For Super Bowl this year, skip the wing and potato chips and cheesy dips, and instead prepare the ultimate meat and cheese spread: a charcuterie board. Just picture it: various salty meats rubbing elbows with an assortment of soft and hard cheeses, and mingling with a variety of nuts, dips and spreads, and other accoutrements. Our mouths are watering merely at the thought of it. But before you commit to the cheese board, you’ll need much more than meats, cheeses, and apps to make it happen.
To pull off a proper cheese board, you’ll need a handful of accessories — not only to make it shine, but to make it efficient and easy for guests to graze. We’re talking cheese knives, ramekins, serving tongs, serving spoons, cheese labels, and even a cheese baker for your soft, warm cheeses, like brie.
Ahead, we’ve gathered all the cheese board accessories you’ll need for the Big Game — or, you know, any random Sunday you happen to crave a cheese board.
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Serving Board
For starters, you can’t have a cheese board without, well, a board. And this 14″ x 11″, maple wood herringbone board from West Elm is gorgeous.
Cheese Slicer
Make the cheeseboard experience an interactive one by setting out this sleek, marble and wood cheese slicer from Target.
Handheld Cheese Slicer
For semi-hard and hard cheeses, you’ll need a handheld cheese slicer — and we love the look of this one from Amazon. Featuring an oak wood handle, this Boska cheese slicer glides through cheese with ease.
Cheese Baker
Bake your brie — and keep it warm — in this ceramic brie baker from Macy’s.
Stoneware Ramekins
Your cheese board is far from complete without ramekins — and of all sizes. Larger ramekins like these are great for nuts, fruits, and other accoutrements.
Porcelain Ramekins
While smaller ramekins, like these from Amazon, are great for dips and spreads.
Cheese Markers
Unless you’re cool with guests constantly pulling you aside to ask which cheese is which, label ’em with these reusable markers.
Cheese Knives
Available in three colors (silver, copper, and gold), this cheese knives set from Anthropologie is simple, chic, and elegant.
Cheese Spreaders
Having a set of cheese spreaders is great for when it comes time to spreading soft cheese, like brie, onto crackers.
Serving Spoons
Have serving spoons, like these matte stainless steel spoons, on hand for your various dips and spreads.
Serving Tongs
Plan on serving appetizers, like eggrolls or spanakopita or other finger foods, alongside your cheese board? Don’t forget the serving tongs.
Toothpick Holder
Last but not least, have toothpicks on hand for your guests who might have some prosciutto stuck between their teeth.
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