Your family and friends won’t be able to resist smiling when they see this adorable Santa charcuterie board. With its mix of savory and sweet, they won’t be able to resist grabbing a snack from this delicious Santa-themed snack either. There’s something here for everyone!
Add a holly jolly twist to your holiday entertaining by putting together a snack board that is simple to assemble and full of delicious treats. You can easily swap out some of the ingredients to customize this to your family’s liking.
Santa Charcuterie Board
Ingredients
- 1 circle of any round cheese
- 6-7 string cheese (or Baby Bel cheese rolls)
- 1 cup Mozzarella balls (want a snack board that’s more on the sweet side? You can use marshmallows instead)
- 1 cup Blueberries (blackberries would also work)
- 8-10 slices of deli ham (or beef, turkey)
- 1-2 cherry tomatoes
- 1/4 cup Honey
- 1 cup green olives – If you’re wanting more sweetness instead or maybe aren’t a big olive fan, try using holiday-colored candy like M&M’s.
- 1 cup Strawberries – Raspberries or cherries would work here too but they tend to be smaller and you might need more. I’ve seen boards where they formed the hat out of pepperoni slices instead – the mini kind would be really fun here.
- 1/4 cup Almonds – Instead of either of the nuts, you could use other nuts that you prefer. Or how about using some of those mini crackers?
- 1/4 cup Pistachios
- Sliced black olives
- 1 cup Grapes
Instructions
Cut off a little from the bottom of the cheese round to make a semicircle. This will be Santa’s face. Place it on your platter with the corners down.
Add mozzarella balls. This will be Santa’s beard.
Next, add the string cheese to form the moustache and hair. You can braid some of it for the hair if you’d like.
Cut a little bit off a cherry tomato to give it a flat side. Place that on Santa’s face to be his nose.
Make Santa’s hat out of strawberry slices. Make a pompom from one of the mozzarella balls or cut a small round out of the leftover cheese round you made the face out of.
Add a small bowl for the honey.
Place grapes and olives on top and sides.
Make a ham or salami rose (or just place all of the deli meat as desired). Place the rest of the deli meat next to it as shown in the photos. Add nuts and dried fruit if desired. These are great for filling in any empty spaces and rounding out the charcuterie board.
Serve!
Santa Charcuterie Board
Ingredients
- 1 round cheese
- 6-7 string cheese You could use typical mozzarella string cheese or those Baby Bel cheese rolls
- 1 cup Mozzarella balls
- 1 cup Blueberries
- 8-10 slices deli ham or beef, turkey, salami. I love a mix of them.
- 1-2 cherry tomatoes
- 1/4 cup Honey We love using a hot honey.
- 1 cup green olives
- 1 cup Strawberries
- 1/4 cup Almonds
- 1/4 cup Pistachios
- 1-2 Sliced black olives
- 1 cup Grapes
Instructions
- Cut off a little from the bottom of the cheese round to make a semicircle. This will be Santa’s face. Place it on your platter with the corners down.
- Add mozzarella balls. This will be Santa’s beard.
- Next, add the string cheese to form the moustache and hair. We braided some of our string cheese for the hair.
- Cut a little bit off a cherry tomato so it has a flat side and place that on Santa’s face to be his nose.
- Make Santa’s hat out of strawberry slices. Make a pompom either from one of the mozzarella balls or cut a small round out of the leftover cheese round you made the face out of.
- Add a small bowl for the honey.
- Place grapes and olives on top and sides.
- Make a ham or salami rose. Place the rest of the deli meat next to it as shown in the photos. Add nuts and dried fruit if desired. These are great for filling in any empty spaces and rounding out the charcuterie board.
- Serve!