Kid Friendly Thanksgiving Dessert Board

This Kid Friendly Thanksgiving Dessert Board includes quick and easy no-bake Thanksgiving desserts and healthy snacks. 

An eye-catching addition to your Thanksgiving dessert table!

Do you also struggle to find the time to cook the turkey and bake the casseroles and pies in your single oven on Thanksgiving?

If so, then this board is for you!

These festive no-bake treats are easy and sweet.

Save the oven space for the pies and serve this dessert board to the kids.

However, if you do have more time to dedicate to baking, then I recommend you check out my Thanksgiving dessert board with mini pies!

Table of Contents

1. Ingredients
2. Equipment
3. Instructions
4. Why We Love This Board
5. Recipe Card

Kid-Friendly Thanksgiving Dessert Board Ingredients

1. Dessert Turkey Cheese Ball
2. Apple
3. Gram crackers
4. Red Grapes
5. Candy pumpkins
6. Celery
7. Candy corn
8. Pilgrim ‘hat’ cookies
9. Chocolate-covered pretzels
10. Peanut butter ‘pumpkin’ cookies
11. ‘Acorn’ cookies
12. ‘Turkey’ cookies
13. Autumn leaf sandwich cookies
14. Chocolate-covered Oreos

What You Need To Make A Kid Friendly Thanksgiving Dessert Board

1. Large serving tray
2. Cheese knife (to cut into the turkey cheese ball)
3. Mini pumpkin (decor)

How To Make A Kid Friendly Thanksgiving Dessert Board

Similar to my Halloween Skeleton Charcuterie Board, we will take this from one side to the other:

• Left side
• Center
• Right side

Left Side

1. Start with the turkey cheese ball in the upper left corner.
2. Next, place sliced apple wedges around the bottom-left side of the cheese ball.
3. Then, add gram crackers around the upper-right side of the cheese ball.
4. Position a handful of candy pumpkins and red grapes next to the gram crackers.
5. Next, add a few slices of celery and candy corn.

Center

1. Add a row of 4 pilgrim ‘hat’ cookies next to the celery and candy corn.
2. Next, add 3 chocolate-covered pretzel rods.
3. Then, add 5 ‘pumpkin’ cookies and 4 ‘acorn’ cookies.
4. Add another handful of grapes next to the ‘pumpkin’ cookies.
5. Arrange 3 ‘turkey’ cookies in a diagonal line from the ‘acorn’ cookies to the upper right section near the grapes.
6. Next, add an assortment of candy corn and candy pumpkins along the bottom to fill any gaps.

Right Side

1. Add 5 ‘leaf’ cookies in a diagonal line to the right of the ‘turkey’ cookies.
2. Position 4 chocolate Oreos in a diagonal line to the right of the ‘leaf’ cookies.
3. Place 5 ‘acorn’ cookies below the chocolate Oreos.
4. Next, position a handful of grapes in the top-right corner.
5. Position a mini pumpkin in the lower-right corner.
6. Lastly, fill gaps with candy corn.

Why We Love This Thanksgiving Board

• It’s no-bake! This means more oven space for the pies. ?
• You can make the Thanksgiving-themed desserts in advance so that Thanksgiving day is less hectic. This includes the:
  1. Pilgrim ‘hat’ cookies
  2. Peanut butter ‘pumpkin’ cookies
  3. ‘Acorn’ cookies
  4. ‘Turkey’ cookies
  5. Chocolate pretzels
  6. Chocolate Oreos
• The Thanksgiving-themed desserts are so easy and fun to make, you can make them with your kids.
• This board is just the beginning! You can customize it to fit your day: use a larger or smaller board. Include more snacks or less variation depending on your schedule. I included a variation with only Thanksgiving-themed treats below.

I Want To Hear From You!

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Also, if you made this Kid Friendly Thanksgiving Dessert Board, I’d love to see it!

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Kid Friendly Thanksgiving Dessert Board

This Kid Friendly Thanksgiving Dessert Board includes quick and easy no-bake Thanksgiving desserts and some healthy snacks. An eye-catching addition to your Thanksgiving dessert table.

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Prep Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr

Course Appetizer, Dessert, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine American

Equipment

• Large serving tray
• Mini pumpkin (decor)
• Cheese knife (to cut into the turkey cheese ball)

Ingredients

  

• 1 Dessert Turkey Cheese Ball
• 1 Apple
• 4 Gram Crackers split in half
• 1.5 Cups Red Grapes
• 1 Cup Candy Pumpkins
• 3 Stalks Celery cut in half
• 1 Cup Candy Corn
• 4 Pilgrim 'Hat' Cookies
• 3 Chocolate-Covered Pretzels
• 5 Peanut Butter 'Pumpkin' Cookies
• 9 'Acorn' Cookies
• 3 Turkey Cookies
• 5 Autumn Leaf Sandwich Cookies
• 4 Chocolate-Covered Oreos

Instructions

 

Left Side

• Start with the turkey cheese ball in the upper left corner.
• Next, place sliced apple wedges around the bottom-left side of the cheese ball.
• Then, add gram crackers around the upper-right side of the cheese ball.
• Position a handful of candy pumpkins and red grapes next to the gram crackers.
• Next, add a few slices of celery and candy corn. 

Center

• Add a row of 4 pilgrim 'hat' cookies next to the celery and candy corn.
• Next, add 3 chocolate-covered pretzel rods. 
• Then, add 5 'pumpkin' cookies and 4 'acorn' cookies.
• Add another handful of grapes next to the 'pumpkin' cookies. 
• Arrange 3 'turkey' cookies in a diagonal line from the 'acorn' cookies to the upper right section near the grapes.
• Next, add an assortment of candy corn and candy pumpkins along the bottom to fill any gaps.

Right Side

• Add 5 'leaf' cookies in a diagonal line to the right of the 'turkey' cookies.
• Position 4 chocolate Oreos in a diagonal line to the right of the 'leaf' cookies.
• Place 5 'acorn' cookies below the chocolate Oreos.
• Next, position a handful of grapes in the top-right corner.
• Position a mini pumpkin in the lower-right corner.
• Lastly, fill gaps with candy corn.

Keyword Charcuterie, Charcuterie Board, Dessert, Snack Board, Thanksgiving, Turkey