An easy and affordable Halloween charcuterie board to enjoy before trick-or-treating, share at a Halloween party, and more!!

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Halloween is the perfect time to enjoy spooky scary foods, and this Halloween charcuterie board is no different. Decorated with deliciously simple “spider web” soup, fleshy mozzarella stick “fingers”, “monster” pretzels, and more, it’s a show stopping party tray that your friends and family will LOVE! Not only that, but it’s designed to be doable for any chef and affordable for any budget!

Talk about perfect Halloween food!

And if you’re throwing (or just attending) a Halloween party, don’t miss our other tasty recipes like these “Candy Corn” goodie bags and fluffy pumpkin cake!

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Tips for Creating A Charcuterie Board

Pick the size of your board! – Be mindful when deciding what size of your board. You can go with extra large, large, medium or small. You want to create a board that is full and vibrant looking, so just consider how many guests you are expecting.
Choose a theme – Having a theme will guide the colors, flavors, and ingredients of your board. This way, it feels intentionally thought out and cohesive, despite being a mix of many different food items.
Budget! – Charcuterie boards can be expensive. To avoid that, make an inventory in your pantry of what you have. Make a list of fruits/veggies that are in season, sweets that are on sale, etc. Try to invest in foods that you know will get eaten, that are relatively inexpensive, and that can potentially be repurposed.
Know your eaters – Are you serving your board to kids? adults? teens? Your audience will determine the kinds of foods included on the charcuterie board. Don’t get stuff that people don’t like. If your guests are children most likely they will not appreciate nuts, fancy cheese, expensive meats. If you are feeding youth they probably do not like seafood unless they are more adventurous teenagers. Adults can generally handle stronger flavors, spice, etc.
Have a variety of elements – Even if you’re making a small charcuterie board, you still want to have a variety of flavors, textures, and colors. This makes the board look appetizing, interesting, and festive.

Halloween Charcuterie Board Essentials

Rule number one when making a charcuterie board is to have variety!! That’s what makes it interesting. So for a Halloween charcuterie board, think a balance of sweet and salty. You don’t want to go too overboard with the options, but options do make it exciting.

Here are some common charcuterie board food categories with ideas!

Sweet Foods: Glazed nuts, muffins, chocolate, cookies, sweet bars, brownies, bite size donuts, candies, and more.
Favorite Cheeses: Soft cheese like brie, flavored cream cheese, bite sized cheese like marinated mozzarella balls, medium cheddar, smoked gouda, and havarti.
Crackers/ Breads: Mini naan bread, baguettes, croutons, baked bread, salty crackers, and more. Trader Joes have a good selection of crackers. If you don’t have that in your area Walmart and Harmon’s are good options too.
Fresh Fruit/Vegetables: Choose produce that is in season. And either serve produce that is relatively dry and clean (cherry tomatoes, strawberries, blueberries, etc.), or put messier items (cucumbers, raspberries, pomegranate, etc.) in a dish. You can also use dried fruits like raisins, dried mango, and banana chips.
Spreads and Dips: Jams, butter, dips, whipped cream, sauces, and more. These can be added to the other elements, creating all kinds of options for food combinations.

Ingredients for This Charcuterie Board

This board includes a wide variety of foods, since I made it for a large group of people. However, they aren’t all necessary. You could pick and choose which ones you like best!

Artisan cheese wedge
Togarashi Chile Spice
Butternut squash soup
Bread baguettes
String cheese
Thin cut prosciutto & salami
Black olives
Green grapes
Organic blue corn chips
Mini marshmallows
Flips Pumpkin Spice covered pretzels
Maple leaf cookies
Fig and olive Crisps crackers
Harmon’s pumpkin spice covered in white chocolate pretzels
2 Bananas and apples
Peanut butter drizzle
Orange bell pepper
Ranch

Halloween Charcuterie Board - right side

Making Halloween Themed Elements for Your Board

Butternut “Spider Web” Soup – I followed this recipe from Health Beet for butternut squash soup and then used sour cream to draw circles in the soup bowl. Then, take a toothpick and draw out the edges on the sour cream to create a spider web. Use an olive to create a spider shape and add that to the soup.

Prosciutto Wrapped “Fingers” – Cut cheese sticks in half. Then wrap them in prosciutto.

Yogurt Covered “Monster” Pretzels – Coat pretzels in melted chocolate or yogurt. While they are still wet, add candy googly eyes.

Peanut Butter “Mummy” Bananas – Remove the banana peel and cut bananas in half. Use peanut butter to drizzle “mummy” wrapping on it and add googly eyes.

“Jack-o-lantern” Bell Pepper and Dip – Wash, cut and clean out the insides of your bell pepper. Then cut out a shape face on the side. Fill with a dip of your choice.

“Eyeball” Olives – Either use filled olives and add a drop of balsamic vinegar on the end or place a candy eye in the end of the olive.

“Vampire Teeth” Apples and Marshmallows – Place mini marshmallows cut to look like teeth in between slices of apple. You can use marshmallow fluff or peanut butter to keep the marshmallows in place.

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Halloween Charcuterie Board

A Halloween-themed grazing board with a variety of snacks that is do-able for anyone and pretty affordable to make.

Total Time30

Course: Appetizer, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: charcuterie board, grazing board, Halloween charcuterie board

Servings:

Equipment

1 wooden serving board
1 Cutting Board
1 Knife
1 Bowl
3 spoons

Ingredients

Artisan cheese wedge
Togarashi Chile Spice
Butternut squash soup
Bread baguettes
String cheese
Thin cut prosciutto
Salami
Black olives
Green grapes
Organic blue corn chips
2 Apples cut into slices
Mini marshmallows
Flips Pumpkin Spice covered pretzels
Maple leaf cookies
Fig and olive Crisps crackers
Harmon’s pumpkin spice covered in white chocolate pretzels
2 Bananas
Peanut butter drizzle
Orange bell pepper
Ranch

Instructions

Creating the "Halloween" Elements

Butternut “Spider Web” Soup – I followed this recipe from Health Beet for butternut squash soup and then used sour cream to draw circles in the soup bowl. Then, take a toothpick and draw out the edges on the sour cream to create a spider web. Use an olive to create a spider shape and add that to the soup.
Prosciutto Wrapped “Fingers” – Cut cheese sticks in half. Then wrap them in prosciutto.
Yogurt Covered “Monster” Pretzels – Coat pretzels in melted chocolate or yogurt. While they are still wet, add candy googly eyes.
Peanut Butter “Mummy” Bananas – Remove the banana peel and cut bananas in half. Use peanut butter to drizzle “mummy” wrapping on it and add googly eyes.
“Jack-o-lantern” Bell Pepper and Dip – Wash, cut and clean out the insides of your bell pepper. Then cut out a shape face on the side. Fill with a dip of your choice.
“Eyeball” Olives – Either use filled olives and add a drop of balsamic vinegar on the end or place a candy eye in the end of the olive.
“Vampire Teeth” Apples and Marshmallows – Place mini marshmallows cut to look like teeth in between slices of apple. You can use marshmallow fluff or peanut butter to keep the marshmallows in place.

Assembling the board

Wash and dry your serving board.
Prepare the items of your Halloween charcuterie board.
Place food items around the board, filling in all the cracks.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 15g

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