New Year’s Eve Individual Charcuterie Cups

These New Year’s Eve Individual Charcuterie Cups are super easy to prepare and can be filled so many different ways with meats, cheeses, fruits, and other snacks found on a traditional grazing board. It’s perfect to ring in the New Year with, serve at parties, and fun for game day snacking.

I’ve mentioned in various posts that my family serves snack-type foods for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve in place of dinner and I totally wish I would have thought of these individual charcuterie cups years ago in place of a traditional charcuterie board. So much fun and easy to make!

Quite often I will prepare way too much food for these events and no one really wants to take any of it home after we party. I created these mini cups for a movie night and I was surprised to see that my friends refilled their cups and even took a few more filled ones home. I call that a win and we will be making them more often now.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Everyone loves a variety of appetizers and snacks.
• The individual charcuterie cups make it easy to carry while mingling among your guests.
• Create a one-of-a-kind mini appetizer cup with foods you love.

New Year’s Eve Individual Charcuterie Cups

Single serve mini charcuterie cups are a very functional way to serve many handheld appetizers and they are just fun to make and enjoy!. Each cup can be assembled ahead of time so that everyone can just grab one or two and enjoy. Such a fun charcuterie board alternative for the holiday season.

This recipe will make 12 individual charcuterie cups but I would definitely suggest making double or triple that for your guests, depending on what other party foods you will be serving.

If you’ve created a traditional charcuterie board, you know you want to include a variety of textures, meats, cheeses, crackers, fruits, and even sweets. The easy charcuterie cups are your blank canvas to fill so get creative while going for a great visual appeal with a pop of color, too.

At my local grocery store, there is a section in the front by the deli that has all sorts of delicious foods that are perfect for charcuterie boards and many are packaged for that purpose. Feel free to use them but also know if you’re planning on serving many people, it may not be the best cost-wise.

Not just for New Year’s Eve

A New Year’s Eve Charcuterie Board isn’t just for bringing in the New Year, serve the mini cups at your next party in the new year. Change up the ingredients for the Super Bowl, Valentine’s Day, baby showers, bridal showers, birthdays, or serve for game days. The options are endless! The individual servings are a unique way to celebrate any special event!

Equipment

• 12 clear plastic cups (we used 9-ounce disposable cups – not a sponsored link)
• Wooden skewers (or large fancy toothpicks)
• Cutting board
• Knife

Ingredients

• Trail mix (this is the one we love)
• Cheez-It crackers
• Crunch long breadsticks
• Long flatbread crackers
• Colby Jack cheese sticks
• Genoa/Mozzarella roll-ups (find these in the deli area)
• Grape tomatoes
• Marinated mozzarella cheese balls
• Cheddar cheese cubes
• Strawberries
• Blackberries
• Green Grapes
• Gherkin pickles (mini pickles)
• Pepperoni slices

Steps to Assemble New Year’s Eve Individual Charcuterie Cups

Step 1

For the base layer, in each cup add just enough of the trail mix to cover the bottom of the cup. Then add 4 of the small cheese crackers. Next, add one long flatbread cracker, one cheese stick, and one long crunch breadstick (using the trail mix to anchor them.)

Step 2

Using a knife and cutting board, cut the Genoa/Mozarella roll-ups into 4 pieces. Grab a wooden skewer and add in this order, ¼ of the Genoa/Mozarell roll, one grape tomato, and 1 marinated mozzarella ball to the skewer. Repeat for the other 11 skewers and one to each of the cups.

Step 3

For the next skewer, add a small strawberry with leaves intact, a blackberry, and a green grape. Place in cup and repeat for 11 more skewers.

Step 4

For the third and final skewer: add a Gherkin pickle, 2 pepperoni slices, each folded in half twice and then stacked (so they appear to look fanned out), and 1 cheddar cheese cube. Place in cup and repeat for the other 11 skewers.

Step 5

Finish the mini charcuterie cups by filling in the gaps with a couple of blackberries, cheddar cheese slices/cubes, and a couple of Cheez-Its if needed. Serve and Happy New Year!

Tips, Tricks, and FAQs

• Fill the cups with your favorite small type snack foods.
• Remember to use different textures of foods.
• Small jars would be super cute to use in place of the plastic cups.
• In place of the marinated mini mozzarella balls, try using these Boursin mini cheese balls.
• Try cutting thick slices of cheddar cheese into star shapes using a small cookie cutter.
• Any type of small cracker can be used in place of the Cheez-Its.
• If you can find the hard sesame breadsticks, they are delicious to add in.
• In place of the trail mix, use a variety of M&Ms in the bottom of your cup.
• Combining sweet with salty is always a winner.
• Dried fruit is always a great option to add.
• Adding whole black olives to the skewers can replace the grape tomatoes.
• These New Year’s Eve Individual Charcuterie Cups can be made in advance and refrigerated.
• Make double what you think you need, most people will eat at least two cups of these snacks.
• Another great idea for individual snack cups is to fill them with Cowboy Caviar and add a few chips or crackers in the cups.
• Serve other finger food appetizers like these Everything Bagel Mini Pigs in a Blanket or Ham and Turkey Club Pinwheels.
• Garnish the cups with fresh herbs, like a rosemary sprig, if desired.

Other Appetizers You May Enjoy

• Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Poppers
• Fruit and Veggie Charcuterie Board
• White Bean Dip with Homemade Pita Chips
• Deviled Egg Crostini
• Fresh Fruit and Rice Krispies Treat Kabobs

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