Kids Will Be Egg-static for this Easter Egg Frosting Board
Easter is just around the corner, and it’s time to start planning your cute treats for the season. If you’re looking for a fun and festive spin on an Easter charcuterie for kids, look no further than a frosting board in the shape of an Easter egg. The cute egg-shaped frosting design will impress your guests. And, when paired with a delicious assortment of cookies, you’ll have a kid’s Easter snack board that is both visually stunning and delicious.
In this post, we’ll dive into the details of using a frosting template to create the Easter egg-shaped frosting design. Below, you can print off the handy-dandy bat printable which you will use to pipe the outline of frosting before filling in the rest of the egg.
What is a Frosting Board?
A frosting board is a spin off of the now well-known charcuterie board and the butter board. Whereas a traditional charcuterie board might be filled with cheese, fruits, meats, and crackers, a frosting board is full of sugar! Lots of sugar! Cookies, mini cupcakes, chocolate covered anything!
Ingredients for an Easter Egg Frosting Board for Easter
- ½ cup unsalted room temp butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1-2 Tbsp heavy cream (depending on consistency desired)
- Pinch of salt (to taste)
- Yellow food coloring (or any pastel food color you prefer)
- Pink strawberry wafers
- Graham crackers
- Marshmallow Peeps (the Chick ones would be really cute for an egg board!)
- Jelly Beans
- For decorating the egg: Pink M&Ms, mini chocolate chips, sprinkles
Harper Says
It’s adorable. So cute. I could literally eat it forever! It comes with MANY different snacks. WARNING: sugary. It’s really sugary so I recommend that you don’t eat too much at the same time.
Norah Says
Sugary, but delicious and so so so cute. It has yummy Peeps marshmallows and so much more. Don’t eat too much or you will get sick. This delicious treat is great for Easter parties and birthday parties.
Steps for Setting the Design on Your Easter Frosting Board
Step 1: Make the frosting from scratch.
We all know nothing beats homemade frosting! Follow the steps in our recipe card below to see how we get our creamy frosting!
When ready, fill a piping bag with the preferred tip. We like to use pastel colors because pastels are typical of Easter.
Step 2: Prepare the board for “painting on the egg.”
Prepare a large wood board. Make sure the serving platter is large enough that there is plenty of room so you can add the cookies and snacks around the egg later. You may prefer to place down a piece of parchment paper. Or you may simply add the frosting straight onto the board.
Step 3: Pipe a frosting border in an oval shape and fill in.
It doesn’t have to be perfect, but you can certainly tweak the oval if it isn’t close enough.
As evenly as possible, continue the same process by “coloring in” the rest of the egg with the icing in an oval pattern. Then, spread the frosting in a thick layer until the egg is completely filled using a narrow and flat spatula.
Step 4: Decorate your Easter egg.
Be sure to make your Easter egg as cute as possible! We like to pipe on extra colors, candies, and sprinkles to give the Easter egg frosting board a truly “Easter egg” feel.
Outline the frosting egg with jelly beans, marshmallows, or other round Easter candies to form a border. Leave no gaps.
Step 5: Fill in the remainder of the serving platter with sweet treats.
We like to work corner to opposite corner when filling in charcuterie boards or dessert boards. We might start with the lower left corner and fill in the upper right corner with an assortment of treats. Do not place too many of the same treats in one area. Spread the sugary love all around the board! And whatever you do, do not leave any dead space on the board. Every space should be full. However, you want to be careful to not disturb the border of the egg.
What Types of Treats to Add to a Frosting Board for Easter?
Remember, we are thinking of the frosting board as a dessert board for kids. The frosting is for people to dip their sweet treats in.
- Pretzels
- Cookies
- Graham crackers
- Marshmallows
- Sweet crackers
Tips for Making a Frosting Board for Easter
- Put thought into the color scheme in advance – before shopping for treats. You want the whole board to look somewhat cohesive color wise. Picture the big egg kind of like a comforter in a bedroom. You want the other items around the bedroom to complement or coordinate with the comforter. Here, the purple and pink Peeps and sprinkles on the egg coordinate.
- Another thing to consider when shopping for treats is the use of big and small items. You don’t want all the treats to be the same size. Some cookies and candies should be small. Others should be larger.
- Place larger items on the board first, and let everything else tumble in around and on top. This is not the time for nice neat stacks of cookies. This type of dessert board is much more attractive with a “thrown together” look.
- Include a little unwrapped Easter candy.
- Dessert boards can get expensive because you have to have a lot of filler items for the board. The board featured here features many different products. If necessary, you could provide fewer types of items (meaning you purchase fewer products and use more of each of those products on the board). Just remember to keep to large and small items and a variety.
- Encourage guests to dip the cookies into the frosting as some may be hesitant to disturb the adorable egg! Also encourage them to eat the marshmallows before they dry out and get hard.
A Finished Easter Egg Frosting Board
How cute is this Easter egg frosting board for spring?
Easter Egg Frosting Board with Peeps
Ingredients
Easter Egg Frosting
- ½ cup Unsalted butter softened (1 stick)
- 2 cups Powdered sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 tbsp Heavy cream may need up to 2 tbsp
- ½ tsp Salt
- Yellow food coloring or whatever color you prefer
Decorations for Egg
- Mini chocolate chips
- Sprinkles
- Pink M&Ms
Dippers
- Pink strawberry wafers
- Graham crackers
- Marshmallow Peeps
- Jelly beans
Instructions
Make the Frosting Egg
- Add the room temperature butter to a large mixing bowl. Mix on medium – high speed for 1 minute.
- On medium speed, slowly add the powdered sugar, heavy cream and vanilla.
- Pause to scrape the sides and taste to see if salt is needed. Continue to mix for another 30 seconds on medium-high speed.
- Add drops of yellow food coloring until desired shade has been reached.
- Transfer the frosting to a piping bag for easier assembly.
- On the board, pipe a large oval and fill in completely. Use an offset spatula to even out the frosting.
- Line the outside with M&Ms and decorate with mini chocolate chips and sprinkles.
Fill The Dippers Around the Egg
- Start with top corner to opposite bottom corner, fill in the board with cookies, pretzels, candies, etc. Do not leave any empty space. Be careful not to disturb the M&Ms border.
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