What are butter boards? Everything you need to know about the viral food trend taking over TikTok and Instagram

We have had cheese boards, charcuterie boards, breakfast boards and dessert boards. Now, it is butter boards – softened butter and chunks of high-quality bread

The viral food trend is everywhere on TikTok and Instagram. The butter can be ornamented with jam, honey, edible flowers, salt, goat cheese, nuts, fruit or meat

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Butter boards – softened butter flavoured however you like and topped with anything you wish – are taking over TikTok and Instagram. Photo: Instagram/@cheesebynumbers

Published: 4:15am, 1 Oct 2022Updated: 4:28am, 1 Oct 2022

The food board trend took on a life of its own long ago. We have had cheese boards, charcuterie boards, breakfast boards and dessert boards. Now there is the butter board.

The latest craze that is snaking its way through TikTok and Instagram is all about aesthetically pleasing, shareable spreads – literally.

At first, the trend seemed questionable to us. With all the foods you can put on a board, what is so exciting about butter and bread? Where did the craze come from? And just how do you make a butter board? Is it hard to clean up after?

Here is what we found out.

The butter can be plain or gussied up with flavours such as bacon-bourbon, lemon-basil, cinnamon-honey or apple. Photo: Instagram/@30minutefoodie

What is a butter board?

A butter board is built by spreading softened butter on a board alongside chunks of high-quality, toasted bread.