Name: Christmas Hot Cocoa Charcuterie Board
Prep time: 35 min
Cuisine: Desserts
Ingredients: ½ cup White Chocolate Chips; ½ cup Chocolate Chips; 10-12 Godiva Mint Filled Chocolates; 1 cup Milk Chocolate cocoa powder mix; ½ cup Hershey Candy Cane Kisses; 3-6 White Chocolate truffles; 3-6 Peppermint truffles; 3-6 Snickerdoodle truffles; 3-6 Chocolate truffles; 2-3 Cocoa Bombs; ¼ cup Mini Marshmallows; 4-5 Ghirardelli Peppermint Bark; ½ cup White Chocolate Snowball Whoppers; 6-7 Hershey candy Bells; ¼ cup Christmas Candy Sprinkles; ½ cup Christmas Tree Marshmallows; ½ cup Peppermint Stripe Marshmallows; 5-6 Cinnamon Sticks; 5-6 Peppermint sticks; Hershey chocolate bar; Hershey cookie Bar; Chocolate Spoons; 3-4 Peeps Christmas Trees; 1 Snowman Marshmallow; 1 cup Whip Cream; 12-16 Peppermint candy balls; 5-6 small Candy Canes; ½ cup Christmas Candy Corn; 5-6 Chocolate coated Oreos; 5-6 White Chocolate coated Oreos

This Christmas hot cocoa charcuterie board is jam-packed with sweets and hot chocolate fixings – everyone will go crazy over it. When it comes to the holidays, I love all the decorations, food, music, and iconic television shows and movies and this board is the perfect treat.

This popular trend is just what you need for a holiday meal or event. Can you imagine the looks on the guest’s faces when they see this unique dessert and hot cocoa board? They will be simply awe-struck!

Vertical Christmas hot cocoa charcuterie board filled with snowball whoppers, sprinkles, cookies, marshmallow snowmen and any more sweets on a white plate. — This Christmas hot cocoa charcuterie board is so simple to make, you can put it together in about 30 minutes.

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Holiday Hot Chocolate Charcuterie Board

Here at Ruffles and Rain Boots, we love to share unique recipes with our readers so you can create a foodie experience like nothing you have had before. This holiday hot chocolate charcuterie board will take your dessert game to an extreme level of deliciousness.

For those who are not familiar with a charcuterie board, it is taken from a French word that means delicatessen of cured meats. We have taken that concept and switched out the salami, pepperoni, and cheeses for butter cookies and Hershey’s chocolates, and hot cocoa mixers. These are just a few of the sweet surprises on this heavenly dessert and drink board.

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Vertical image of full Christmas Hot Chocolate Charcuterie Board Recipe filled with chocolate spoons, round and square cookies, hot cocoa bombs, and more treats on a white plate against a white wood background. — Impress your guests with your holiday hot cocoa-inspired Charcuterie board

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Tips For Making A Dessert Charcuterie Board

If you are a dipper, as in cookies in milk like me, add a few dips to your dessert charcuterie board. A chocolate ganache and a marshmallow dip for your cookies and other delectables would be a great addition to the board.
Because this is a chocolate-heavy recipe, we recommend adding lots of colors to balance that brown earth tone. The red and white of a candy cane and the green of the marshmallow trees will be striking in comparison to the main colors.
Add a bit of fresh seasonal greenery like pine, mistletoe, boxwood, or spruce to add color, vibrance, and texture to the board.

Ingredients for a Hot Cocoa Charcuterie Board

Below are the ingredients I used, but check your pantry and cookie jar to see what you have on hand before you head to the store or place your order on Amazon for more ingredients. If you need ideas for adding a unique texture to this dessert board, read the tips above.

White Chocolate Chips
Chocolate Chips
Ghirardelli Mint Filled Chocolates
Milk Chocolate cocoa powder mix
Hershey Candy Cane Kisses
Lindt White Chocolate Truffles
Lindt Peppermint Chocolate Truffles
Lindor Snickerdoodle Truffles
Chocolate Lindor Truffles
2-3 Cocoa Bombs
Mini Marshmallows
Ghirardelli Peppermint Bark
Snowball Whoppers
Hershey candy Bells
Christmas Candy Sprinkles
Holiday Tree Marshmallows
Peppermint Marshmallows
Cinnamon Sticks
Peppermint sticks
Hershey’s Chocolate Bar
Hershey Cookie Bar
Chocolate Spoons
Snowman Marshmallow
Whip Cream
Peppermint candy balls
Candy Canes
Christmas Candy Corn
Oreo Fudge Covered Holiday Cookies
Iced Gingerbread Cookies
Chocolate Hazelnut Creme Filled Wafer Cookies
White Chocolate Pretzels
Holiday Sprinkles Rice Krispies Treats
Royal Dansk Holiday Danish Butter Cookies
Hot Cocoa Bombs (See this recipe)

How to Make a Hot Cocoa Charcuterie Board

Each step for this recipe is detailed below so it’s easy to follow. Keep this page open while you are creating your charcuterie board. If you would rather have a printable recipe, just scroll down and select the print button.

Vertical image of a white rectangle plate with a white ramekin, 3 small bowls and a bottle of peppermints, and a bottle of mini marshmallows on a red and white towel on a white weathered wood background.

Begin spacing out the anchor points for the charcuterie board with the bottled ingredients, ramekins, small plates, and bowls.

Vertical image of a white rectangle plate with a white ramekin filled with hot cocoa mix, 1 small bowl with chocolate chips, 3 empty bowls, hot cocoa bombs and a bottle of peppermints, and a bottle of mini marshmallows on a red and white towel on a white weathered wood background.

Begin filling in the ramekins and bowls with hot cocoa mix and chocolate chips, as well as placing the hot cocoa bombs on the plate.

A square white plate with a milk bottle full of peppermints and one filled with freeze-dried marshmallows, a red ramekin filled with hot cocoa and chocolate chips, and 4 small white bowls, one filled with chocolate chips, next to hot cocoa bombs, with chocolate candies filling the plate, on top of a white and red striped towel against a white wood background.

Continue to fill out the board with the wrapped candies and chocolates as well as the unwrapped chocolate bars.

Finish filling out the plate with cookies, chocolate-covered pretzels, marshmallows trees and snowmen, and other sweet treats until the plate is full.

Hot Cocoa Recipes You May Like

Truffle Cocoa

Truffles
Steamed milk
Fresh whipped cream

Instructions:

Bring milk to a simmer over medium heat until hot. Place truffles in your mug. Once the milk is heated, pour over the truffles and whisk until they are melted and combined. Top with fresh whipped cream

Traditional Cocoa

Steamed milk
Cocoa powder

Instructions:

Bring milk to a simmer over medium heat until hot. Add the cocoa powder to your mug. Once the milk is heated, pour over the cocoa powder, and stir until well combined.

Godiva Mint Cocoa

Steamed milk
Godiva Mint truffles

Instructions:

Bring milk to a simmer over medium heat until hot. Add the Godiva mint chocolates, and place them in your mug. Once the milk is heated, pour over the Godiva chocolates, allow to melt, and stir until well combined.

Double Chocolate Cocoa

Steamed chocolate milk
White chocolate chips
Chocolate chips

Instructions:

Bring milk to a simmer over medium heat until hot. Place white chocolate and chocolate in your mug. Once the milk is heated, pour over the chocolate chips, allow to melt, and stir until well combined.

Hershey Candy Cane Cocoa

Steamed milk
Hershey Candy Cane Kisses

Instructions:

Bring milk to a simmer over medium heat until hot. Add Hershey’s Candy Cane Kisses to your mug. Once the milk is heated, pour over the chocolate kisses, allow to melt, and stir until well combined.

Notes for Making a Chocolate Charcuterie Board

If you are looking for a personal choice rather than store-bought goodies for your hot cocoa board, you can make your own cookies from scratch. Your guests will certainly notice this gesture.
Peanut butter goes so well with chocolate that it would be a shame if you didn’t add some to your charcuterie board. Can you imagine dipping a square of chocolate into a bowl of creamy or crunch PB?
Seasonal fruits like oranges, persimmons, clementines, apples, and kiwi would be a welcome addition to your dessert charcuterie.
For a bit of crunch, you can add nuts that are in season like hazelnuts, walnuts, Brazil nuts, and cashews

More Dessert Recipes You May Enjoy

Peppermint Hot Cocoa Recipe: It’s pink and perfect – this hot chocolate recipe is a crowd pleaser.
Melted Snowman Cupcakes: Talk about Christmas cheer! This jolly snowman makes the perfect holiday cupcake topper. These cupcakes are so easy and delicious, you will have your guests asking for seconds.
Peppermint Sandwich Cookies Recipe: If you are looking for something unique to serve for your holiday dessert, these peppermint cookies filled with a buttercream frosting will hit the spot.
Melted Snowman Cookies Recipe: Adults and kids alike with be delighted with these adorable “melting” snowman cookies. They look just like Frosty is melting on top of this vanilla boxed cake mix cookie recipe.

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