Looking for a beautiful (and edible!) display for your next holiday or special event? Maybe you need the perfect thank-you gift, or present for someone impossible to buy for. Enter everyone’s favorite snack: charcuterie boards. Chock-full of edible treats, and beautiful to behold, charcuterie boards like those from Jessica’s Treasures and Treats are popular, edible, and completely customizable.

What is a Jessica’s Treasures & Treats Charcuterie Board?

Jessica’s charcuterie boards, boxes and cups consist of a variety of meats, cheeses, fruits, condiments, pickles and sweets (like cookies and chocolate covered pretzels). She creates with the seasons, purchasing many of her items at farmers markets (like ours!) and getting fruits and berries, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes and other fresh vegetables at local farmstands. Herbs like local basil may be added as garnishes. Orchids and other edible flowers are sourced from Highland Flowers and Gifts in Vernon. Jessica also incorporates seasonal flavors whenever appropriate… like apple and pumpkin for the fall. Holiday-themed boards and gifts are a given… Keep an eye out for pictures and samples of Jessica’s Halloween boards and Char-boo-taurie cups during October markets.

Jessica’s boards come in a variety of sizes… small, which is suitable for 2-4 people, all the way up to extra-large (suitable for 15+). She also makes mini-boxes for 1-2 people, and individually-sized cups—perfect for snacking on-the-go. They also make great favors for kids parties… especially when navigating multiple food allergies (or sticky fingers!). Both the cups and the mini boxes are available for direct purchase at the farmers market on Wednesdays, or you can stop by her booth to place an order for larger sizes.

How the Boards Began

Jessica began making charcuterie boards during the pandemic. At the time she had been working in medical billing, and with two young children at home, she found it hard to manage the required work schedule and quarantine protocols. Jessica’s mother encouraged her to use her creativity to start working for herself. The mother-daughter team wiled away months of isolation by creating culinary masterpieces together.

When her mother passed away unexpectedly, Jessica stopped making her treats completely. It was too difficult to manage during her grief. Until a friend messaged her asking if she could make her a board.

“So, I just did it,” Jessica said. “Then I got back into it, and then in April (2023), I made it official.”

Today, Jessica has a fully inspected commissary kitchen at her disposal. She began selling at local markets like the West Milford Farmers Market. Once the foundation was laid, she said that the business just started flourishing.

The name “Jessica’s Treasures and Treats” was her mother’s idea. It was meant to complement the name of her husband’s business: Justin’s Junk Removal. For a time, Jessica had been restoring old furniture that her husband had recovered during clean-ups. Jessica had originally imagined combining the charcuterie board business with furniture restoration. She dreams of one day having a storefront where she can do both: using restored furniture to display her platters, or to be used as workspaces for groups interested in making (and eating!) their own charcuterie boards together. Although she is not currently restoring furniture, she couldn’t bear to part with the name coined by her late mother, and hopes to get back into furniture restoration as time allows.

“[My mother] loved [the boards] and pushed and encouraged me. She loved eating them. Everytime I made one she said it was so beautiful,” Jessica said. “I told someone the other day that I feel like she’s just guiding the whole thing, because it’s just coming together.”

Get Your Custom Charcuterie Board Today!

Whether you enjoy being a part of the creative process, or want Jessica to create the perfect combination of foods and flavors for your gift or event, each board is custom-made for you. She has done vegetarian boards, teacher appreciation gifts, get-well boards, holiday platters and more. She can accommodate almost any creative desire or dietary need… just ask!

To learn more, visit Jessica at Market on Wednesday afternoons, or contact her to get started with your own custom board of treats today!