Sweet Spreads: Delectable Dessert Boards for Every Occasion
By Amber Olson
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From kid-friendly movie night to romantic date night for two, there is a delicious dessert board out there for everyone. Sweet Spreads offers a decadent variety of fifty dessert boards to inspire and impress.
This step-by-step guide is sure to satisfy any sweet tooth with simply made recipes for beloved guilty pleasures: chocolate hummus, chocolate cheesecake dip, s’mores snack mix, and so much more! Find your favorite today with these satisfyingly sweet spreads:
- Holiday cheer dessert board
- Chocolate tasting dessert board
- Campfire cones dessert board
- Ice cream sundaes dessert board
- Valentine’s day dessert board
- Waffle brunch board
- Coffee lover’s dessert board
- Aloha dessert board
- And many, many more
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Sweet Spreads - Amber Olson
Copyright © 2022 by Amber Olson
Photography © 2022 by Amber Olson
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Cover design by Daniel Brount and David Ter-Avanesyan
Cover photo by Amber Olson
Print ISBN: 978-1-5107-6996-0
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-5107-6998-4
Printed in China
For my late grandmother, who nurtured my love for food through her endless encouragement and guidance.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: How to Create the Perfect Dessert Board
Chapter 2: Chocolate Lovers
Chapter 3: Boards for Any Occasion
Chapter 4: Holiday
Chapter 5: Party
Chapter 6: Accompaniments
Acknowledgments
Conversion Charts
Index
Introduction
Cooking is one of the great gifts you can give to those you love.
—Ina Garten
I started cooking when I was very young. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of being in the kitchen at my grandmother’s house. We would pick fresh blackberries out on the property and bring them inside to make homemade pies. I would have to stand on a chair to be able to reach the kitchen counter as my grandmother patiently taught me how to create pie crust from scratch and add the perfect amount of sugar to the berries for the most delicious pie filling. This is the kitchen where my love of food began.
Life blessed me with a large family consisting of uncles, aunts, and a whole lot of cousins. Family gatherings, especially holidays, have always been a little bit insane. That very kitchen where my love for food began also became the center of every family event. Kitchen counters lined with beautiful desserts, amazing charcuterie spreads, and comfort foods galore turned food into a vessel to share conversation, laughter, and a lot of special moments in my life. These moments are what inspired me to write this book.
I intend for you to use these recipes as inspiration to help create your own cherished memories with food as the centerpiece. Holidays, birthdays, date nights with your significant other, movie nights with the family, neighborhood barbecues, lunch with your best friends, or any occasion can be special. Something as simple as a beautiful dessert board can be the perfect starting point.
Chapter 1
How to Create the Perfect Dessert Board
Let us get into what a dessert board is and how to achieve building your own. First, you need an occasion. This occasion could be a big event in your life, like hosting a baby shower for your closest friend or a holiday with the entire family. This occasion could also be something seemingly less spectacular like that weekly scheduled date night with your significant other or a friend popping by for coffee on the weekend. Whatever the occasion may be, there is a dessert board to generate a spark of wow and engagement.
So, what is a dessert board exactly?
Think of a dessert board much like a charcuterie board where you have a lot of little snackable items presented in a really appealing way on a single board or tray. However, unlike a classic charcuterie board, a dessert board does not have a straightforward list of what must be added or combined. This allows for you to be as creative as you wish. The single must-have for a dessert board is something sweet. Candy, chocolates, cakes, cookies, pastries, donuts, marshmallows, caramels, pies, and fresh fruits are all good ideas for that something sweet, but the options are endless. With that being said, I have put together some step-by-step instructions to help you pull together a jaw-dropping dessert board for anytime followed by fifty sweet spreads I have created myself for your own inspiration.
Pick a Theme
Once you know what occasion you are creating a dessert board for, you can pick a theme for your board. There are obvious themes to fit the occasion like Valentine’s Day where you can go overboard on heart-shaped goodies. There are also some not so obvious themes such as hosting a night at your house with a few close friends. In this case, think about something you all enjoy. If you all love wine, then a theme of chocolate and cheese would be perfect.
Grab Ingredients
Once you have a theme for the occasion you choose, it is time to grab all the ingredients that will be put onto your dessert board. Some boards will come together flawlessly with a visit to your regular grocery store. Fruit, nuts, and chocolates, for example. Boom. Done. Easy. Some boards will take more effort by sourcing the perfect sprinkles or finding a bakery to make some really creative sugar cookies. An amazing part of the world we live in is that there are all sorts of avenues to find these special items. A quick Google search will get you in contact with a local bakery or candy store that can assist you. Of course, online ordering for basically anything you could possibly imagine makes it possible to create that extravagant dessert board you have pictured in your head.
Where to Begin
Have a great idea but not sure where to begin? Trust me, I know this feeling. My best is advice is to