If you are looking for a super simple Christmas appetizer that is healthy you are going to love this Christmas Tree Veggie Platter also known as Christmas Tree Crudite Board or Christmas tree veggie tray! It is super easy to make and is perfect for your holiday dinner or party!

Christmas Tree Veggie Platter

The holidays are the best and most fun time to get creative with food. I love making all sorts of Christmas treats that are Christmas themed and while normally they are desserts so I wanted to get more healthy Christmas recipes up. If you are looking for healthy Christmas treats be sure to check out our Santa Banana Pops and Grinch Fruit Kabobs.

When I am making holiday recipes I want them to be easy, even our side dishes, desserts and our main dishes because I just do not have the time to spend forever making one recipe when we will have a whole lot more food that needs to be made, so this Christmas Tree veggie platter with dip is perfect!

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What is a Crudite Board?

When you are talking about platters and appetizer boards a Charcuterie board is focused on the meat and cheese and a Crudite Board is focused on the veggies. While many of us refer to them as veggie platters the technical name a Crudite Board.

The definition of a Crudite board is pieces of raw vegetables served as an hors d’oeuvre often with a dip. You can serve them with or with out a dip.

A veggie platter, veggie tray and Crudite Board are basically the same thing, if you want everyone to think you are fancy be sure to call this a Christmas Tree Crudite Board when you tell them what it is!

Best Dips to serve with Crudite Board

There are lots of dips that go well with crudite boards and veggie platters, you can serve with your favorite or try one of our favorite party dips that are good with raw veggies.

Christmas Tree Veggie Platter Ingredients

2 fresh raw pounds broccoli
1 cup cherry tomatoes
1 yellow pepper
1 red pepper
1/4 cup pretzel sticks
1 cup of your favorite dip, optional

How to Make Christmas Tree Veggie Platter

Cut the broccoli into small florets, making sure not to leave the stem too long or it will have a hard time standing up. Cut the tops and bottoms off your peppers and remove the seeds, thinly slice the peppers.

On your serve platter arrange the broccoli in a long triangle to be the body of the tree. I found it easy to start with my largest florets to build the base then I started tucking the smaller piece to help build the shape.

Arrange the tomatoes all over the top of the broccoli to look like little lights.

Lay out four strips of the yellow pepper on the top of the tree for the star.

Place the strips of yellow pepper on the tree in a zig zag pattern to be the lights.

Lay the red pepper at the bottom to be the tree skirt.

Place the pretzels at the bottom of the tree to be the base of the tree.

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