Rudolph Christmas Dessert Board
Create a Rudolph inspired Christmas Dessert Board for a fun & festive holiday season - brownies, cookies, candy & more!
Servings: 12 People
Equipment
- 1 Large Platter or Cutting Board
- 1 Small Bowl
Ingredients
For the Rudolph Character:
- Brownies
- Pretzel Sticks
- Large White Marshmallows for the eyes
- Chocolate Chips or Chocolate Candies for eyes
- Red Candies for Rudolph’s nose
- Chocolate Frosting for attaching features
For the Dessert Charcuterie Board:
- Assorted Cookies such as sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies
- Fresh Strawberries
- Assorted Cookies or Candies
- Nuts such as almonds and walnuts
Instructions
- Start with a large cutting board or platter to build the dessert on. Use a small bowl filled with the red candies, for Rudolph's nose, and use this as the starting point.
- Cut the brownies into squares or rectangles. Start to build the reindeer face around the bowl of red candy. Leave an opening for the eyes.
- You will need two layers of brownies to create the face of the reindeer. Stack the marshmallows for the eyes. You can use the frosting here to hold the marshmallows together if needed.
- The chocolate chips are used to complete the eyes and as a filler to help hold the marshmallows up amongst the brownies.
- Now, start to add pretzel sticks for the antlers, and use the cookies, cakes, nuts, loose candies, and fruit to create the backdrop for Rudolph.
- Keep building outward using the photos in this post as a guide, or use your own creativity to decorate your board. Enjoy!
Notes
Brownies - make your own or buy some premade in the bakery section of your grocery store.
Pretzel Sticks - Use the pretzel sticks to make the reindeer antlers.
Marshmallows - Large marshmallow are perfect for the bright reindeer eyes.
Chocolate Chips - The chocolate chips are also used to make the eyes, and to help hold the eyes in place while making the reindeer.
Red Candies - Red candies are used for Rudolph's bright and shiny nose. Use cinnamon candies, hot tamales, or your favorite red candy.
Chocolate Frosting - You can use some chocolate frosting to help hold different parts of the reindeer together.
Assorted Cookies - Chocolate Chip, Iced Oatmeal, Gingerbread Cookies, or Sugar Cookies.
Cake Rolls - Such as Little Debbie's Swiss Rolls and Strawberry Shortcake Rolls.
Strawberries - Fresh berries bring a lot of color to this cute dessert board.
Candy - Peppermints, chocolate-covered pretzels, butter-mints, peppermint bark, other holiday candies, or even a couple of candy canes can be used.
Nuts - Almonds, walnuts, or pecans. Use your favorite.