Stepping Stones Cheese Chips (Print View)

Cheese rounds artfully arranged over blue corn chips create a vivid, flavorful appetizer.

# Components:

→ Cheeses

01 - 5.3 oz goat cheese log
02 - 5.3 oz well-chilled brie cheese
03 - 5.3 oz smoked gouda

→ River Base

04 - 5.3 oz blue corn tortilla chips

→ Garnishes (optional)

05 - 2 tbsp fresh chives, finely chopped
06 - 1 tbsp cracked black pepper
07 - 2 tbsp pomegranate seeds
08 - 2 tbsp honey

# Directions:

01 - Slice each cheese into 0.4-inch thick rounds resembling stepping stones; chill slices for 10 minutes if needed to ease handling.
02 - On a large platter or board, spread blue corn chips in a winding river pattern.
03 - Arrange the cheese rounds across the chips in a stepping-stone path, alternating cheese types for visual contrast.
04 - Sprinkle chopped chives and cracked black pepper over the cheese rounds and scatter pomegranate seeds along the chip river.
05 - Lightly drizzle honey over the cheese if desired and serve immediately.

# Expert Advice:

01 -
  • It looks like you spent hours but takes barely 15 minutes, which means you can actually pull it off on a weeknight.
  • The three cheeses give you that spectrum of creamy, rich, and smoky so there's something for every mood.
  • People genuinely interact with it instead of just grabbing and going—that's when appetizers become memorable.
02 -
  • Room-temperature brie will slide off the chips like it's on ice—chill everything including your platter if you have time and the weather is warm.
  • The chips soften after about 20 minutes, so this is genuinely a "serve immediately" kind of appetizer, which actually keeps people coming back for seconds before it gets soggy.
03 -
  • A hot knife (dip it in hot water and dry it between slices) makes cheese slicing cleaner and less likely to crumble.
  • Build this no more than 15 minutes before serving to keep the chips crisp and the presentation perfect—that last-minute freshness is part of what makes it special.
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