Easy Breakfast Charcuterie Board
Start your morning off right with this delicious and Easy Breakfast Charcuterie Board. Made with an assortment of fresh fruits, mini cinnamon rolls, meats, and other sweet and savory items, that will keep your taste buds happy. Make this unique breakfast board for your family and friends or enjoy it all to yourself!
Charcuterie Boards are endless possibilities for an appetizer spread or a meal for groups of two or for a party. This platter of breakfast foods is perfect for a lazy weekend morning. It’s a laid-back way of sharing a meal with your family and friends.
When we travel one of the perks of staying in a hotel is the delicious continental breakfast some places offer. I can have a little bit of many of my favorite morning foods all on one plate. Making your own Breakfast Charcuterie Board at home is easy to do and is perfect for weekend brunches, Easter mornings, Mother’s Day, Christmas morning and so many more special occasions you can think of.
Personally, I love to graze on this summer charcuterie board any time of the year by changing up the fruits that are in season. This Mini Pancake Muffin Charcuterie Board is one of my family’s favorites to make and eat. A little creativity and your grazing trays will be amazing.
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Easy Breakfast Charcuterie Board
You don’t have to make everything from scratch to make an amazing breakfast board. It’s easy to store-bought items like frozen mini waffles or mini pancakes. Cooking the bacon and sausage is recommended over the ready-to-serve varieties but in a pinch, go for it. Make these sausage and egg muffins ahead and then add them with the other foods.
Check the bakery for mini baked goods, like cinnamon rolls or mini danishes. Even the freezer department can be your friend when it comes to frozen baked goods. Fresh fruits are great space fillers and using small ramekin bowls it gives a bit more depth to the different elements.
Choosing the tray to use is easy too. You don’t need a fancy expensive one. Using a large platter or a large wooden cutting board are great options, even a baking sheet! I used one that is about 18×12 inches. You can customize them to the size and shape of your serving dish, or make multiple ones!
Who says your morning meal has to be boring? Shake things up with this tasting selection! This creative and customizable spread is a feast for the eyes and the taste buds.
What is a breakfast charcuterie board?
Charcuterie boards, also known as grazing or snack boards are very popular. They’re so easy to make for a party, special event, or even to serve for dinner. Basically, they are a platter filled with a variety of different ingredients like meats, cheese, fruits, and dippers. An assortment is a great way to mix and match your favorite items like waffles, pancakes, bacon, sausage, eggs, fruit, toppings of your choice, and so much more. You can even bake a 9×13 quiche and cut it into small squares to add to the platter.
If you’re wanting to make the mini cinnamon rolls from scratch, try this cinnamon roll recipe out. Just create mini versions of the bigger rolls. Be sure to include those pops of color in spaces to break up foods of the same color.
Breakfast and Brunch Charcuterie Boards are popular year-round. This simple one can be made easily with your favorite morning or light lunch foods, or you can create a very elaborate one for a large gathering like a bridal or baby shower.
Can you make a breakfast charcuterie board ahead of time?
It’s best to serve hot foods like waffles and meats when they are warm so make those foods that need to stay warm last. Serve up some warm homemade pancake syrup in a small pitcher.
The hard-boiled eggs can be made ahead of time and refrigerated. You can prep the jams and syrups by putting them in small containers, wash and prepare the fresh fruit, and gather the baked goods all ahead of time.
Timesaving Tips and Variations
- There’s really no limit (other than space) to what you can serve. Use your favorites but make them easy to serve.
- Mini bagels would be great to serve with some flavored cream cheese.
- Mini donuts or donut holes are popular with kids.
- French toast triangles are delicious to add.
- I love to add small containers of yogurt and granola.
- It’s easier to serve hard-boiled eggs over scrambled eggs.
- Add cheese and ham slices in place of the sausage and bacon.
- Other toppings to use can include chocolate chips, honey, Nutella, blueberries, or banana slices.
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Recommended Equipment for a Charcuterie Board
The beauty of this recipe is that you can use any large tray or platter that you have along with small bowls and jars. Mix and match!
- large tray or wooden board (the tray I used measured 18″ by 12″)
- mini mason jars
- ramekins or small bowls
Ingredients
These are just some foods I used, but the options are really endless – serve what you love.
- Blackberries
- Green grapes
- Strawberries
- Half slices of crispy bacon
- Sausage links, cooked
- Hard-boiled eggs, halved
- Waffles, cut into quarters
- Mini cinnamon rolls
- Strawberry jam
- Maple Syrup
How to Make This Easy Breakfast Charcuterie Board
Cook the bacon, sausage, and waffles. I used frozen blueberry waffles toasted for this recipe. To help reduce staining, you may choose to line it with parchment paper or wax paper. Add your blackberries, grapes, and jam to the small bowls Pour syrup into a small pitcher and arrange them, spacing them apart for visual appeal, and easier arrangement of the rest of the ingredients.
Place cut waffles quarters and sausage links between the grapes and syrup. Add egg halves around the grape container.
Next, add the mini cinnamon rolls and bacon to the platter around the blackberry and grape containers.
Fill in any empty spaces with the fresh strawberries and serve.
If you’re a breakfast fan, you’ll soon realize that creating a delicious arrangement of tasty bites is a fun way to serve brunch classics for a holiday morning or just because you want to try out new recipes.
The suggested foods in the recipe are my family’s choices but feel free to serve what your family loves. If you’re creating this spread for a special occasion, tailor the choices for that theme or event.
Other Recipe Ideas to Add
Your options are endless, so get creative in what you serve. Here are a few more ideas to try.
- Ham and Cheese Scones with Chives
- Apricot Jam
- Sausage Biscuit Dippers with Gravy
- Bacon Wrapped Asparagus
- Mini Muffin Veggie Omelets
If you’re making muffins or scones, consider making min versions of them to add to your trays.
Ready to create your own morning grazing board? Hit print on this recipe and let your creativity and food cravings go!
Printable Breakfast Charcuterie Board Recipe
Easy Breakfast Charcuterie Board
Ingredients
- blackberries
- green grapes
- strawberries
- cooked crispy bacon, cut in halves
- sausage links, cooked
- hard boiled eggs, halved
- waffles, cut into quarters
- mini cinnamon rolls
- strawberry jam
- maple syrup
Instructions
- Cook the bacon, sausage, and waffles. I used frozen blueberry waffles toasted for this recipe.
- To help reduce staining on your board, you may choose to line it with parchment paper or wax paper. Add your blackberries, grapes, and jam to small bowls or ramekins. Pour syrup into a small container and arrange them on the board, spacing them apart for visual appeal, and easier arrangement of the rest of the ingredients.
- Place cut waffles quarters and sausage links between the grapes and syrup.
- Add egg halves around the grape container.
- Next, add the mini cinnamon rolls and bacon to the charcuterie board around the blackberry and grape containers.
- Fill in any empty spaces with the fresh strawberries and serve your easy charcuterie board.
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