Three of my favorite foods combined on one gorgeous platter… Fruit, Chocolate and Cheese!
HOLY. COW.
Gasp…
Sigh…
Swoon…
Drool…
I am in love…
How to Make The Ultimate Fruit, Chocolate and Cheese Platter
It’s so simple really. We start with dried fruit “crackers” and then either dip in chocolate or top with cheeses, nuts, honey, berries etc… Incredibly gorgeous! Unfortunately the company that made the dried pears and apples went out of business three years after I posted this recipe, BUT you can find dried oranges here. You may be able to find crispy dried apples and pears in the gourmet section of grocery stores or dehydrate your own.
The Recipes: Fruit, Chocolate and Cheese Dessert Platter
Tips and what you will need: Unfortunately the company that made the dried pears and apples in this post went out of business three years after I posted this recipe, BUT you can find dried oranges here. You may be able to find crispy dried apples and pears in the gourmet section of grocery stores or dehydrate your own. You will need wax paper. This platter is gluten and grain free.
A lovely fruit, chocolate and cheese platter that requires very little prep. You can make all the suggestions or just one. Keep dried fruit in wrappers until just before serving so they stay crispy. The oranges stay crispy for days so no worries there!
- I use Simple and Crisp pear apple and orange.
- Ripe Strawberries washed and dried, kiwi, blackberries
- Soft goat cheese chevre
- mascarpone a soft, sweet Italian cream cheese
- five year aged gouda
- walnuts chopped
- peach preserves
- vanilla paste
- roasted salted pistachios chopped
- dried cranberries chopped
- honey
- melted dark and white chocolate
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Melt good quality chocolate according to package directions, when melted stir and the dip orange crisps (covering about 1/3 of crisp) Set on wax paper, leave plain or sprinkle with chopped pistachios and cranberries. Allow to cool and firm up before serving.
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Melt white or dark chocolate according to package instructions, stir well. Dip berries and place on wax paper until chocolate cools and begins to firm up. Serve or refrigerate until ready to serve.
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Spread apple crisps with mascarpone and top with diced strawberry and kiwi.
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Mix two parts soft goat cheese with one part peach preserves and a drop or two of vanilla paste. Spread on apple crisp, dab with a little more preserves and top with chopped walnuts.
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Spread with soft goat cheese, top with a blackberry and drizzle with honey
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Top with aged gouda and drizzle with honey.
For more information about Simple and Crisp please visit their website.
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These are SO pretty!
Thanks Renee! And so easy:)
What an epiphany! Love your good idea!!!!
Thank you Megan…I loved eating it lol.
Oh my goodness these look good! Such a fun treat! My Tiny Love saw the pictures and said, “oh yum, those look yummy, yum, yum yum” and then she pretended to eat all of them. Too cute. Wish we could eat from your photos.
Thank you Emily. Tiny Love already has great taste in food 🙂
LOL yes she does 😉
What a simple, yet unique way to entertain. Love it!
I love every one of these!
wow! these look delicious! I love this unique and beautiful way to dessert. Besides, you can’t go wrong with fruit, cheese, & chocolate!
Omg! I cannot get over how stunning all of these are! Pinning for later!
Thank you Kendra!
This looks amazing! I love fruit and chocolate together!
I am definitely checking out simple & crisp…these look and sound amazing. I’ve always enjoyed fruit, cheese, and chocolate pairings and love how the dried fruit is the “cracker”…super fun idea!
These are almost too pretty to eat, but they look too delicious to pass up 😉
wow that dried fruit looks so good!
This is my kind of platter. Yum!
I thought you dried all that fruit yourself and was trying to figure out how to do it so that I could make the oranges! I’m excited that I don’t actually have to dry them! I want to try all of these, but the oranges are at the top of my list!
You could dry the fruit yourself but buying Simple and Crisp is so much easier!
everytime I read your blog, I think what else will she make thats incredible and every time I am blown away! These look so delicious and they’re pretty!
Thank you Kristen!
What a stunning display. Such an elegant way to serve fruit and cheese!
What a fab idea! These are all so pretty, and that crispy fruit! Divine!
Those verbs you use to decribe the recipes are exactly what I was thinking when I saw the recipes, lol. That recipe for strawberry and kiwi is my favorite on this whole list.
Thanks Rini! It wasn’t very hard to think of words to describe these tasty treats!
Oh my yummy in my yummy!!! everything looks so good..my mouth is watering!!
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So yes! I will be making these soon for sure!! I’m trying to cut down on the amount of grains I’m eating and this is a perfect substitution! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful! I love the dried fruit + chocolate combo, but I don’t dehydrate our own fruit and I never think to buy it at the store. This has compelled me to get some and switch up our regular fruit and cheese platters! Thank you!
Totally love the fruit, chocolate and cheese dessert platter. Would love to try this out with wine.
My mouth is literally watering. All of this looks so good!
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Amanda || http://www.fortheloveofglitter.com
Your dessert platter looks so gorgeous and delicious, all at the same time!
What a brilliant snack idea! I bet my kids would love this too.
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