How To Make a Valentine's Day Candy Charcuterie Board
Don't stress about making everything from scratch for your Valentine snack board. (We LOVE those iced heart cookies from the grocery story like the ones in our picture!) Or, you can do a nice mix of homemade candy (like dipped pretzels) and cookies and then add in candies.Also, use our list as a starting point! Sweet Valentines charcuterie boards are a lot of fun to play around with, so add in your own. It's also a fun food project to make with kids!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time20 minutesmins
Course: Holidays
Servings: 1
Author: LittleCooksReadingBooks.com
Equipment
Serving tray of choice
Heart shaped dish (optional)
Ingredients
SUGGESTIONS:
Valentine cookiesvariety of choice
Valentine Conversation Heart candies
Valentine candiesvariety of choice
Pretzelsregular and chocolate dipped
Red gummies
Strawberriesor cherries or raspberries or a mix
Chocolate dipped strawberries with Valentine sprinkles
Instructions
When building a snack tray or charcuterie board, ALWAYS START IN THE MIDDLE AND WORK OUT. (Doesn't matter how big or small your charcuterie board / table is.) The building blocks in the middle are the "stars" of your board. In our case, we placed a small heart bowl filled with conversation Valentine hearts.
Continue working outward, adding a large item (like cookies) to one side and then diagonally add the same size item on the other side.
Once you do something to one side of the board, stop and do something on the opposite side of the board in the same color and/or bulk/size. This will help you keep the board feeling balanced and will help to avoid putting a bunch of the same colors together.
Continue adding items to each side until you are finished. Stand back and assess your snack board. Are there too many of one color together? Does one side of the board look "heavier" than the other? DON'T STRESS TOO MUCH. It's easy to fill in your board with small candy hearts and pretzels to make it feel complete.
SERVE AND ENJOY!
Notes
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE POST FOR A FULL LIST OF VALENTINE CHARCUTERIE FOOD IDEAS (HEALTHY SNACKS AND SWEET TREATS). SCROLL UP!