Description
Create a festive and edible winter-themed Snowman Buttercream Board featuring chocolate and vanilla buttercream, colorful candies, cookies, pretzels, and fresh strawberries arranged artfully on a wooden charcuterie board. This no-bake, visually stunning dessert board is perfect for holiday parties or winter gatherings.
Ingredients
Buttercream
- Chocolate buttercream – enough to pipe and fill hat
- Vanilla buttercream – enough to pipe and fill snowman body
Decorations
- Blue sprinkles – to separate snow layers
- Mini M&Ms – for eyes, nose, mouth, and buttons (approximately 20-25 pieces)
- Peel apart Twizzlers – 1 piece for scarf
- Oreos – 4-5 cookies for bottom right layering
- Chocolate chip cookies – 4-5 cookies for bottom left layering
- Shortbread cookies – 3-4 cookies for top left layering
- White chocolate covered pretzels – 3-4 pieces for top right of the hat
- Dark chocolate covered pretzels – 3-4 pieces for right side middle space
- Fresh strawberries – a handful (about 8-10 medium strawberries) to fill remaining gaps
Instructions
- Prepare piping bags: Place the chocolate and vanilla buttercream each into separate piping bags. Snip the ends to create a ½ inch round tip to enable precise outlining and filling of the snowman shapes.
- Outline snowman shape: Using the vanilla buttercream, carefully pipe the outline of the snowman and snow shapes onto the wooden charcuterie board. Fill in the outlined shapes completely with the same buttercream for a smooth base.
- Create hat: Use the chocolate buttercream piping bag to pipe and fill in a brown hat shape on top of the snowman’s head, providing delightful contrast.
- Smooth edges and add sprinkles: Use a butter knife to gently spread and even out any harsh lines from the piped buttercream, ensuring smooth edges. Sprinkle blue sprinkles along the border separating the bottom snow area from the snowman to add color and texture.
- Add facial features and buttons: Place 1 mini M&M for each eye, arrange 6 orange M&Ms in a triangle formation for the carrot nose, and 4 M&Ms in a curved line to form a smiling mouth. Then, use additional M&Ms to create buttons down the snowman’s torso.
- Make scarf: Take the peel-apart Twizzler and carefully shape it around the snowman’s neck, allowing the ends to drape down attractively, simulating a cozy scarf.
- Arrange Oreos and white chocolate pretzels: Layer Oreos neatly on the lower right section of the board. Leave some space in the middle right area and place white chocolate covered pretzels on the top right portion of the hat for added decoration.
- Arrange shortbread and chocolate chip cookies: On the left side of the snowman, position shortbread cookies at the top left and chocolate chip cookies at the bottom left, balancing the layout.
- Add dark chocolate pretzels: Fill the middle right empty space with dark chocolate covered pretzels to complete the candy arrangement.
- Fill remaining gaps with strawberries: Place fresh strawberries throughout the remaining empty spaces on the charcuterie board, adding color, freshness, and dimension to the display.
- Serve and enjoy: Present the completed Snowman Buttercream Board immediately to guests and enjoy the festive, sweet treat together.
Notes
- This board is best assembled fresh to maintain the integrity of the buttercream and freshness of fruits.
- You can substitute M&Ms with any colorful candy of choice for eyes and buttons.
- Use room temperature buttercream for easier piping and smoother spreading.
- Customize the cookie and candy components based on preference or dietary restrictions.
- Make sure the charcuterie board is clean and dry before beginning assembly.
- Use fresh and firm strawberries to avoid juice leakage on the board.
