This quick and easy Chocolate Dessert Charcuterie Board is filled with indulgent handheld desserts that can be assembled in minutes. Whether you create this board for your love ones or just for fun, this board will be empty before the end of the night!

What You’ll Love About this Chocolate Dessert Charcuterie Board

It’s Customizable: You can fill this board with any cookies, cakes, brownies, and fruit that you love most!
Dessert Boards are Fun to Make! Arranging the food is a great opportunity to get the kids involved.
Guests Love It: Guests love to see a variety of snacks and you’ll see how delighted they are when choosing their own treats.

Easy Dessert Charcuterie Board

If you’re needing an excuse to make the perfect dessert charcuterie board or in need of a last minute dessert, this chocolate board is the solution. Go ahead and call your closest friends and tell them to come on over! How do you know what cookies and sweet treats to plan for a dessert board? First, ask yourself what kinds of sweets you want to offer. For example, do you want a board that features different kinds of cookies, various candies, two bite cakes, brownies, mini muffins and cupcakes or a mixture of it all. Once you decide, you’re ready to assemble. Ingredients to make a simple cake and cookie Chocolate Dessert Charcuterie Board with brownies: (Scroll down for full printable recipe card.)

Chocolate Sauce: Make one batch of my hot fudge sauce recipe.
Caramel Sauce: Make one batch of my salted caramel sauce. Both can be made one day in advance.
Cookies: Double Chocolate Cookies, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Madeleine Cookies, Chocolate Mini Crullers, Lindor Chocolate Truffles,
Cake, Brownies and Donut Holes: Add Turtle Brownie Squares, Angel Food Cake, Shortbread Cookies, Chocolate Covered Pretzels.
Sweet Snacks: Muddy Buddy Trail Mix, Knoppers, Hershey Nuggets, Chocolate Bars, Pocky Sticks, Stroopwafels, Mini Stroopwafels, Candy Pop Snickers Popcorn, Chocolate Fudge Pirouette, French Vanilla Pirouette.
Fruit: One quart fresh strawberries with stems for easy pick-up.

How to Make a Chocolate Dessert Charcuterie Board

Make the Dipping Sauces – Prepare the Hot Fudge Sauce and Salted Caramel Sauce one day in advance and chill until assembling the board. (Tip: You can use a quality prepared hot fudge sauce and caramel sauce for a time saver.)
Choose and Prep the Board – Use a lint free cloth to wipe and prepare board. Make sure the board is food safe.
Arrange Cookies – Start with larger cookies and place them along the edges of board. The process images will help give you a guideline for how to begin.
Add Extras – Fill in the center of the board with donut holes, cubed cake, brownies and pretzels.
Fill Gaps with More Sweets – Fill in bare spots with the remaining muddy buddies, pocky sticks, stroopwafels, candied popcorn, pirouette, candy, chocolates and fresh strawberries. (Have fun it’s like decorating with food!)
Warm the Dips – Leave room for the chocolate fudge sauce and salted caramel sauce. Warm them both in the microwave then place into small decorative dessert bowls or wide mouth jars and place on the board.
Don’t Forget the Picks – Add bamboo picks or toothpicks near the fruit, hot fudge and caramel for easy pick up.
Serve – Serve your freshly assembled diy fruit and chocolate charcuterie board immediately and enjoy!

Tips for Making a Dessert Charcuterie Board

Kitchen Tools You’ll Need: A large square, rectangular or round food safe charcuterie board or tray, jars, decorative picks or toothpicks, sharp knife and cutting board.
Provide Dessert Plates and Bowls: Bowls can be handy for containing the items and the gooey dipping sauces.
Use a Food Safe Platter or Board: It’s essential to choose a beautiful and food-safe platter to display your treats.
Food Safety: If you’re uncertain if the board is food safe, line the board with a cloth napkin or a piece of parchment paper to separate the food from the board. Bonus, easy cleanup, too!
Include Any Sweets You Enjoy: There are NO rules when choosing the kind of sweets you want to include on your board. Choose the cookies, doughnuts, brownies, muffins or cakes that you like considering the dietary needs of those you’re serving.
Choose Your Favorite Candy: The same goes for the candies. This is a fun time to indulge go for the gold! If your serving it for a holiday like Christmas use red, green and gold wrapped candies for a festive look.
Include Color and Textures: Make sure you add different textures and a pop of color. Different textures and shapes will help how the eye flows throughout the board.
Make-Ahead Tip: For this dessert board I like to include my Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce and Salted Caramel Sauce for dipping. If you want to go completely prep free, you can use a quality store bought fudge sauce warmed in the microwave and a can or jar of premade caramel sauce.
What Drinks Do You Serve with a Charcuterie Dessert Board? You can serve it with hot chocolate, wine, soft drinks, coffee or hot tea.
When to Serve a Dessert Board: You can serve this for casual gatherings with friends, Valentine’s Day, Christmas or any holiday, game day, poll parties and picnics as well as backyard cookouts.

Recipe Variations

Create Other Dipping Options: You could also add a cream cheese fruit dip, whipped cream or strawberry sauce. This is one dessert that you can have fun with and get creative!
Dessert Substitutions: You can add any sweets that you enjoy! Marshmallows, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, a variety of fruit like apples and cherries and fresh berries like blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and grapes.
Dried Fruit and Savory Options: Add dried fruit like apricots and pears along with savory snacks like pretzels, nuts and crackers. Provide your guests with a variety of tastes and flavors to sample.

Storage and Leftovers

Leftovers: Store any sweets left behind from your cake and brownies Charcuterie Dessert Board in airtight containers at room temperature or chill items if needed, in the refrigerator.
Chill Fruit and Sauces: Store any fruit, sauces and dips chilled.

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Make your own Creme Brulee.
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No Bake Peanut Butter Bars.
Strawberry Pancakes can be served for breakfast or dessert with whipped cream.
Follow my tutorial for how to make a Fruit Bouquet.
Frosted Strawberries and Cream Rice Krispies Treats.
Cake Pops from Wilton.

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