20 Best Hard Cheese For Charcuterie (2023 Updated)

At the cheese display at my supermarket I grabbed a block of cheese I thought was Pecarino Romano. I picked up BellaVitano Chardonnay by mistake. This is the best cheese I’ve ever eaten. Fruity, buttery and nutty with a slight tangy after taste.

Please try it. You won’t be disappointed!!.

I bought this cheese at another store first (for a higher price), but it’s the same anywhere you buy it. We love this cheese and definitely think it’s worth splurging on. It’s crumbly but not too dry and has a delicious nutty flavor with a hint of that grape sweetness.

My spouse is not a cheese lover, but even he looks forward to snacking on this cheese! Tastes great on seed crackers and by itself.

I was really excited to try this because I love expresso. It’s a harder cheese but it softened up when I was cutting it. It taste amazing!! Perfect dessert cheese. Has a sweet expresso flavor. I’ll definitely buy again.

This is classified as an “extra mature” Irish Cheddar; this is a cheddar that roars! If you want a strong and cheesy flavor, Dubliner is the best! If you want a milder yet still tasty flavor then it’s sister, Bally Shannon is a good choice! I only use Dubliner as I LOVE CHEESE! Cauliflower cheese casserole, Mac n’ cheese, just plain cheese sauce – Dubliner is my go to cheese.

I put mine in a food processor and crumble it as it freezes well.

This cheese is from milk produced by cows living the good life without hormones or antibiotics on the lovely green pastures of Ireland. You can almost taste the misty mornings and the slower, more natural pace of life.

It pairs perfectly with grapes, peaches or apple slices as well as multi seed crackers.

Just Right for my taste. Not too strong and not light. Texture is firm and it does not crumble to much. melts well. I love cheese. This was my first time trying this brand. The price is reasonable, the quality is excellent.

This cheese is a sturdy hard cheese comparable to any imported Parm! You can slice it thin with a veggie peeler for salads, grate a pile on your sandwich, then throw the tiny rind in your pot of soup! Excellent – nutty- Wisconsin!!!.

I always enjoy all the cheese products I have had along with my side kick Bandit My review is for the extraordinary BLUEBERRY JALAPEÑO JAM. I would love to order some jars of it w/o the cheese. I have ordered enough cheese to last me a long time.

For me it just has a subtle hint of heat. Oh yes, Bandit likes it too.

We have loved all the products. We tried the 8 year aged, but weren’t fans of it. I sent it to a friend in northern Georgia and they love it! So I’m sure they will be ordering some more and others no doubt.

I would like to buy a gallon of the Cherry jam!!!! hehehehehe. Ok, maybe not a gallon, but that little jar doesn’t last long in this house!.

Cabot’s Extra Sharp White Cheddar taste is Excellent traditional Vermont Black Wax White Cheddar Style. Now available in Walmart in two sizes. No need to go to Vermont or wait for a mail delivery. I have bought large round Black Wax Aged Extra Sharp White Cheddar cheese in Vermont numerous times ever since the 1960’s.

I drove to Vermont from neighboring states for the day, primarily just to buy the cheese. It is that good! Now I can get it at Walmart. It adds an excellent flavor to macaroni and cheese. Or even some sprinkled into lasagne.

Eat it plain with your favorite cracker or on an old fashioned Apple pie. I have even frozen the larger plastic wrap size. Tastes great but crumbles a bit more. Although Cabot says to refrigerate not freeze on the package I have frozen it to last and cut a thick slice off to eat.

It warms up and makes it easier to slice. Sometimes it crumbles more but still you can put on a cracker, a sandwich or bake it.

Love Cabot SHARP Cheddar! Perfect #Cheese! You can find it everywhere! Market basket always has 2/$5! Love all varieties but the original is my fave! Love shredding a whole block into a pile like this! So satisfying when you pull the cheese grater away and get this finished cheese castle! Highly recommend this on top of everything and mixed into beef/rice mixture for stuffed peppers! Basically we put this on everything! Vermont cheese for the win!.

This Vermont cheese is WONDERFUL! I normally buy Cracker Barrel (2 blocks) for my baked macaroni and cheese, but substituted one for Cabot’s Vermont Sharp Cheddar Cheese when I found it on sale at Kroger.

What a great mix! The taste of this cheese is WONDERFUL and gives a tangy, sharp cheddar taste unlike the Wisconsin or New York cheddar cheeses. I highly recommend Cabot’s Vermont Sharp Cheddar, either white or yellow.

I’ve tried both.

Cheese and I go together like breathing. This Private Stock Cheddar is amazing. It isn’t too strong but it is the perfect cheddar cheese to pair with crackers, shred onto a dip, or just cut up pieces and eat alone.

Found mine at my local grocery store and grab a block every shopping trip to make sure it doesn’t run out.

Picked this cheese up at the Cabot store in Vermont and was pleasantly surprised. We used this for many delicious additions to mac and cheese. Perfect to take blah boxed mac and cheese and give it something special to break the monotony.

I wish this cheese was easier to find in Oregon, but now in Texas Cabot seems to be everywhere which is great!.

Love this white cheddar. I use it for parties with crackers etc. also awesome on apples and sandwiches. I purchased at Harris Teeter. It is pricey but so good it’s worth it. I am a respect customer and will continue to purchase this cheese.

Love it.

Family has enjoyed your delicious cheeses, though the added spices(primarily pepper) has distracted from the otherwise wholesome and natural taste of many of your cheese products(ex. mango habanera gouda).

You should emphasize the added pepper,etc. in future ads & promotions so that customers are not surprised. Americans’ love of hot, spicey and salty tasting food should not force such radical treatment of natural products.

The end user should be the one adding it. I doubt that your target customers really prefer such radical products. Although I will peruse your ads,I will probably shop elsewhere for unadulterated cheese gift packs.

The cheeses and products in this charcuterie pack are uniquely delicious – so superior to the average cheese on the supermarket shelves. I would recommend this gift pack. The only criticism I have is that it could be gift packed more attractively.

The box is pretty basic. I transferred the contents to a gift basket to give to my neighbors for Christmas. They loved it.

We purchased 2 of these for grown kids (with spouses and teens) living in Indiana. Just wanted them to have tastes of Wisconsin. One family in particular loved the aged cheddar specifically for the crystals in the cheese.

They both loved the sausages. They were gone in minutes. Thank you Cheese Brothers for a Merry Christmas from Texas to Indiana.

After purchasing other name brands of many cheese varieties for years, I decided to try the Tillamook. I paid more for this block of sharp cheddar than the other brand(s) sitting beside it but thought maybe there was something special about it.

The quality of the product seems very good (have yet to try it melted in a cheese sauce), but the flavor just was NOT there for my cheese grits, my tacos, etc. I had considered buying the medium cheddar for the different things I wanted to cook, but I stuck with a sharp cheddar.

Unfortunately, this one did not measure up to the other sharp cheddars that I am used to. Unsure of what is different about this cheddar. It was NOT bad, but I kept searching for the cheese in the dishes that I put this in.

And, I had used a liberal amount of this cheese in them. Disappointed.

Very unique and enveloping cheese flavor that lingers long after the crunch has subsided. You’ll eat the whole bag without realizing it! The bags are small so a pack of 10 is the way to go, and definitely try the smoked flavor too!.

Really fast posting and prompt delivery. These crackers are absolutely amazing, they are delicious on their own or paired with a drink and even have a handy resealable top. but they are sooo tasty you will probably finish the bag without needing to reseal 😂.

Very tasty. Almost like eating toasted cheese but better. Will definitely order more!

I discovered a top-notch cheddar cheese at Sam’s Club in the Chef-Mate brand several years ago. When it disappeared I panicked, but I suspect it carried on as the Member’s Mark brand because this is comparable (no discernible change in texture/taste).

What I like about this Member’s Mark Sharp Cheddar Cheese is that it does not turn into the BP Deepwater Horizon when you melt it. At the same time, it isn’t so dry that it crumbles like some lesser quality cheddar cheeses.

It melts really well — smooth not gritty. Cheddar cheese that doesn’t melt well is a problem with many other grocery store brand cheeses these days, which is a deal breaker for those of us who love a good grilled cheese sandwich.

This cheese will make you unwilling to compromise on the likes of Land ‘O Lakes or Tillamook. This cheese is so good that it justifies the cost of the membership. Yes, it’s that good.

Great cheese. Tastes great. Well worth the time & effort. I love their hard cheese. Been eating for years.

We LOVE THIS. It’s just as good as The higher priced Big Company Brand only better. Great Value. Go get ya some. So YUMMYLIOUS

The perfect cheese for every day eating. Full rounded cheddar taste not too sharp and not too dull. Tilamook 2lb baby loaf and actually registers as real cheese. A total pet peeve of mine is this cheese that masquerades as cheese these days.

So checking the ingredients – Ingredients. Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto (Color). The only caveat to the 2lb baby loaf is the time to cut the baby loaf, which I will absolutely do. Sometimes its a hassle but the benefit is – the excellent taste, health of my family, less trips to the grocery and the best reason and payoff for me it’s taste, quality in that taste and the value that means less trips to the grocery.

Tillamook sharp cheddar is my husbands and I choice of cheese! It’s made here in the US and with Tillamook we know we are getting high quality cheese free from any hormones. Also, Tillamook is a B Corp company meaning it’s meeting the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.

The cheese itself is delicious and the extra sharp which is our favorite has been aged for 15 months to near perfection! My favorite is making grilled cheeses sandwiches it makes them so creamy! But, I know when I buy a Tillamook product I’m getting a high quality product.

If something is a different flavor make the packaging noticeably different. The original flavor is literally identical except for a small square with miniature writing on it that says this one has horse radish in it.

It tastes disgusting. I literally thought it was expired.

This is pretty good! We’re a huge fan of sharp cheddar and have recently become obsessed with dips and spreads and this fits the bill. Has a whipped like texture and is really creamy and has that sharp cheddar bite to it.

Really good with crackers and on sandwiches! Would love to try with Mac and cheese sometime!.

Yum. This pub cheese is legit my favorite snack/meal/go to because it’s so easy! I personally like it with the crackers pictured but it also tastes great with wheat thins or even on a bagel! Can be a little pricey but I find it worth it! If you’re not a horseradish type person they have it without as well! Love both flavors.

Highly recommend.

BelGioioso Asiago Cheese is a nice sharp cheese with hint of sweetness. This goes wonderfully with some crackers and is a wonderful value. It tastes like a very pricey cheese but comes at a very reasonable price! This review was collected as part of a promotion, and the opinions are my own.

I purchased the Bordens Mexican shredded cheese recently. I enjoyed it on my tacos this evening as you can tell from the picture. The cheese is flavorful and perfect on Mexican dishes. It could be used for other dishes like eggs or in recipes too.

Borden is a great brand and I’ve always enjoyed their products. I highly recommend this!.

I like this cheese! I love to use it in Salads, in potato dishes and when I bake biscuits made with cheddar! I wish the sharp was extra sharp but I still like it a lot! You won’t regret buying this brand.

They do cheese well.

One is my favorite brands for cheese! Not only it is good but I’ve noticed this one is also really good if you need it melted. I use this on my chili,tacos,baked dishes that call for cheese..

Since I am always looking for a new cheese to try, I ordered the Plymouth Hunter Cheese in late spring. I loved the flavor and texture so much that I saved one of the two blocks to share with guests who aren’t arriving until mid-summer! I will be ordering more for me as soon as the Vermont Country Store has it in inventory again.

Delish!.

The Hunter Cheese is a nice sharp cheese but I was looking for something that had a bit more bite. This cheese would be perfect for macaroni and cheese dish.

Delicious cheese!! I am a cheese lover! This is a sharp cheddar that has been aged perfectly!

My daughter and I toured this factory while in Vermont and have a hard time finding it in stores local to us. I found it on Vermont Country Store’s website and sent some to my daughter in CA as well as myself.

Shipping time great, cheese is in wonderful condition. Just as flavorful as I remember. Full bodied and delicious on a cracker or in mac’n’cheese!.

I bought this on a hunch. I love trying cheeses. This is so good. I will buy this again and again.

Smooth and creamy. Great taste. Will order again.

This is by far the best organic mild cheddar cheese ive had and closely resembles the quality of cheese ive had in France. Lately I’ve not been able to find it at my local grocery store anymore. I’m seeing a mild cheddar in the raw form but not this kind.

Can you please advise when this will be back as I cannot give unpasteurized cheese to babies.

Love love love! Raw cheese has so much more nutrients than processed pasteurized cheap cheese. This stuff is so much healthier for your body. It also tastes so much better. It’s expensive, but cheese isn’t meant to be eaten in large quantities.

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I love this cheese it has an amazing flavor. I love that it is organic. The downside is that its expensive and the block isn’t that large. This is a splurge in my home. I definitely recommend this cheese and brand.

This cheese is made from the milk of humanely raised cows. I have had the privlidge to visit a local organic valley co op farm. Definitely this cheese is a dream!.

First of all this in NOT feta cheese. It is an American knock off made with cows milk rather than sheep. Flavorless and dense. Tastes like cardboard. It is absolutely disgusting – they should throw out the entire inventory of this crap and stop scamming consumers.

The people giving it 4-star reviews on Infuenster have obviously never had real imported feta; which is not much more expensive. Complete ripoff.

This is probably the best feta cheese I’ve bought in Frys! Tastes super fresh and love the taste! Wisconsin cheese don’t play!! Will definitely buy again!

This feta always tastes so fresh. It’s delicious and creamy without too many ingredients or preservatives. Perfect for bruschetta and pastas.