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How to Create a Stunning Charcuterie Platter Guests Will Love

October 25, 2019 By Laura 1 Comment

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The holiday season is underway and I couldn’t be more excited!  With Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, spending time with friends, and all of the fun entertaining that comes with this time of year, I wanted to share how to create a beautiful charcuterie platter for fall.

This fall charcuterie platter is colorful, easy to assemble, and tastes delicious!

How to create a stunning charcuterie platter in just a few minutes with store bought ingredients

Did I mention that you can buy everything for this charcuterie platter from the store without making anything homemade?  You’re welcome.

Charcuterie platter and limited edition Coca-Cola and Sprite holiday

To make our charcuterie platter even better, we drank the new limited edition Coca-Cola® Cinnamon & Sprite® Winter Spiced Cranberry drinks from Walmart.  They pair nicely with all of the savory food on our charcuterie platter and we love the new seasonal flavors so much!

Charcuterie platter

How to Create a Stunning Charcuterie Platter

Selecting Ingredients

When creating a charcuterie platter, you want to make sure to include a wide variety of ingredientsin a wide variety of colors and textures.  Variety is the name of the game!

Be sure to pick up some different meat, cheese, baguettes, crackers, dips or spread, seeds, nuts, fruit, and even small pumpkins and gourds.  Keep reading to see how we creatively used those mini pumpkins.

Prepping the Food

Before the platter gets put together, all of the food will need to be prepped.

sliced bread for charcuterie platter

Slice the baguette, salami, and cheese (if necessary), wash the fruit, and cut anything else that needs to be cut.  This will make it really easy to create the charcuterie platter right before serving time.

If you are making this charcuterie platter for Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, or any other fall occasion, I’ve got the perfect hack for you!

Use small pumpkins as the perfect little dip and spread holders.  They look so festive and colorful and are a cinch to make!

pumpkin bowl

Start by cutting off the top 1/3 of the pumpkin horizontally, then scooping out the seeds and pulp with a spoon so the inside is nice and smooth.

pumpkin dip bowl for charcuterie platter

Next just fill the pumpkins up with your selected dips.  I served a spicy hummus and an artichoke jalapeno dip, and topped the spicy hummus with pumpkin seeds.

Assembling the Charcuterie Platter

Now comes the fun part- arranging of the delicious food into a gorgeous charcuterie board.  There really is no right or wrong way to do this, but here’s a few tips for making your board look its’ very best:

How to assemble a charcuterie platter

Start with the bigger items first, so they are evenly spaced out.  My two dip-filled pumpkins went down first, followed by the baguettes and a big piece of cheese.

Charcuterie platter tutorial

Since those first larger items were somewhat bland colorwise, I added some of the more colorful food next to them to up the color and make the charcuterie platter more pleasing ot look at.  Black grapes, kiwi berries, pumpkin seeds, fresh pomegranites off my tree, and a cut apple all add to the visual appeal of the charcuterie tray.

Charcuterie platter instructions

Next came more of the big items, like the salami, prosciutto, red apples, and white roasted pumpkin seeds.

Charcuterie platter

Now it was time to fill in all the gaps and empty spaces.  I used more of the same ingredients in different places and added dried apricots, crackers, more cheese, and mini peppers.  My favorite part of the board are all the colorful, unique gourds.  Don’t you just love those wonderful colors and textures?

Charcuterie platter and drinks

And now this lovely charcuterie platter is ready to serve!  Don’t forget to pick up some tasty cans of Coca-Cola® Cinnamon & Sprite® Winter Spiced Cranberry.  They go perfectly with this yummy platter of goodness.

Hover over the photo below to click through and these yummy drinks before they’re gone!

Our were served ice cold and with a cold glass of ice. Yum.

How to create a stunning charcuterie platter easily and quickly using store bought ingredients

If you love this charcuterie board, don’t forget to pin it!

Happy fall!

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About Laura

Hi! I'm Laura, owner and creator of Make Life Lovely, a creative blog filled with creative craft tutorials, DIY projects, party tips, holiday ideas, home decor, and so much more! Make Life Lovely is dedicated to making everyday life more lovely, and I hope to inspire you and show you how!

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  1. Joyoy says

    October 25, 2019 at 11:42 am

    This is so beautiful and way easier than I thought! Thank you!

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