13 Christmas Charcuterie Board Ideas for Holiday Gatherings

These festive Christmas charcuterie board ideas are perfect for entertaining guests at your holiday party. These unique meat and cheese platters feature flavorful ingredients and are all dressed up for the holidays!

Festive holiday charcuterie boards

The holiday season is already in full swing, and we couldn’t be more excited! We’re decking the halls and preparing for Santa’s arrival, but when it comes to hosting guests for Christmas, food is one of the most important parts of entertaining.

Christmas is coming quickly around the corner and you may just be having company this holiday season. Here are some fun and festive Christmas charcuterie board ideas that will wow your friends and family members.

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What do you put on a Christmas charcuterie board?

Want to make something surprising, yet easy to put together for your Holiday party? We love a good meat and cheese board because they look really fancy but are very easy to assemble in just minutes.

Cured meats, artisanal cheeses, fruits, nuts, crackers, chocolate, candies, dips, and other tasty accompaniments are the perfect appetizer to serve to your holiday guests. Arrange all of the ingredients on your favorite wooden serving boards.

We’ve compiled some unique ideas for Christmas charcuterie boards that are delicious and easy to put together. Now, you can create the perfect holiday charcuterie board for your holiday party.

13 Christmas Charcuterie Board Ideas

Make the party spread festive with ideas for appetizers and drinks for Christmas parties and will impress your guests this holiday season. Learn how to decorate a Christmas cheese board with these fabulous Christmas charcuterie platter ideas.

Grinch Charcuterie board for Christmas – This Grinch-themed Christmas dessert charcuterie board is perfect for your next Christmas party! Visit Plan Party Plan for the recipe.

Charcuterie Christmas tree board – Our cute Christmas Tree Cheese Platter with Sausage is such a fun holiday appetizer platter to make. Arrange cherry tomatoes, cheese, crackers, and meats, and use a little parsley or kale for garnish.

Snowman charcuterie board – This adorable holiday platter is shaped like a snowman and full of delicious fruits, meats, and crackers! What a lovely holiday appetizer platter idea, made by My Incredible Recipes.

Christmas wreath charcuterie board – This gorgeous board made by The Cinnamon Jar features fresh herbs and some of the top cheeses and slices of meats and is shaped like a wreath!

Christmas dessert charcuterie board – This holiday tree dessert board made by Cutefetti is such a cute idea to serve up some festive sweets this Christmas!

Gingerbread decorating board – This fun Christmas board idea was created by The Baker Mama and features everything you need to decorate your very own gingerbread people!

Christmas dessert board – Indulge in some sweet treats this holiday season with this charcuterie board idea from Crazy for Couponing. Add cookies, candies, and other treats to make this board complete!

Cute candy cane cheese board – This is such a fun holiday charcuterie board idea by Unique Gifter that is made with tomato and mozzarella caprese ingredients and shaped like a candy cane!

Red and green Christmas appetizer board – Life Love Liz uses traditional red and green colors for this Xmas charcuterie board idea! You can use a small star cookie cutter to make the little cheese stars.

Santa-themed charcuterie board – Our friends over at Two Kids and a Coupon made this adorable Santa Claus appetizer board, full of mozzarella and cheddar cheeses and pepperoni!

Unique holiday charcuterie board – Julia’s Recipes created this beautiful meat and cheese platter with lovely cured meats, cheeses, spreads, and more. I love the holiday reds and whites on this spread, this board would be perfect with salami and brie!

Reindeer cheeseball snack board – This holiday dessert platter features a reindeer cheesecake ball. What a fun idea for a holiday charcuterie board design, get the recipe from Cutefetti!

Antipasto wreath Charcuterie board – This cute board made by I Heart Eating is shaped into a wreath with mozzarella balls, grape tomatoes, and other antipasto appetizer ingredients.

We hope you love these charcuterie boards for Christmas!

Aren’t these wonderful charcuterie board ideas for a Christmas party? A holiday charcuterie board is a great way to entertain during the holiday season.

These appetizer platters are impressive yet still simple to put together. Gather all of your favorite ingredients and put together a wonderful holiday board that all of your guests will love! Which of these ideas are your favorite charcuterie board recipes?

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