Charcuterie boards are my new obsession. They are honestly so easy and look like you put in a ton of work. With a little one obsessed with Halloween I decided it was time to do a themed one! His favorite meal is breakfast so he helped me make a Halloween breakfast inspired one. Coming soon will be a movie night sweet treat Halloween board – stay tuned!
Breakfast Charcuterie Board
Supplies
The best part about charcuterie boards is that you can really just about throw anything on them. Here is what I used for this one to help you go shopping:
Non-food
- Cutting board (HERE is my favorite) or tray
- bowls/plates/cupcake liners (use them for bowls to hold small things like sprinkles)
Food
- mini pumpkin waffle maker & skeleton mini waffle maker
- donut holes/donuts
- croissants
- poptarts
- mini muffins
- bisquick (& ingredients you put in it)
- pumpkin spice marshmallows
- pumpkin cookies (got ours at HEB)
- Halloween oreos
- edible googly eyes
- sprinkles
- mini chocolate chips
- syrup (we did have syrup but I forgot to put it in the container for the pic!)
- whipped cream (I chose to not put this on the tray but you could)
- cinnamon roll tube
The Process
- First, it’s a good idea to put all your things that need to be put in bowls on first. I spread the bowls out on the board. You can even put things in bowls that don’t necessarily need to go in one just to make it more decorative. You can also use small plates and they take up more room if you need to spread things out!
2. Next, I like to take the bigger items and lay them out. I tend to have them touching some or all of the bowls/plates. In this case my bigger items were pumpkin waffles, cinnamon roll skeletons (more on that in a sec), croissants, muffins, & poptarts. I group like items together and spread out the color. These are all the same color so I just grouped them.
3. Fill in the spaces left with smaller items. In my case it was cookies and donut holes. I wanted the orange things to not all be together so I just made several small “orange groupings.”
Mini Waffle Maker Idea
Since we have two waffle makers I decided to do one set of waffles and one set of cinnamon rolls. To make cinnamon rolls in the mini waffle maker you need to buy a tube of cinnamon rolls (the icing comes with it and you can see it is on the charcuterie board in the container it came it). Separate the cinnamon roll dough into individual rolls. Place one dough roll in the mini waffle maker and close! I had to hold my lid down to keep it flattened. It’s pretty much done when the timer goes off (these waffle makers have a little light that turns off when they are done)., but always use your judgement. Top with icing when you are ready to eat!
It’s really that easy! Stay tuned for my Halloween movie night themed board coming soon! We love a good movie night and I think my kids secretly love it for the treats! Have you seen our “candy concessions” in our media room?
Here is a little video of us making the waffles/cinnamon rolls and putting the board together…
Movie Night Charcuterie Board
As you saw above, we love having fun treats in our media room for special occasions like movie nights. A movie night charcuterie board seemed like a fun idea for my son’s 7th birthday so I gathered some fav treats! Here’s some things I used:
Supplies
- Cutting board or tray to arrange treats on. HERE is the one I used from Target
- bowls to put small candy in (THIS adorable ghost one was fun to make the popcorn come out of)
- popcorn (used 2 types on ours – regular and caramel)
- cheese balls
- veggie ghost & bats
- chocolate covered pretzels (forgot to put these on!)
- m&ms
- reeses pieces
- pretzels (found Halloween ones)
- kit kats
- eyeball gumballs
- eyeball gummies
- holiday brownies
- bone candy
- orange starbursts
- spider cookies (made with oreos, pretzels sticks, and edible candy eyes)
- pretzels rods (found THESE candy covered ones)
The Process
See above for the process since it will be the same. Start with bowls, then larger items, them fill in with other items.
I did add wax paper to the bottom of the tray I used since it was not food safe. I loved how big THIS tray was and that it had handles so I could carry it (unlike a charcuterie board).
Here’s a short video of the process too…
Individual Movie Baskets
Instead of everyone sharing from the same tray, individual basket options are also a great idea. I grabbed THESE food baskets, THESE food liners, and THESE small paper cups from Target.
These work well so each kid has their own stuff (no fighting) and germs are contained to their basket. Might be a little easier to eat out of these while watching a movie too. You could also add THESE fun drink cups, especially if it’s for a birthday party.
