I made a beautiful $15 Dollar Tree charcuterie board after my first visit

A HOME chef and charcuterie board professional was hoping to create one of her famous cheese and meat boards without spending a lot of money.

She went to Dollar Tree looking for affordable, tasty treats.

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TikToker Lauren (@loverboards) knows how to put a good charcuterie board on the table.

And while many of her products consist of expensive meat, dairy and fresh produce, she hoped to make one on a budget.

“Let’s take $20 to Dollar Tree and see what kind of plate we can make,” she began in the clamp.

Having never visited this location before, she went in ‘completely blind’ hoping to get something tasty.

First she grabbed a few bags of Oh Snap dill pickle bites.

“I really love this one,” she said.

She also received a bag of cubed Colby Jack cheese cubes from Kraft and a box of Hormel pepperoni slices — which she called a “huge find.”

For some extra carbs, she grabbed a box of table crackers, a bag of honey mustard and onion pretzel pieces, and a bag of pretzel chips.

Knowing that people also liked to nibble on fruits and nuts, she bought a bag of freeze-dried apples and a bag of pistachios.

“I think we should get a dip too, because there wasn’t much of a cheese selection,” she said, grabbing a can of cheesy nacho dip.

The total? Only $15.

Still, it was “hard” to find what she was looking for and she said she was “a little scared” to see what the board would look like.

But the expert made it work, centering all the crackers, meat, cheese bites, fruit and nuts around the cheese dip.

“Not gonna lie, it turned out better than expected, but it was definitely a challenge,” she wrote in the caption.

Viewers applauded her skills.

“I feel like this is a good game day board! Impressed,” one person wrote.

“For under $20 that’s pretty bad**,” another added.

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