Description
Create a festive and visually delightful Christmas Dessert Board featuring an assortment of cookies, cakes, candy canes, pretzels, and colorful holiday-themed sweets perfect for holiday gatherings and celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
Sweet Cakes & Cookies
- 4 Zebra Cakes
- 18 Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 1 Pack of Mini Oatmeal Frosted Cookies
- 4-6 Mini Powdered Donuts
Candies & Candy Canes
- 1 Bag of Chocolate Covered Pretzels
- 14 Green and Red Candy Canes
- 4 Candy Cane Sticks
- Green Twist Pops
- Red Twist Pops
- 14 Red and Green Rock Candy Pops
- Christmas Mix Kisses
Additional Decorations
- 8 Pirouline Wafers
- Red and Green Sprinkles
Instructions
- Prepare your board: Clean and thoroughly dry your serving board to ensure it is ready for the dessert assembly and to prevent any moisture from affecting the treats.
- Start arranging main treats: Lay out the Zebra cakes, mini powdered donuts, and cookies as the base of your board design.
- Center the Zebra cakes: Place the 4 Zebra cakes in the center of the board, forming the focal point of your dessert display.
- Surround with chocolate chip cookies: Arrange the chocolate chip cookies evenly around the Zebra cakes to create layers of visual appeal.
- Add powdered donuts around cookies: Place the 4 mini powdered donuts on the outer edge, surrounding the chocolate chip cookies for variety and texture.
- Select candy elements: Gather pretzels, oatmeal cookies, candy canes, rock candy pops, swirl pops, and pirouline wafers for decorative placement next.
- Place pretzels strategically: Position the chocolate covered pretzels on each side of the chocolate chip cookies in the middle area of the board for a salty-sweet contrast.
- Decorate corners with pops: Lay the green and red twist pops diagonally on two opposite corners of the board, and place the rock candy pops similarly on the other corners.
- Distribute candy canes: Randomly arrange the red and green candy canes throughout the board to add festive flair and color.
- Fill gaps with wafers and oatmeal cookies: Place the pirouline wafers diagonally in open spaces and layer the mini oatmeal cookies on top of the chocolate chip cookies to cover remaining gaps and add texture.
- Scatter Christmas kisses: Disperse Christmas mix Kisses throughout the board to fill small gaps and enhance the holiday theme.
- Add peppermint sticks: Position the peppermint sticks where you feel the board needs additional pops of red and white color for balance and vibrancy.
- Finish with sprinkles: Sprinkle red and green sprinkles liberally all over the board for a festive and fun finish.
- Serve and enjoy: Present your beautifully arranged Christmas Dessert Board and enjoy with family and friends at your holiday gathering.
Notes
- Arrange the board on a large wooden or decorative platter to enhance presentation.
- You can customize the candy selection based on dietary preferences or availability.
- The dessert board requires no cooking, making it quick and easy to assemble.
- For a gluten-free version, substitute cookies and cakes with gluten-free alternatives.
- Keep the board refrigerated if not serving immediately to maintain freshness of treats.
- Use a variety of colors and textures for an eye-catching display.
