People Are Making Charcuterie Boards for Easter—and We Love the Egg-Stravaganza
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022
Your Easter charcuterie board can be made with fruit and cheese—or Peeps and jelly beans.
Nothing brings family together like a decadent array of delicious food. And it’s even better when the food is beautifully arranged as a charcuterie board. In our mind, they’re the perfect addition to any gathering.
While typical charcuterie boards only feature meats, cheeses and other savory goodies, there’s an alternative board we can’t wait to try: an Easter charcuterie board.
Get ready for a rainbow of colors and sugar galore. It’s candy time, baby!
How to Make an Easter Charcuterie Board
First, think about the symbols and traditional Easter desserts you associate with the holiday. You’ll likely visualize soft pastel colors as well as bunnies, chicks and eggs as far as the eye can see. Then, look for colorful candies, marshmallows, cookies and other sweet treats that fit the theme.
Our Taste of Home Easter board is anchored by an adorable oversized chocolate bunny nestled next to colorful wrapped chocolates and piles of pastel Peeps and other candies. We used cookie cutters to contain some of the sweets and add even more cute shapes to the board.
This board from @ainttooproudtomeg is quite a step up from the Easter baskets we grew up with!
View this post on Instagram
We also love this Easter charcuterie board from @kayla.camera.eats. It includes a combination of bright Peeps, bunny cookies, chocolate eggs and pastel M&M’s.
View this post on Instagram
To balance out all of the sugar, you can even create a board that blends sweet with savory. Another creation from @ainttooproudtomeg, this Easter charcuterie board relies on more traditional ingredients like cheese, fruit and crackers (here are some ideas for cheese board pairings to get you started). But don’t worry, there are some sweet treats in the form of cookies, candies and chocolate-covered pretzels. It is a holiday, after all.
View this post on Instagram
Overall, the arrangement of a board is just as important as the food it incorporates. I find what I love most about these particular variations are the incredible hues—they’re practically works of art.
This Is Fun for the Whole Family
While you probably already have plans to dye some eggs this Easter, why not add a new tradition, too? Assembling an Easter charcuterie board is a fun, kid-friendly activity! You’ll all have a wonderful time eating all that Easter candy.
Strawberry Pillows
Make Easter cookies extra special with these mini pie look-alikes. They're stuffed with sweet strawberry preserves—yum! —Amy Sauerwalt, Columbia, Maryland
Easter Sugar Cookies
Cream cheese contributes to the rich taste of these melt-in-your-mouth Easter cookies. They have such nice flavor, you can skip the frosting and sprinkle them with colored sugar for a change. —Julie Brunette, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Lemon-Ricotta Cookies
I work for a Special Education school and our students run their own catering business. Every time they make these lemon-ricotta cookies for a catering event, they get raves. They are the yummiest and chewiest cookies ever! —Renee Phillips, Owosso, Michigan
Lavender Shortbread
Lavender flowers can be used fresh or dried in cooking. The flowers have an intense flavor, so they are best used sparingly.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Greendale, Wisconsin
Pineapple Coconut Tassies
These Easter cookies may sound and look fancy, but they're rather easy to make Their simplicity makes them an ideal choice for baking with children. My granddaughter enjoys helping me measure the ingredients. Children also can help shape the dough into balls, and then you can finish them together. —Connie Shuff, York, Pennsylvania
Easter Egg Cookies
My mother started baking these cookies with me and my eight brothers and sisters when I was a child, and I carried on the tradition with our four youngsters when they were little. Now, my children are grown and can make these cookies with their own tots. (Psst! Still hungry? Try these Easter baking recipes.) —Barbara Neuweg, West Point, Iowa
Lemon Poppy Seed Cutouts
I love to package up these tart, tender cookies to share with friends! You could spread them with buttercream or cream cheese frosting to turn them into sandwich cookies. And they'd be delicious dipped in white chocolate. —Ilana Pulda, Bellevue, Washington
Strawberry Cookie Cups
I learned to bake beside my mom and grandmother. When I was on break from college, I knew just how to entertain myself: I made cookies. Sharing this recipe with my mom and grandmother was a proud moment.—Andrea Zulauf, Livonia, New York
Orange-Nutella Cookie Cups
These cups are easy to put on a platter for impressive presentation—they're a true one-bite pleasure! Top them with the fresh fruit of your choice: Half a strawberry or a piece of mandarin orange complements the hazelnut chocolate flavor of the Nutella. —Joanie Fuson, Indianapolis, Indiana
Carrot Spice Thumbprint Cookies
Carrot cake is a family favorite Easter dessert, and these delicious cookies taste just like it with shredded carrots, dried cranberries, toasted walnuts, cinnamon and cloves. And they're topped with a rich cream cheese frosting. Who could resist? Each cookie is like eating a piece of carrot cake, but with no fork needed! —Susan Bickta, Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Rhubarb-Filled Cookies
I won a blue ribbon at our local fair for these tender cookies. They're so pretty with the ruby-red filling peeking through the dough. Try making these special cookies and watch the smiles appear. —Pauline Bondy, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Jelly Bean Cookies
It's a family tradition for my grandmother and me to make these colorful cookies every year for the holidays. —Cheyenne Fink, Pleasantville, Pennsylvania
Caramel Pecan Shortbread
My grandchildren look for Grandma's "candy bar cookies" every holiday. I recommend doubling the recipe for these sweet treats because they go so fast. —Dorothy Buiter, Worth, Illinois
Cream Cheese Dainties
Cream cheese makes these tender treats melt in your mouth. —Lynne Stewart, Julian, Pennsylvania
Pistachio Cookies
This wonderful pistachio cookie recipe is fun to make and everyone will be impressed with how pretty the green coloring is. They're one of my favorite Easter cookies. —Pat Habiger, Spearville, Kansas
Rosemary-Lemon Shortbread Sandwich Cookies
These beautiful shortbread sandwich cookies are always a welcome addition to our annual ladies holiday tea luncheon. The distinctive rosemary flavor, paired so well with the tangy lemon curd, has made them a favorite in our group for years! —Jamie Jones, Madison, Georgia
Berry Shortbread Dreams
Raspberry jam adds fruity sweetness to these rich raspberry-filled shortbread cookies. They will absolutely melt in your mouth! —Mildred Sherrer, Fort Worth, Texas
Soft Honey Cookies
These old-fashioned honey cookies have a subtle honey-cinnamon flavor and a tender texture. This recipe has been a favorite in my family for years and now it can be one at your house, too. —Rochelle Friedman, Brooklyn, New York
Lavender and Lemon Biscochitos
Biscochitos are the state cookie for our home state of New Mexico. They are traditionally made with anise seeds, but I substituted lavender and lemon in this biscochitos recipe. The result is intriguing and delicious! I have also made these with lemon and dried thyme and they were scrumptious. —Marla Clark, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Frosted Chocolate Delights
Before we five kids headed off to school each day, Mom took our requests for that day's dinner. I usually asked her to make these cookies for dessert, and she would rarely disappoint. I still enjoy them today. —Patricia Ramczyk, Appleton, Wisconsin
Spritz Cookies
It was a tradition to make these Easter cookies with my grandmother. Now our two daughters help me make them for the holidays. —Sharon Claussen, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Dipped Cherry Cookies
Our seven children and four grandkids voted this festive, flavorful cookie a “keeper.” We gave a batch to our mail carrier, in thanks for trudging through so much snow, and she asked for the recipe. —Ruth Anne Dale, Titusville, Pennsylvania
Greek Holiday Cookies
Koulourakia are a traditional treat in Greece, where they are usually made for Easter and other celebrations. I enjoy making these buttery, golden Greek cookies to keep me in touch with my heritage. —Nicole Moskou, New York, New York
Brownie Bourbon Bites
Chocolate and chopped pecans flavor these simple, spirited treats. Make a double batch so you can give some as gifts and savor the rest!—Paula Kirchenbauer, Newton, New Jersey
Lemon Meltaways
Both the cookie and the frosting are spiked with lemon in these melt-in-your-mouth goodies. Your family won't be able to get enough of this lemon butter meltaway cookie recipe. —Mary Houchin, Lebanon, Illinois
Chocolate Coconut Neapolitans
These yummy striped cookies with a chocolaty twist are easy and fun to make, but they do need some time in the freezer. —Lena Marie Brownell, Rockland, Massachusetts
Grandma Brubaker’s Orange Cookies
At least two generations of my family have enjoyed the recipe for these delicate, orange-flavored, cakelike cookies. (Speaking of cake, try these amazing Easter cakes, too.) —Sheri DeBolt, Huntington, Indiana
Carrot Cookie Bites
This recipe is a longtime family favorite. The Easter cookies are soft and delicious, and the aroma while baking is absolutely irresistible! I'm always being asked for the recipe. —Jeanie Petrik, Greensburg, Kentucky
Gooey Butter Cookies
As a native of St. Louis, I wanted to make a cookie version of the famous gooey butter cake. And although many gooey butter cake recipes use a cake mix, my cookies are made from scratch.—Julia Nouss, Richmond, Virginia
Baklava Thumbprint Cookies
The topping on my sister-in-law's peach cobbler was so delicious that I asked for the recipe, then decided to use that to top a cookie I developed with the flavors of baklava. My adult son tried one and immediately ate two more—which is unusual for him! It's a good recipe to mix up the night before and bake fresh the next day for company. —Sharon Eshelman, Harrington, Delaware
