Christmas Tree Charcuterie Board

Festive board arranged in the shape of a tree with an assortment of nuts, cheeses, cured meats, and fruit.

Published Nov 18, 2025

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Christmas is sure to come early with this fabulous Christmas Tree Charcuterie Board. Featuring an assortment of cheese, cured meats, fruits, and nuts, this platter has something for everyone and is merry and bright in the most delicious way.

A Christmas tree-shaped charcuterie board with cheese, grapes, berries, mozzarella balls, salami, pecans, chocolate, and a star-shaped cheese topper on a wooden board.

A charcuterie board is always a great option, as it’s festive and customizable to your preferences, so feel free to swap out any ingredients.

A charcuterie board arranged in the shape of a Christmas tree with cheese, grapes, berries, salami, pecans, chocolate, and mozzarella balls on a round wooden board.

Serve this cheese board as an appetizer or snack at your holiday parties and gatherings. It’s easy to make in advance, giving you time to focus on your guests. Enjoy!

Recipe Tip

Enjoy it with homemade breadsticks, easy focaccia, or onion chips.

Christmas Tree Charcuterie Ingredients

Please be sure to scroll down to the recipe card below for the complete details!

A charcuterie board with blackberries, blueberries, green grapes, cheese cubes, mozzarella balls, salami slices, and pecans, garnished with rosemary.

Cheeses: A mature cheddar, Emmentaler, and mini mozzarella balls.
Cured Meat: Spicy salami and thinly sliced chorizo.
Fruit: Green grapes, blueberries, blackberries, and olives. Make sure the fruit is firm, sweet, and unbruised.
Olives: I like bright green olives in brine.
Chocolate: Dark chocolate pairs well with the different flavors and isn’t too sweet, but use any kind you like.
Sprigs of rosemary: To garnish.

How to Make a Charcuterie Tree

Hands folding a slice of cured meat over a wooden board arranged with slices of meat, pecans, and pieces of chocolate.

Prepare the ingredients: Wash and dry the fruit, cut out the cheese stars, dice the cheddar and Emmentaler, and fold the salami.

A hand arranging green olives on a wooden board with cheese cubes, sliced cured meats, pecans, and pieces of dark chocolate.

Arrange the ingredients: Place the cheese stars and chocolate on a large board. Then, fill the space between the two with the remaining ingredients.

A hand places a mozzarella ball on a Christmas Tree Charcuterie Board.

Final touches: Top with the mini mozzarella ball ‘lights’ and the berries.

Tips and Tricks

Dice the cheese into similar-sized pieces for a balanced look.
Opt for a large cutting board or a round or rectangular platter.
If you place the star and trunk first, and make sure these are right opposite each other, you are most likely not to get a crooked tree.
Use rosemary sprigs to fill in any gaps you might have.

Tip

Serve the platter with festive toothpicks or skewers.

Possible Variations

Cheese: Use any hard cheeses you like. Comte, Manchego, Parmesan, Gouda, and Gruyère would be good alternatives (to name a few).
Fruits: Swap for kiwi, pomegranate arils, figs, apricots, strawberries, apple, and raspberries. If you want to skip fruit altogether, you can use cherry tomatoes, cucumber slices, and peppers, or add crostini or crackers.
Nuts: Almonds, walnuts, macadamias, cashews, Brazil nuts, and pistachios are all great choices.
Chocolate: If you want to keep the board all savory, make the trunk out of crackers or pretzel sticks instead.