Easy Breakfast Charcuterie Board

This breakfast board is perfect for special occasions! Your whole family will love this breakfast platter. It’s filled with mini waffles, toppings and loads of fresh fruit.

If there’s one thing I know how to do, it’s make epic charcuterie boards! Charcuterie refers to cured meats, traditionally. But, over the past few years, it’s evolved to signify almost any sort of snack board! I’m a big breakfast fan, so it’s high time I shared a breakfast charcuterie board.

For this brunch board, I worked in my favorite breakfast foods and PLENTY of fresh fruit! The fruit adds beautiful pops of color to your board. You can count on produce when you need to add color to your board, even when you’re making a more traditional meat and cheese spread!

This brunch charcuterie board is awesome for baby showers and wedding showers. It would also be great for Mother’s Day or even holidays like Christmas morning! It can easily be doubled or tripled if you have a bigger crowd.

This breakfast graze board is a great way to serve a variety of your favorite breakfast items, and let everyone help themselves. And, it’s a great option when you don’t want the stress of serving hot foods to a crowd.

I love that you can make this breakfast board ahead of time, and serve it at room temperature!

Interested in learning how to make more traditional charcuterie boards? Check out my charcuterie tutorials: Easy Charcuterie Board for 15 | How to Make a Grazing Table for 40 | How to make a Fruit Charcuterie Board | Gourmet S’mores Grazing Board | The Easiest Christmas Charcuterie Board

Additions and Substitutions:

Mini waffles are the star of the show on this board, but you can absolutely substitute them for one of these other items:

• Mini Cinnamon Rolls
• French toast sticks
• Mini pancakes
• Mini muffins
• Donut holes
• Mini donuts
• Toasted English muffins
• Mini bagels (make sure to add cream cheese to the spreads)
• Full-size waffles (cut in quarters)

Or, customize your waffles by adding chocolate chips, diced bananas, dried fruit or nuts.

If you’re looking to fill up your guests, add a pile of protein, like:

• Crispy bacon
• Sausage links or small sausage patties
• Hard-boiled eggs
• Hard cheeses or goat cheese logs (remember to add cheese knives)

If you have extra time, add my Easy Million Dollar Bacon or a stack of this easy Sausage McGriddle recipe to the mix!

Other Substitutions:

I ALWAYS think it’s best to use what you have on hand, so feel free to substitute your favorite jam, peanut butter, marshmallow fluff or cream cheese for the spreads I have listed.

You can also sub out the fruit. Whatever is ripe and affordable is what I use!

Board Garnish:

This board is beautiful as is, but you can make it even more festive with edible flowers or fresh herbs.

Equipment:

You will need a mini waffle iron to make the mini waffles! You can also use a full size waffle iron, then break your cooked waffles into four triangles.

The wooden board I used was 10” x 13”, so make sure your board is at least this big.

It’s handy to have a gravy boat for the syrup. If you don’t have one, no worries. Just put it in a small bowl with a spoon for serving.

Storage:

You can store this board in the refrigerator once assembled for a few hours. Cover with plastic wrap to keep the ingredients fresh. I do prefer to reheat the waffles (use a toaster if you can!) before serving. And, make sure the fruit does not directly touch the waffles, because the fruit will make them soggy.

To prep the day before, prep everything and keep chilled in airtight containers. Then, assemble the board right before serving.