Description
Big wow factor, no cooking required! This Halloween Charcuterie Board combines bold cheeses, cured meats, spooky sweets, and colorful produce for a fun and festive spread.
Ingredients
- Orange cheddar (cut into pumpkins)
- Fresh mozzarella or white cheddar (ghosts)
- Blue cheese wedge
- Creamy brie or camembert
- Salami (folded into “bats” or roses)
- Prosciutto ribbons
- Pepperoni
- Black grapes
- Clementines (mini pumpkins)
- Black olives
- Baby carrots
- Sliced cucumber
- Strawberries
- Sturdy crackers
- Black sesame breadsticks
- Pita chips
- Chocolate-covered pretzels
- Sandwich cookies
- Gummy worms
- Candy eyeballs
- Hummus (tinted green)
- Spinach dip
- Blood orange or cherry jam
- Honey or hot honey
- Fresh rosemary
- Fresh thyme
- Small cookie cutters (pumpkin, bat, ghost)
Instructions
- Place dip bowls of hummus, spinach dip, and jam spaced in a triangle layout.
- Cut cheeses into spooky shapes using cookie cutters; add candy eyeballs to ghost cheeses.
- Fold salami into bat shapes or stack as roses. Drape prosciutto in ruffles.
- Add grapes, breadsticks, crackers, and clementines with rosemary stems.
- Decorate with gummy worms crawling from dips, sandwich cookies, and candy eyeballs.
- Drizzle hot honey over blue cheese for contrast.
- Fill board gaps with olives, nuts, seeds, and herbs for fragrance and balance.
Notes
Use sturdy crackers to support cheese and dips. Prep ahead, but assemble 1–2 hours before serving. Snap a photo before guests dig in!
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: Varies
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 700mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 12g
- Cholesterol: 35mg
Keywords: Halloween, charcuterie, board, cheese, no-cook, appetizer, spooky, snack