Move over cheese boards, move over butter boards, move over cream cheese boards, the frosting board is the latest food trend that we are, quite literally, drooling over. With the holidays just around the corner, this is perfect for serving dessert to a lot of people at once.
What is a Frosting Board?
Much like a butter board or cream cheese board, a frosting board is simply frosty spread onto a charcuterie board. But, of course, it doesn’t stop with just frosting. The frosting is then topped with candy, cookie crumbles, nuts, sprinkles, sauces, you name it, and served with cookies, snack cakes, graham crackers, fruit, rice Krispie treats, or whatever creative vessel you can come up with.
Frosting Board Recipes
We are drooling just thinking about these. With that being said, we’ll probably need to whip one up as soon as possible so we can perfect the art and catch up on our shows. Here are just a few of the recipes we can’t wait to try.
Sprinkles and Frosting
The first recipe is from Sparkling Charm and it’s a basic (yet beautiful) sprinkles and frosting board. This is great for any occasion, Halloween, Christmas, birthdays, you name it, because you can use any themed sprinkles.
Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
2 +/- tablespoons milk
Sprinkles
Don’t feel like making homemade buttercream? Use your favorite pre-packaged frosting.
Instructions
Add the butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and milk into a mixing bowl. On high speed, mix until smooth and creamy.
Spread the mixture onto a board or pretty platter leaving room for the cookies. Add sprinkles!
Chocolate Buttercream Board
This next recipe from Mimi Bakes Photos is for all of you chocoholics out there. This one is all organic, so less guilt for devouring the whole thing, right?
Ingredients
Frosting
1/2 cup organic salted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups organic powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 cup organic Dutch cocoa powder, sifted
2 to 3 tablespoons organic milk
Topping
India Tree Nature’s Color’s Rainbow Sprinkles
ColorKitchen Foods Nonpareil Confetti Sprinkles
Instructions
Make sure the cookies are made ahead of time.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the butter, powdered sugar, cocoa, and milk. Mix on low until combined, then speed mixer up to high for 1 minute or until light and fluffy.
Spread the frosting onto a board of your choice with a spatula. Sprinkle with rainbow sprinkles.
Add the cookies onto the board and serve.
Store extra frosting in the fridge for up to 5 days. You can add in a little bit of milk and stir to revive the frosting!
Christmas Tree Board
Last, but certainly not least, we have a board just for the holiday season. But we have faith in your creativity and we just know you could easily make a jack-o-lantern, easter egg, or whatever else you may be celebrating. Check out this recipe from Crazy for Crust.
Ingredients
1 16-ounce package bake and break chocolate chip cookies (see note)
1 can vanilla frosting (see note)
Green Food Coloring
Sprinkles and mini candies for decorating
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Open cookie dough and slice the cookies in half to make 48. Place on cookie sheets and bake 8-12 minutes or until light golden. Cool before adding to board.
Add food coloring to the frosting to dye it green.
Cover a wooden board with parchment paper (or use a platter). Spread frosting in a Christmas tree decoration on the parchment. Top with sprinkles and candies and give the tree a stump.
Surround frosting with mini cookies. Serve within an hour or two.