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If you need an easy dessert to serve for easter brunch, this easter charcuterie board (it’s a buttercream board) is perfect for you to wow your guests. Only 4 main ingredients and dippers of your choice, you can achieve this colorful and fun easter dessert board!
Easter Charcuterie Board with Buttercream
How fun is this? Buttercream boards (also called frosting boards) are my new favorite trend. This one is in the fun shape of a bunny – and the kids will love it.
Why you’ll love this recipe
- So easy and quick to make
- Simple ingredients – Just a few needed!
- Festive and great for kids
- Many variations for flavors and dippers!
What do you put on an easter charcuterie board
- Vanilla frosting: Use my homemade vanilla buttercream or a can from the store
- Black icing: to add the whiskers
- Pink sprinkles: or any color you like but pink reminds me of the spring
- Jelly Beans: for the eyes and nose
- Assorted Dippers: anything you please! We love cookies or fruit the best.
How to make a buttercream board
- Cut parchment paper to fit your serving plate or cutting board. Using a pencil, draw the outline of the bunny face on the parchment. Lightly add some frosting to each corner and turn it (drawing side down) onto the serving plate.
- Frost the parchment paper design (either by hand or use a piping bag) to fill in the bunny face.
- Give the bunny 2 black eyes and a pink nose (from decorator icing or jelly beans) and whiskers and a mouth.
- Surround the frosting face with assorted dippers.
Expert Tips
- Serve within 2 hours or the frosting will harden
- Use any sort of dippers you like: candy eggs, jelly beans, chocolate bunnies, Peeps, or even Easter cookies like carrot cake cookies or coconut cookies, cut out cookies or bunny butt cookies.
FAQs
When wrapped and stored in the refrigerator, your frosting board can last you up to 3 days.
Yes, you can! Just be sure to wrap your charcuterie board before freezing or refrigerating.
Easter Buttercream Board
Ingredients
- 1 recipe vanilla frosting or a can from the store
- Black decorator icing
- Pink sprinkles
- Jelly Beans
- Assorted Dippers
Instructions
- Cut parchment paper to fit your serving plate. Using a pencil, draw the outline of the bunny face
- on the parchment. Lightly add some frosting to each corner and turn it (drawing side down)
- onto the serving plate.
- Frost the parchment paper design (either by hand or use a piping bag) to fill in the bunny face.
- Give the bunny 2 black eyes and a pink nose (from decorator icing or jelly beans) and whiskers
- and a mouth.
- Surround the frosting face with assorted dippers.
Recipe Notes
• Use any sort of dippers you like: candy eggs, jelly beans, chocolate bunnies, Peeps, or
even Easter cookies like carrot cake cookies or coconut cookies, cut out cookies or
bunny butt cookies.