Christmas Charcuterie Board & Snack Tray

This post is from Mom Home Guide’s archive of Christmas ideas!

Welcome to the Festive Christmas Ideas blog hop! Today my blogging friends and I will be sharing Christmas breakfast ideas. I will be sharing a fun Christmas charcuterie board and snack tray!

In my home, I already have a rustic Christmas tree up with homemade ornaments, tree topper and garland. Now that’s taken care of, it’s time to think about what to serve my family on Christmas day!

In my home, our Christmas tradition is to have cinnamon rolls while opening presents. Not the homemade ones, but the refrigerated ones you buy in a can from the supermarket and then cook in your oven. (I have also served homemade cinnamon rolls, but my kids really seem to adore the store-bought ones!)

This year, since my family and I will be celebrating at home together, it would be fun to amplify our Christmas morning tradition!

For our Christmas morning, I plan to make a Christmas charcuterie board and snack tray that will include cinnamon rolls—but I will include a lot of other goodies, too! That way, we can nibble on our charcuterie board and snack tray on Christmas day.

Christmas Charcuterie Board and Snack Tray

Christmas charcuterie tree with sweets, cheeses, meats and veggies

A Christmas charcuterie board and snack tray is an excellent option for Christmas morning and afternoon. If you stock it with foods to appeal to each of your guests, you can ensure that everyone will have something to nibble on that they love! It will also prevent you from having to miss time with your guests because you’re in the kitchen. A double win!

You can prep a lot of the ingredients the day before (like the fresh veggies, snacks and cheeses) and just place them on your charcuterie board or tray Christmas morning. That way, you won’t miss out on any of the fun while you are in the kitchen!

For your tray, you can use a plate that you already own or a large wooden cutting board—this bamboo cutting board on Amazon is well rated and a really good deal! A Christmas-themed platter is a fun option, too! I really like this wooden reindeer-antler shaped platter!

There are lots of variations you can do for your charcuterie board and snack tray—you can make sure that you include a few of each family member’s favorite snacks or foods, for example. For instance, for my family, I might add goat cheese for one kid who loves that type of cheese, plenty of hard salami and soppressata for my husband, and my daughter’s favorite Christmas cookie. And of course, some cinnamon rolls!

I love charcuterie boards – I shared a fall charcuterie board and snack tray earlier this season.

Charcuterie Board & Snack Tray Ingredients

There are lots of options you can include on your charcuterie board; these are a few ideas to help you get started!

charcuterie board or snack tray for Christmas with cookies, cheeses, meats, snacks and veggies

(Ingredients, clockwise)

Cinnamon rolls

Chips (I used Pringles)

Raisins (I used golden)

Honey-Roasted Peanuts (my favorite)

Sliced Sharp Cheddar Cheese

Soppresatta Slices

Carrot Sticks

Celery Sticks

Hard Salami Slices

Dried Cranberries

Cookies (The ones on this tray are store bought, but you could also try these recipes: Raspberry thumbprint cookies, chocolate chip cookies and frosted gingerbread cookies)

M&M’s

Alouette Garlic & Herb soft cheese spread (in the middle)

(On this tray I also have cinnamon sticks. An option is to serve this tray with cups of warm apple cider for everyone. You can add a cinnamon stick to each cup for extra flavor.)

I like this mix of charcuterie board and snack tray items for Christmas. It think it will be good to have a mix of cheeses, meats, crackers, dried fruits, chocolate, veggies, nuts and cookies—something for everyone. I didn’t include crackers on the tray in the photos here, but if you put some cheeses on your tray, including some crackers is a good choice, too!