This American Flag Cheese Tray is such a cute and clever way to serve snacks on the 4th of July, Memorial Day and Labor Day!
I put together this American Flag Cheese Tray as a last-minute 4th of July snack lunch and it was such a huge hit with my family! We all oohed and aahed over it as we gathered around to dig in to all the deliciousness.
It has been such a big hit over the years for patriotic holidays that it definitely needed to be included in my Beautiful Boards cookbook. I just love seeing so many people, all over the country, recreating it to celebrate our great country.
I created the flag shape with all red, white and blue foods. Red fruits, veggies, crackers and meat. White cheeses, nuts and crackers. Blueberries (and a blueberry covered cheese log on one edition) with white cheese cut into little stars with a mini star cutter. It all came together for one stunning patriotic platter!
I got everything from Trader Joe’s! Here’s a breakdown of all the goodies I used to create this epic cheese tray:
- Blueberries
- Blueberry Chèvre Fresh Goat Cheese
- Semi-Soft Fontina, cut into little stars
- Dried Montmorency Cherries
- Coconut Cashews
- Mini Pearl Grape Tomatoes
- Savory Thin Mini Crackers
- Strawberries
- Manchego Cheese
- Red Pepper Slices
- Blue Cheese
- Calabrese Salame
- Unexpected White Cheddar Cheese
- Three Seed Beet Crackers
- Truffle Marcona Almonds
- Raspberries
I used an American Flag decorated serving tray that I got from Target a few years ago to easily create the flag design and I’m so sad to say that they don’t carry it anymore (please bring it back, Target!). No need to worry though, I searched around and found a few other great looking American Flag Trays you could use:
4th of July Party Large Patriotic Serving Tray from Amazon
Vintage Whitewashed Wood American Flag Rustic Wood Board from Amazon (cover with plastic wrap or coat with food safe oil before placing food directly on it)
Large Glass Red, White & Blue Flag Cutting Board from Amazon
American Flag Melamine Rectangular Tray from Sur La Table
Here are images of the trays for comparison:
It’s super easy and makes for a such a great patritoic display. Here’s to WOWing your crowd on the 4th of July, Memorial Day and Labor Day!
Enjoy!
xoxo,
American Flag Cheese Tray
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 12+
- Category: Appetizer
Description
This American Flag Cheese Tray is such a cute and clever way to serve snacks on the 4th of July, Memorial Day and Labor Day!
Ingredients
- Blueberries
- Blueberry Chèvre Fresh Goat Cheese
- Semi-Soft Fontina, cut into little stars
- Dried Montmorency Cherries
- Coconut Cashews
- Mini Pearl Grape Tomatoes
- Savory Thin Mini Crackers
- Strawberries
- Manchego Cheese
- Red Pepper Slices
- Blue Cheese
- Calabrese Salame
- Unexpected White Cheddar Cheese
- Three Seed Beet Crackers
- Truffle Marcona Almonds
- Raspberries
Instructions
- Using a large rectangle serving platter (preferably one decorated like an American Flag, see links in post), arrange the red, white and blue foods into the American flag design.
- Blueberries and a blueberry covered goat cheese log create the base for the little white stars cut from Fontina cheese. The remaining ingredients are laid out from top to bottom alternating red and white foods to create the stripes.
- Serve and enjoy!
Thanks for the detailed TJs product breakdown and for assembling such a beautiful board in general. I did a small version this past weekend but it was nonetheless cute/delicious.
Yay Nicole! So happy to hear. Love that you did a smaller version of it. I’m sure everyone enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing.