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    Sweet and Salty Cheese Board

    Lindsay Moe

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    This sweet and salty cheese board is sponsored by Emerald® Nuts. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

    a cheese board full of sweet and salty snacks
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    You need a sweet and salty cheese board in your life, and here’s why.

    It has everything you could ever want in a snack:

    • Four kinds of cheese
    • Popcorn
    • Emerald® Glazed Walnuts
    • Emerald® Glazed Pecans
    • Chocolates
    • Crackers
    • Fruit
    • Olives
    • Pretzels
    • Jam
    a bowl of mixed olives on a cheese board with fruit and jam

    You probably already know that sugar and salt are a match made in heaven. I hardly ever make a dessert without adding a bit of salt to the top.

    A sweet and salty cheese board covers all the cravings. It was inspired by these Emerald glazed nuts which are both sweet AND salty!

    an open bag of Emerald glazed nuts next to popcorn, bread, and a cheese board
    a sweet and salty cheese board

    These aren’t your ordinary nuts; they’re sweet, crunchy, gluten-free, and pretty exciting to come across in a snack spread like this. I used both the Glazed Walnuts and Glazed Pecans for an even more flavorful combination.

    a bag of glazed walnuts next to a sweet and salty cheese board

    Serve your cheese board at a family gathering, holiday, or as a fun picnic lunch for family or friends. You can mix and match ingredients you have on hand, but here are a few basic rules to follow for the perfect cheese board.

    When choosing cheese for a cheese board, I recommend choosing one aged cheese such as cheddar, one soft cheese such as goat cheese or brie, one strong cheese like blue or gorgonzola, and maybe one or two wild card cheeses that just look delicious! I went with locally made cheese, which is one of the many benefits of living in Wisconsin.

    blue cheese at the center of a cheese board surrounded by nuts, chocolate, jam, and olives

    For the sweet side of the board, I love a combination of glazed walnuts and pecans, fresh and dried fruit, and good quality chocolate and jam. Most of these can be scattered around the cheeses to catch the eye when someone’s going in for a slice.

    Finally, my salty choices for this cheese board included popcorn, pretzels, crackers, olives, and of course those delicious glazed walnuts and pecans! Most of these can be scattered around as well.

    a hand grabbing a glazed nut from a sweet and salty cheese board

    You’ll definitely want to choose a large board for all this food, or you could do several smaller boards. For example, you could have a bread basket with baguette slices and a variety of crackers; then a board for your cheeses and fruits; and another board and/or bowls for things like popcorn, pretzels, glazed nuts, jam, and olives.

    a bag of glazed pecans on a cheese board

    This is easily the tastiest cheese board I’ve made to date, and I will definitely be pulling this out for entertaining and picnics all summer long. Is there anything you would add to this board? Let me know in the comments!

    cheese, crackers, glazed nuts, and chocolate on a cheese board
    sweet and salty cheese board

    Sweet and Salty Cheese Board

    Make your cheese board sweet and salty to satisfying all your cravings at parties and gatherings.
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    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Servings: 8
    Author: Lindsay Moe

    Ingredients

    • 4-5 cheeses, try to choose at least one each of aged, soft, firm, and blue
    • Emerald Glazed Walnuts
    • Emerald Glazed Pecans
    • Pretzels
    • Popcorn
    • Good quality jam
    • Assorted fruit such as grapes and blackberries
    • Assorted crackers and bread
    • Raw honey and/or honeycomb
    • Olives
    • Good quality chocolate

    Instructions

    • Arrange the cheeses on a large serving platter. Arrange bowls of glazed nuts, popcorn, jam, olives, and honey. Scatter remaining ingredients around the board.
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    Hi, I'm Lindsay! I've been creating easily customizable vegetarian recipes since 2011. I love the outdoors, brownies, and brand new books. I live and work in La Crosse, Wisconsin and founded Wild Flour Media to expand on my love for food photography and videography to my community and beyond.

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