Base Layer (choose 2 or more)

• 4-8 tablespoons nuts Mixed nuts, like cashews, almonds, walnuts, pecans, pistachios.
• 4-8 berries blackberry or other berries or dried fruit
• 4-8 lices cheese like cheddar, Wensleydale cheese, firm
• 4-8 pieces Chocolates foil wrapped chocolates work best

Skewers (choose a variety of 3 or more per skewer)

• 8 ounces cured meat sliced thin; like salami, chorizo, prosciutto, pepperoni, Calabrese, Mortadella, Capocollo, Soppressata, Summer Sausage
• 4-8 ounces Semi-hard cheese Brie wedges, Gouda, Cheddar, Havarti, baby mozzarella balls, cheddar cheese cubes, or semi-soft cheeses
• 4-8 olive Try garlic stuffed, regular, Spanish olives, blue cheese stuffed for variety
• 6-12 grapes black, red, green, seedless grapes are best
• 4-8 fresh berries like blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, and small strawberries. Sugared cranberries would be great too!
• 4-8 pickles mini dill pickles, baby cucumbers or cornichons work well here, or cucumbers

Final Loose Ingredients

• 4-16 crackers use hearty crackers, pretzel sticks, cookies to fill in gaps
• 4-8 Chocolates add additional chocolates to fill in gaps
• 4-8 lices hard cheese add colorful slices of hard cheeses to fill in some of the gaps
• 4-8 prigs rosemary use fresh rosemary or thyme for a beautiful presentation