Description
Sweet chocolate bunnies, pastel candies, and marshmallow treats create a festive Easter candy charcuterie board perfect for spring celebrations. Colorful arrangements of seasonal confections delight guests with playful, sugary charm.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 bag Cadbury Mini Eggs
- 1 bag chocolate bunnies
- 1 bag chocolate-covered almonds
- 1 bag jelly beans
- 1 bag gummy bunnies
- 1 bag sour gummy eggs
- 1 bag pretzels (regular or yogurt-covered)
- 1 package marshmallow chicks (Peeps)
- 1 package marshmallow bunnies
- 6 mini cupcakes with pastel frosting
- 8 sugar cookies shaped like eggs or bunnies
- 6 colorful macarons
- 1 cup (240 ml / 8 fl oz) strawberries
- 1 cup (240 ml / 8 fl oz) grapes
- 2 apple slices
- 3–4 edible flowers
Instructions
- Composition Planning: Meticulously select a spacious serving board, ensuring a pristine, dry surface that will showcase your Easter-themed culinary display with elegance and creativity.
- Foundational Arrangement: Position chocolate bunnies and ceramic bowls filled with colorful jelly beans as primary visual anchors, creating strategic focal points that draw the eye and establish the board’s thematic essence.
- Layered Embellishment: Artfully distribute decorated cookies, pastel cupcakes, and marshmallow treats around larger centerpieces, establishing a harmonious visual balance that invites exploration and delight.
- Texture and Variety Integration: Weave petite candies, crisp pretzels, and delicate chocolate eggs into remaining spaces, ensuring the board appears abundantly inviting and texturally dynamic.
- Natural Accent Incorporation: Intersperse fresh fruits like strawberries, blueberries, and mandarin segments to introduce vibrant natural elements and provide a refreshing contrast to sweeter components.
- Festive Ornamentation: Enhance the presentation with whimsical touches – edible blossoms, miniature ceramic figurines, and soft-hued decorative accents that capture the jubilant spirit of springtime celebration.
Notes
- Prevent Candy Melting: Position board away from direct sunlight or warm areas to maintain chocolate and candy structural integrity during display.
- Balance Sweet and Fresh: Strategically place fruit clusters between candies to create visual breaks and provide natural palate-cleansing elements.
- Create Texture Variety: Mix different candy shapes, sizes, and heights to generate visual interest and prevent monotonous presentation.
- Temperature Control: Assemble board shortly before serving to ensure optimal freshness and prevent chocolate from becoming soft or discolored.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 60 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 70 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg