Who doesn’t love Cheese Plate Ideas? From informal appetizers to kids’ finger food to fancy party entertaining; a cheese plate is a crowd pleaser on any table! You cheddar believe it (c’mon, that cheese pun was gouda right?)…
Cheese Plate Ideas
Present an assortment of cheese: sharp, mild, firm, and creamy for your cheese plate. Pick a cheese (or two) from each of these categories and you create a cheese plate sure to please!
You could certainly offer a non-meat cheese plate (in case any of your guests are vegetarian). Personally, I like to serve a combination cheese/charcuterie because I like to offer my guests a selection of goodies. My go-to cheese plate ideas include:
- Firm: emmental cheese or manchego cheese
- Strong: Cracker Barrel Block Cheese Old Cheddar (this is my favourite)
- Creamy: brie cheese or bleu cheese
- Mild: Cracker Barrel Block Cheese Marble Light
- Salty: olives, prosciutto, salami, jamon serano, kielbasa sausage, nuts
- Bread: crackers, bread sticks, baguette slices, mini toasts, pita triangles
- Kid-friendly addition: quesadilla or cheeseadilla
Bet you aren’t feta-p with cheese plate ideas yet – I have MORE!
So after I finished the styling on the cheese plate above for photography – I decided to make a little cheese platter with the leftovers for the kids as an after school snack.
un-brie-lieveable! They devoured the kid-friendly cheese plate.
I put out a simple assortment of the cheeseadilla triangles, Cracker Barrel Block Cheese Old Cheddar squares, some baguette slices, and kielbasa sausage.
I camembert and finally gave in to their demands to make more cheeseadillas later that week.
- 10 mini tortillas
- 1 bag of Kraft shredded Mozza-Cheddar cheese
- Heat frying pan to medium heat on stove
- Place one tortilla on pan
- Sprinkle enough Kraft shredded mozza-cheddar cheese to cover tortilla
- Place 2nd tortilla over cheese
- Heat on one side for 3 minutes then turn to heat another 3 minutes on other side.
- Put on plate to cool when cheese is melted. Cut into triangles for serving.
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Yum these look so good, love cheese and meat trays!
Interesting post. I will apply your suggestions to our next party cheese plate.
Looks like a great cheese plate to me, all of my favourites!
These look so good!!! Love all kinds of cheese!
We steer towards French and Quebecoise cheeses – so good!
These look absolutly awesome thanks!
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Cute puns 🙂 I love cheese and would eat this for sure. My kids aren’t fans of cheese but I bet they could be tempted with these choices!
Dede
Cheese puns are gouda 😉
I am a HUGE cheese plate fan. Antipaso is my favourite thing EVER. Just add a glass of red wine and I’m good. YUM!
We do these plates at every get together we host. It’s easy and so yummy.
What a nice selection. Perfect for gatherings and for guests coming over.
Thank you!
I love cheese! A good cheese dish is always great at a get together along with some tasty wine.
Totally agree – cheese platter + wine = get together success!
Cheese is one of my favorite snacks. I love to dip my cheese in fancy molasses. It is delicious.
My son always refuses cheese – UNLESS it’s in a cheesadilla (recipe in this post) or on pizza.
These are great cheese platter ideas! I think its fun to stage platters like this for get togethers.
Pick and choose platters are nice aren’t they? Not everyone has the same tastes so it’s nice to offer a selection.
Those are my kind of cheese plates! I can’t do a lot of aged cheese that are on restaurant plates because they are a migraine trigger. This gives me options to make right at home – thanks!
I didn’t know that about migraines and cheese. Glad you can enjoy cheesy goodness at home (and without triggers).
Yum! This looks so awesome. Makes me want to go make a cheese plate at 2am. lol
Cheese is a good snack anytime!
There are some good ideas here and \i will be having company for the Easter break so they will come in handy
I love cheese platters especially with olives.
Some good ideas for our next party!
I love a good cheese/meat platter….thanks for the ideas
I like your ideas and I really like the recipe for the Cheeseadilla.
I love your presentation of the cheese plates. I always have trouble plating food attractively. This picture is a keeper to have when I’m expecting company.