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Harvest Charcuterie Board – Easy Fall Appetizer

September 20, 2018 by Melissa 9 Comments

This easy to make Charcuterie Board is perfect for parties, and can be served as a fun dinner or as an easy fall appetizer for a bigger party. Colorful and packed with delicious meats, cheeses and fresh fruit, I included all my best tips for how to make a charcuterie board!

Harvest Charcuterie Board - Easy Fall Dinner or Appetizer Idea

Charcuterie boards are such a show stopper, and I have been obsessed with them for a while now. I even follow the #charcuterieboard hashtag on Instagram. I just love looking at all the colors and arrangements, plus cheese and crackers has always been my favorite meal! I linked the supplies I used for this charcuterie board at the end of the post. Keep scrolling to see a fun Halloween Charcuterie Board variation.

Harvest Charcuterie Board - Easy Fall Dinner or Appetizer Idea

To keep this charcuterie board budget friendly, I did almost all the shopping at Trader Joe’s. I love the variety of meats and cheeses that they carry as well as the variety of fruit.

I also included my new favorite find, these naturally flavored candy corn from Brach’s. I picked up a bag at Target because I liked the more muted colors than traditional candy corn and discovered that they are so good! These are must-try! They taste just like fresh buttercream!

Harvest Charcuterie Board - Easy Fall Dinner or Appetizer Idea

How to Make a Charcuterie Board:

  • Give yourself plenty of time to prepare so you don’t feel rushed. I really took my time arranging this and it took about an hour. I think the average time to assemble, including slicing, washing and drying fruit and arranging, would be about 45 minutes.
  • Replenish the crackers and bread as needed. Slice the bread last and serve the slices close together to keep the bread soft. Slice a second loaf and keep it in a plastic baggie so it doesn’t dry out.
  • Keep a color theme in mind when planning your board. I went for oranges and purples with a touch of green in this charcuterie board.
  • Place complimentary flavors close together. For example; brie, figs, prosciutto and french bread are all close together, then hard cheese, soft salami and crackers are placed close together.
  • Start arranging by placing large items like pumpkins and bowls slightly off center. Then place whole cheeses and grape bunches. Fill with meats, cut cheese and nuts.
  • This charcuterie board will feed about 6 adults as a meal, or 12 as an appetizer.

Harvest Charcuterie Board - Easy Fall Dinner or Appetizer Idea

Charcuterie Board Recipe

5 from 8 votes
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Charcuterie Board for Fall
Prep Time
45 mins
 
Course: Appetizer
Ingredients
  • 8 oz Italian dry salami sliced
  • 4 oz uncured Salame di Parma
  • 6 oz smoked prosciutto
  • 4 oz sliced prosciutto
  • 8 oz 1000 day hard gouda cheese
  • 8 oz sharp cheddar cheese
  • 8 oz Apricot Cherry Cranberry Goat's Milk Cheese
  • 4 oz pepper jack cheese sliced
  • 8 oz traditional French Brie
  • 11 oz fig butter
  • 5 oz sweet and spicy pecans
  • 4 oz pumpkin spice pumpkin seeds
  • 2 Granny Smith apples sliced
  • 2 Honey Crisp apples sliced
  • 1 bunch Concord grapes
  • 1 bunch Champagne grapes
  • 6 fresh figs sliced in half
  • 10 oz Stone Ground Wheat Crackers
  • 2 11 oz French baguettes sliced
  • 11 oz naturally flavored candy corn
  • fresh lemon juice as needed
Instructions
  1. Assemble on a 20 inch round platter. 

  2. If assembling ahead of time, brush apples lightly with lemon juice to avoid browning. 

Charcuterie Board Supplies

Marble Board 

Cheese Knives 

 

Halloween Charcuterie Board

I had fun with the Harvest Charcuterie Board and switched it up for and created a Halloween Charcuterie board by adding eyeball candy and a fancy spider.

Harvest Charcuterie Board - Easy Fall Dinner or Appetizer Idea

 

I found the eye ball candy at Home Goods and the jewel spider at World Market.

Harvest Charcuterie Board - Easy Fall Dinner or Appetizer Idea

Harvest Charcuterie Board - Easy Fall Dinner or Appetizer Idea

Halloween Charcuterie Board - easy Halloween party idea!

 

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Comments

  1. Lauren Kelly

    October 8, 2019 at 9:08 am

    5 stars
    What a gorgeous board! You have totally inspired me!

    Reply
  2. Katie

    October 8, 2019 at 9:33 am

    5 stars
    This is absolutely beautiful! And full of all my favorite things. Can’t wait to try it this fall at parties and potlucks.

    Reply
  3. Katerina @ diethood .com

    October 8, 2019 at 9:52 am

    5 stars
    WOW!! This is such a gorgeous board!! All my favorite things in one place!!

    Reply
  4. Sara

    October 8, 2019 at 10:09 am

    5 stars
    Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for all the tips – especially the planning a decent amount of time to get everything done. I always end up rushing because I think I can do it fast haha.

    Reply
  5. wilhelmina

    October 8, 2019 at 10:24 am

    5 stars
    This is such an impressive party centerpiece! I am thinking it will be great for a Fall cocktail party!

    Reply
  6. cezs

    November 26, 2019 at 10:40 pm

    i love so much of the colorful arrangement and fusion!

    Reply
  7. Betsy

    September 8, 2020 at 11:29 am

    5 stars
    I love that you included candy corn on your board! 😀 Beautiful board. Love all the colors and different ideas on here. Great thing to serve for football games and Halloween parties!

    Reply
  8. Natasha

    September 8, 2020 at 4:22 pm

    5 stars
    I love everything in this board, it has almost all of our favorite appetizers. I will definitely be making this for our next family get together. Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  9. Katie

    September 9, 2020 at 8:10 am

    5 stars
    Looks so delicious, can’t wait to try it!

    Reply

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