Breakfast Charcuterie Ideas

If there’s one meal that seems ready made for a charcuterie board, it’s breakfast. Yes, we think of these boards as primarily for appetizers but think about it: that first meal of the day often features smaller sized servings of food. Rather than toss them on plates, why not try your hand at this new way of serving them.

Our Breakfast Charcuterie Board

When Bill and I decided to make a breakfast charcuterie, it reminded me of days gone by when our daughters would have big sleepovers. In the morning we would put out a big spread for their friends to eat when they woke up. It would be bagels, pancakes, waffles, doughnuts and more.

Why didn’t we ever think of putting it together like this? Probably because they were little kids and they probably wouldn’t have appreciated the visual appeal of breakfast on a pretty wooden board or marble slab.

For this article, we stuck with store-bought breakfast staples. Taking this approach is definitely a money saver. The most time-consumer part of arranging our board was washing and cutting the fruit.

Items on Our Charcuterie Board

• Bagels, pre-made or try our recipe
• Mini Round Waffles (these raspberry mini waffles would work, too)
• Mini Pancakes
• Mini Muffins
• Maple Syrup
• Rugelach (also used in our Jewish desserts board)
• Lox
• Cream Cheese
• Deviled Eggs pre-made or try our recipe (also appears on our Passover board)
• Strawberries
• Kiwi
• Grapes
• Jam

It is easy to reuse any of the leftovers form this breakfast charcuterie board. For example, if you have a potluck to go to, you can reuse the lox in a smoked salmon appetizer recipe.