Christmas Charcuterie Board
Don't be a Grinch, grab a handful of your favorite snacks and let's get this party started!
Servings 12 servings
Calories 956kcal
Ingredients
- 18 black licorice twizzler sticks
- 4 cups white chocolate chips
- red food color
- green food color
- 4 cups mini pretzels
- 4 cups plain popcorn
- 3 cups green grapes washed and cut in half
- 3 red peanut M&M’s
- ½ cup yellow M&M’s
- 2 brown M&M’s
- 2 cups green peanut M&M’s
- 2 cups pineapple cut into chunks
- 1 cup white cheddar cheese cut into chunks
Instructions
- Find an image of the Grinch on-line and print large enough to fit your largest board charcuterie board, chopping board or baking sheet.
- Lay the stencil for the smile and eyes out on the board.
- In a large mixing bowl add the white chocolate chips. Melt in 30 second bursts at 50% power in your microwave until nice and melted.
- Drizzle ⅓ of the white chocolate over a baking sheet lined with wax paper filled with plain popped popcorn. Mix well with the melted white chocolate. Allow to dry completely.
- Take half of the remaining white chocolate and mix with red food color. Dip pretzels and lay out to dry on a sheet lined with more wax paper. Repeat the same with the green. Use any remaining melted chocolate and coat popcorn/pretzels.
- Cut the licorice sticks and lay out on the stencil drawing - on the mouth, eyes and nose. Place the red M&M’s where the nose is.
- Fill the eyes with the yellow M&M’s then place one brown in each eye for the pupil.
- Lay out the white popcorn, in a line above the eyes for the brim of a Santa hat.
- Start filling in the face of the grinch with all your green items. The halved grapes, pretzels and M&M’s.
- Arrange anything red (the pretzels and popcorn) in the hat above. Create a white edge with the white popcorn.
- Create a layer of snow at the bottom using the pineapple, cheese chunks and any remaining chocolate chunks.
- Add another layer of the black licorice, now that you have the green items to help keep it in place.
- With the basic shape made you can fill in any holes with the remaining ingredients. Have fun with it!
Notes
Place the board where it's going to be displayed/set before building. Moving it once the items are laid out can be tedious.
Nutrition
Calories: 956kcal | Carbohydrates: 146g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 1389mg | Potassium: 293mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 72g | Vitamin A: 258IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 244mg | Iron: 1mg