Christmas Tree Cheese Board Platter

This beautiful Christmas Tree Cheese Board Appetizer is perfect to serve to family and guests this holiday season!

Christmas Tree Cheese Board Appetizer

Even if you’re only having a few people over at some point this holiday season, I have a fun and easy appetizer for you to serve.  I’ve made this Christmas Tree Cheese Board Appetizer the past two years for our family’s Christmas celebration and it really came out pretty.

I was able to get a few photos before everyone arrived and I’m excited to share it with you today.  As you can see it’s really pretty and makes a beautiful statement sitting on your buffet table.  My family loved it!

Tips for Making a Christmas Tree Cheese Board

This is such an easy idea for your cheese board platter.  It’s also very festive.

• Have a plan in your head as to how you want to arrange the fruit, cheese and meats.
• Try to choose cheeses that are different flavors and colors.
• Rosemary works best to separate the different items and give the tree definition, but if you can’t find fresh rosemary, fresh thyme would be nice also.
• Cut the meat and cheeses up a few hours before you need assemble the platter.
• Use a small star-shaped cookie cutter to make the star for the top of the tree with either the meat or cheese.

How to Make a Christmas Tree Cheese Board

There is no “correct” way of putting an antipasto platter together.  Just remember to select what you and your family enjoy and make it pretty.

• Cheese – mozzarella, provolone, Parmesan, cheddar are a few of our favorites.
• Meats – Thinly sliced ham, Genoa salami or pepperoni.
• Peppers – Look for an assortment of colored peppers to make the platter festive.
• Olives – look for an assortment.  Our local supermarket has an olive bar that I love to use when putting together an antipasto platter or salad.
• And don’t forget the crackers!  I had a small tray of assorted crackers for my guests to enjoy with the cheese platter as well.
• Have small forks and plates for your guests to use.

Helpful Tools Needed to Make the Chalkboard Platter

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• Chalkboard Vinyl  – We covered a piece of plywood with chalkboard vinyl so I could label the different cheeses that I used.
• Colored Chalk
• Chalk Markers

Don’t forget to write Merry Christmas or Happy New Year.  Even “Welcome Friends” would be appropriate.

Label the different cheeses and meats for your guests using either chalk or chalk markers.

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