifer Maune
If you're not naturally a hostess with the mostess, you'll gain instant points with this holiday dessert board filled with lovely finger foods.
Get the recipe: Holiday Charcuterie Board
Crazy For Crust
Enjoy a merry holiday dessert board with these step-by-step dessert charcuterie instructions to create a tasty-looking beautiful display!
Get the recipe: How To Make A Dessert Charcuterie
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Two Sisters Crafting
A delightful mix of red, green and white treats to celebrate Christmas festively!
Get the recipe: Christmas Dessert Board
Beyond Frosting
If you are a big fan of Christmas cookies, then you'll certainly enjoy having a little of each kind to sample.
Get the recipe: Christmas Cookie Charcuterie Board
Cutefetti
To be a kid in a candy shop again is just what this candy board was inspired by! No one could refuse to enjoy something from this Christmas and Santa candy board.
Get the recipe: Santa Candy Charcuterie Board
Revel and Glitter
You'll love how sweet dried fruits are incorporated into this delicious dessert board that also has some great salty snacks! You don't have to commit to being a sweet or salty person in this perfect charcuterie board.
Get the recipe: Sweet & Salty Dessert Charcuterie
Bullocks Buzz
Want to spiff up your favorite Irish holiday? Here's some eye candy for the day to put together and enjoy a sweetness to go along with the beer and potatoes!
Get the recipe: St. Patrick's Day Dessert Charcuterie Board
Damn Delicious
Candy can be for grownups too! Add some delicious unique cheeses to the chocolate on your sweets charcuterie board.
Get the recipe: Chocolate and Cheese Board
Flavor The Moments
A range of chocolate ought to do on this nut, fruit and chocolate charcuterie sweets board.
Get the recipe: Chocolate Dessert Charcuterie Board
No. 2 Pencil
If you don't think of hot chocolate as a treat and dessert, you've got to head over to see this beautifully prepared dessert board that helps you create a decadent mug of hot chocolate.
Get the recipe: Hot Chocolate Dessert Board
Inspired By Charm
Coffee can be part of a grownups dessert Snackuterie Board to go along with the treats and sweets!
Get the recipe: Coffee Inspired Snackcuterie Board
Bittersweet Blog
Want to keep your sweets board on the healthier side? Follow along with these options that still look tasty and fulfill the sweet tooth!
Get the recipe: Dessert Charcuterie Board
Hallstrom Home
We can enjoy a beautiful scoop of ice cream with a fun display of treats to create our own dessert with a candy charcuterie board created just for the frozen treat!
Get the recipe: Ice Cream Candy Charcuterie Board
Cookies and Cups
Cheese, crackers and salami are a traditional charcuterie board we're used to. But what about chocolate salami? Now this is a dessert board we can get behind!
Get the recipe: Dessert Charcuterie with Chocolate Salami
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