Bring your brunch to the next level with this stunning breakfast charcuterie board. Whether you’re hosting a weekend brunch, celebrating a holiday morning, or just putting on a special breakfast spread, everyone loves the variety in this meal. With minimal prep and endless customization, this breakfast board feels both effortless and elegant.

The beauty of a homemade breakfast grazing board is that it’s so easy and simple to serve a variety of foods. Start with cheese board classics like cheese and meats, and then add your favorite breakfast items (mini items work best), and some fresh produce for a board that is delicious, nutritious, and beautiful!

What Readers Are Saying

Made this for weekend guests and it is such a great spread, everyone loved grazing on it.
–Carolyn

Breakfast grazing board with fresh fruit

Table of Contents

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

What You’ll Love About Breakfast Charcuterie Boards

It’s a fun way to eat breakfast
Easy meal
Just 10 minutes prep
Perfect for a crowd or parties
Sweet and savory flavors
Great way to serve a casual, grazing board
Easy to customize with your favorite breakfast foods
Fun for holidays like Christmas morning, New Years, Easter, and Mother’s Day

breakfast charcuterie board with garnish

Ingredients

Breads/Pastries – I opted to use a variety of breakfast carbs (mini donuts, mini croissants, mini cinnamon rolls, mini chocolate chip muffins) and more traditional charcuterie items like a classic baguette and crackers.
Cheeses – Use a combination of aged, soft, traditional, and something fun! I used blueberry goat cheese for a sweet cheese twist in addition to brie and aged gouda (two of my cheese board staples).
Produce – Add some fresh fruit and veggies to your board for color and nutrition. Use whatever is fresh and in season. Berries like blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries always look great and are easy to graze on. Cut oranges into segments and cut small clusters of grapes to make them easy to grab. Slice kiwi and cut melons (cantaloupe or watermelon) into chunks. Cucumbers, avocados, grape tomatoes, and baby carrots are veggies that work well.
Extras – Smoked salmon, prosciutto, hard-boiled eggs, deli ham, sausage links, and bacon all work well for extra breakfast proteins. And then extra sweet items like preserves, honey, or honeycomb are nice sweet additions to your board.

Emily’s Tip

For a balanced and beautiful board, try the 3-3-3-3 rule! This “rule” is to consider including a few different items from each component category. So 3 cheeses, 3 meats, 3 carbs/crackers, and 3 extras (fruit, jam, etc.). It’s a really helpful way to breakdown a charcuterie board into manageable pieces.

How to Make a Brunch Charcuterie Board

This is an overview, the detailed instructions can be found below in the recipe card.

Start with proteins. Arrange cheese, meats, and hard-boiled eggs in small groups on your charcuterie board or a large wooden cutting board.

Add carbs. Add bread, crackers, and mini breakfast items next.
Add produce. Slice or prep the fruits and veggies to ensure they are ready and easy to eat.

Finish board. Add garnishes if using. Take a look back and assess your board. Does it have a good variety? Do any sections need more or less? Squeeze items in close so the board looks full and abundant.

Storage

While some of the items can be prepped ahead, this breakfast platter should be assembled right before eating and serving.

Some cheeses (like brie or aged gouda – two of my staples) are best left out at room temperature before serving.

How to prep ahead

Here are some items I would recommend doing ahead of time:

Cooking breakfast proteins like bacon
Washing and drying fresh produce
Making hard-boiled eggs if making them yourself
Making mini muffins or breakfast pastries if making them yourself

What to Serve with Breakfast Grazing Board

All your brunch board needs is some coffee and/or tea – the food is covered. Here are a few of my favorite coffee and espresso drinks:

More Brunch Recipes

If you like this board, you might also like some of these other easy brunch recipes. We have sweet, savory, and DIY options for whatever you might be craving.

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