Name: Valentine's Day Charcuterie Board
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Cheese Slices; Salami; M&M candies; Valentine’s Marshmallows; Crackers; Heart shaped Frosted Cookies

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Make this easy Valentine’s Day charcuterie board for your romantic stay at home date night.

Here’s a twist on a classic charcuterie and it’s perfect for a Valentine’s date night or a Galentines gathering with your close friends.

This easy to make treat is one of our favorite Valentines Day charcuterie board ideas!

Valentine's Day Charcuterie board with heart shaped cheese pieces, crackers, salami rose and cookies.

This Valentine’s Day charcuterie board is perfect for a special night for two.

Why You’ll Love this Valentines Day Charcuterie Board

With a variety of meats and cheeses, plus some good quality crackers you are going to love this cute date night charcuterie board! Within minutes, you’ll be enjoying this valentine s charcuterie board.

Grab a few Valentine’s treats at the grocery store and start assembling this beautiful board for two! You and your loved one will have a Happy Valentine’s Day, a special time together. And, why not make up these easy Caprese Skewers, which are perfect for your date night!

Serve along with your favorite glass of red wine (how about a Strawberry Frosé?) or a yummy cocktail like this Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri.

Valentine's Charcuterie board for two with cheese, meats, crackers and candies.

Easy to make, you can have this Valentines treat ready in about 15 minutes.

Candy lovers will love this Strawberry Lemonade Vodka Starburst with it’s pretty pink color perfect for Valentines.

If you are a rum lover, why not whip up a few of these Strawberry Mojitos?

Valentine Charcuterie Board Ingredients

Valentines Day Charcuterie Board ingredients sit on the board ready for assembly.

Valentines heart shaped candies, heart shaped cookie cutters, crackers and cheese will make up this special treat.

Cheese Slices
Salami
M&M candies
Frosted Valentine’s cookies
Valentine’s Marshmallows
Crackers

Helpful Tools

Heart Shaped Cookie Cutters (available here on Amazon)
Shot Glass

How to Make this Charcuterie Board for Valentine’s Day

Cutting Heart Shapes out of Cheese Slices for the Valentine's Day charcuterie board

Use two sizes of heart shaped cookie cutters to cut out the cheese.

Using the larger and smaller heart shaped cookie cutters, cuts hearts into each of the cheese slices.

Pepperoni slices arranged around the inside of a glass.

Carefully line a glass with the salami slices.

Using a shot glass, make salami roses by placing the slices onto the glass overlapping.

Pepperoni slices around a glass before removing to turn into a rose shape.

Remove the salami carefully and finish shaping into a rose

Then remove the salami and arrange into a rose shape. Set the salami roses onto the board.

Charcuterie board for Valentines Day ready to serve.

Wash the cookie cutters, then set them on the charcuterie board and fill with Valentine’s candies. Arrange the rest of the valentine treats onto the board.

SUBSTITUTIONS AND VARIATIONS

There are lots of ways to add to this board – just choose what you like, including:

more variety of sliced meats
change up your choice of cheeses
add heart shaped chocolates
add a smattering of nuts
choose your favorite Valentines day candy
turn this into more of a dessert charcuterie board like this pretty one from Sugar and Charm

Charcuterie board for Valentines Day with cookies, crackers, cheese, candies and pepperoni roses.

Your loved one will appreciate this easy to make Valentine’s day charcuterie board.

TIPS & TRICKS

I found it quite a bit easier to fold the salami slices over a shot glass; folding them over a hard surface makes this part a breeze.
After assembling the slices, reach in to the bottom of the glass and pinch the meat slices while twisting into a floral shape.
Using cold cheese slices when cutting out the heart shapes was much easier and cleaner than using cheese that is at room temperature.
Using a heart shape charcuterie board would have been even better!
Instead of laying the candies right on the board, you could fill heart shaped bowls with them instead.
Add nuts to this delicious board by filling small bowls and setting them on the board.

STORAGE TIPS

It’s easy to make this Valentines charcuterie in just the amount you need. However, if you are making larger beautiful boards for a Valentine’s Day party, you can store leftovers by removing the crackers, candies and cookies and refrigerating just the meat roses and cheese covered.
Store crackers, candies and cookies separately in plastic wrap.

Charcuterie Board FAQ’s

Boards usually follow a 3-3-3-3 rule, meaning you use 3 different types of each of the meats, cheese, nuts, and fruits. Breads too would fall in this category, if you are using them.
If you know any of the guests who have an allergy to nuts, you are of course better off to just exclude using them at all.
Common nuts to use on boards include walnuts, pecans, almonds, cashews and pistachios.