Breakfast Charcuterie Board - The Recipe Critic (2024)

Wake up your family or guests to the world’s CUTEST breakfast charcuterie board! Filled with everyone’s favorite breakfast indulgences of waffles, pancakes, bagels, fruit, and all the decadent toppings your heart desires.

Berries, bananas, syrups, and all your favorite breakfast toppings in one place! It will be hard not to have a little bit of everything, but that’s the best part of a charcuterie board. If you want to serve this board with some savory breakfast recipes I have you covered! Try my breakfast casserole, these amazing scrambled eggs, and of course don’t forget the bacon!

The Cutest Breakfast Charcuterie

Morning time is made SWEETER with the adorable arrangement of this breakfast charcuterie board. Beautifully bursting with colors and textures, it’s almost too pretty to eat, but I promise your guests will find it irresistible.

It’s easy to buy store-bought ingredients, but this breakfast charcuterie board is best with fresh hot pancakes and waffles right off the griddle! It makes waking up extra special when your family tastes the homemade goodness! Make a batch of my Grandma’s pancakes, these Belgian waffles, and serve them with the most amazing homemade syrup EVER!

First Comes the Pancakes, Waffles, and Bagels

The ideas that I came up with for this breakfast charcuterie board are not where it ends! Anything you love to eat for breakfast can go on your board, but I chose to do traditional pancakes and waffles. Just remember that when you serve mini-sized items, the crowd goes wild because it’s so irresistible! Use 1 tablespoon of pancake batter to make mini pancakes.

• Mini Pancakes
• Belgian Waffles
• Mini Bagels

Toppings For a Breakfast Charcuterie Board

The toppings are the best part of this breakfast charcuterie board! There are so many ideas for toppings and I switch them up every time. Kids and adults love to choose their own toppings for their pancakes and waffles. All the sweet toppings in one place…your guests will want to try them ALL! It’s so fun to see what everyone chooses and they’ll keep coming back for more.

• White Chocolate Chips
• Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
• Cookie or Biscoff Butter
• Nutella
• Whipped Cream
• Maple Syrup

Add Fresh Fruit For Breakfast

I especially like to add fresh fruit to a breakfast charcuterie board because it’s healthy and nutritious. It’s nice to have some juicy, fresh fruit first thing in the morning. I love adding nutritious fruit because breakfast is the most important meal of the day! The strawberries are always the first to go, so make sure you have extra!

• Bananas
• Blackberries
• Blueberries
• Strawberries
• Raspberries

Steps to Putting Together Your Charcuterie Board

Soon, you will be making charcuterie boards for every occasion! The easiest way to put together a breakfast charcuterie board is to follow these few easy steps! They are so much fun and the possibilities are endless. Check out my additional ideas throughout this post and get started! It’s so pretty and the very best way to start your morning off right!

1. Arrange Pancakes, Waffles, and Bagels: On a large wooden board, add the pancakes, waffles, and bagels.
2. Add Bowls of Toppings: Add small bowls of cookie butter, Nutella, whipped cream, and maple syrup.
3. Add Chocolate Chips and Butter: Then, scatter the piles of chocolate chips and pads of butter.
4. Fill In Spaces With Fruit: Fill in the empty spaces with the fruit because the added color is beautiful on the board.