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Last Updated October 3rd, 2023 at 08:57 pm by Lisa

Halloween Deviled Eggs are spooky party appetizers with dark black crackled egg shells filled with bright orange filling. This classic simple appetizer is great to make ahead and have with Halloween cocktails...

Halloween Deviled Eggs Recipe

Deviled Egg Ingredients

• 6 large eggs hard-boiled eggs
• 8 drops super black food gel
• 5 cups water
• 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon creme fraiche (sub whipped cream cheese or sour cream)
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 10 drops of orange food gel or food coloring
• 1 teaspoon black sesame seeds for garnish

How To Make Halloween Deviled Eggs

First, make hardboiled eggs. Boil eggs on the stove, use an instant pot, or try my easy steam method that makes eggs super easy to peel!

Steamed Hard Boiled Eggs Recipe

Steamed hard boiled eggs cook perfectly every time with no green ring. So easy to peel, the eggshells miraculously slip right off in minutes!

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In a large bowl, mix water and black food color dye. Hold each egg in a small towel and crack with the back of a spoon all over, then place them down in the black water.

Cover and chill the eggs in the fridge for at least two hours.

Peel and slice the boiled eggs in half. Instead of scooping out the yolk with a spoon (that can tear the eggshell), gently push from the back of the egg to pop the yolk out into the bowl.

In a medium bowl, add the yolks, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, salt, pepper, cream Fraiche' or soft whipped cream cheese.

Mash the yolk mixture until well combined with a fork, mix with a spatula or hand mixer. Add about 10 drops of orange food dye to the mixture, mix well, and load into a large zip lock bag fitted with a large star number one tip. It helps to put the tip in the pastry bag, and use a tall glass to hold it while filling it with a spatula.

Fold down the top of the piping bag. Pipe the filling back into the boiled egg whites, and sprinkle with a few black sesame seeds. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve in a deviled egg carrier box or on a plate.

Deviled Egg Make-Ahead Tips

1. Boil the eggs, slice them in half, and keep them covered on a tray.
2. Fit your ziptop bag with a large star piping tip and your orange deviled egg mixture filling and keep refrigerated.
3. Swirl the filling into each eggshell and sprinkle with black sesame seeds right at serving time!

Halloween Deviled Egg Variations

• Color them green, purple, or black.
• Place black olives on top to look like spiders, and cut a whole black olive in half. Use one olive half for the body, and cut a thin olive slice for each leg.
• Top with creme fraiche and a sprinkle of caviar for an elegant twist.
• Swap in yellow mustard in place of Dijon mustard.
• Add a teaspoon of garlic powder to add more flavor.
• Dye-boiled cracked eggs in orange, purple, or green water and make filling in a color you choose.
• Make Halloween pumpkin eggs, dye whole boiled egg shells in water with orange food coloring and pipe in orange filled, garnish with parsley for the pumpkin stem.
• Garnish with herbs, pomegranate seeds, or roasted pumpkin seeds.

Deviled Egg FAQ

PRO TIP: Make your deviled eggs, and store them in an inexpensive deviled egg storage box in the fridge. They are easily portable to take to a potluck party or plate up for your event!

More Deviled Egg Recipes

Thanksgiving Appetizer Deviled eggs with their gorgeous color that comes from paprika! Are perfect for a Thanksgiving table or buffet.

Serve Christmas Deviled Eggs with bubbly Champagne or drinks at your holiday party. These Christmas appetizers are gorgeous for the holidays.

Make these Easter Deviled Eggs decorated to look like little spring Easter baskets complete with grass and flowers.

Free Halloween Planner!

A little planning goes a long way, put down all your ideas and things that inspire you in this planner. There are spots for everything from your guest list, to shopping items, ideas for Halloween decorations, how to put a spooky twist on the menu, and more. Happy Halloween!

Download your FREE copy of this planner and get those party plans started today…

More Halloween Food Ideas

Candy Corn Martinis are perfect for parties, have lots of fun chilling out with these, oh and homemade candy corn vodka is super easy to make and they taste just like the famous candy!

200+ of the best Halloween Recipes from inspiring Food Blogger friends! Whether you are having a costume party on Halloween night October 31st or cooking up spooktacular delicious recipes for a creepy food dinner for the family.

Create a spooktacular Halloween Charcuterie Board filled with your favorite sliced meats, an assortment of cheeses, crackers, fruit, nuts, and a few spooky and sugary treats. Halloween Sandwiches are the perfect savory party food for a crowd. Serve a big sub sandwich with spooky decorations like cheese teeth and edible eyeballs.

Halloween parties are all about serving haunted food and creepy drinks like mini Halloween Pizzas. Decorate with one of the six ideas here, choose a Jack-O-Lantern, Dracula, Frankenstein, Monster, Mummy, or Ghost! Mix up a batch of these emerald green Witches Brew Midori Sours. Add some spooky bones and magical edible drink glitter with bubbly mixers to enchant your guests!

Halloween Party Recipe Ideas

There are over a dozen of the best Halloween Punch Ideas here from making different colors, sherbet punches, creative garnishes, ice rings, and even how to use dry ice for punch. Haunted Gingerbread Houses are a whimsical table centerpiece for your Halloween party or to enjoy in your home all spooky season.

Everyone loves easy party food! These savory salty-sweet Easy Halloween Snacks are loved by kids and adults. Build a fun snack board tray with your favorite chips, crackers, sweet treats, and spooky candy eyes!

Bake a spooky Halloween Cake with orange and chocolate marbled cake inside, and a cemetery all made in chocolate! A Black Vodka Martini is the perfect frightening Halloween drink for parties. Make these dark mysterious black cocktails for your friends! Make a Halloween Candy Board filled with whimsical classic treats, chocolate candies, lollipops, and slightly gross gummy sweets...

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Halloween Deviled Eggs Recipe

Halloween Deviled Eggs are spooky party appetizers with dark black crackled egg shells filled with bright orange filling. Add some black sprinkles of sesame seeds and pair with some Halloween cocktails or drinks at your Halloween party.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Keyword deviled eggs, Halloween Appetizer, Halloween deviled eggs, halloween food ideas, Halloween Party, Halloween party food ideas, Halloween Recipes

Prep Time 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 45 minutes minutes

Servings 12

Calories 67kcal

Author Lisa Hatfield

Equipment

• Americolor Soft Gel Food Color - 6 Colors
• Deviled Egg Carrier
• Cake Piping Tips and Pastry Bags

Ingredients

• 12 boiled eggs
• 8 drops super black food gel
• 5 cups water
• 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon creme fraiche (sub whipped cream cheese or sour cream)
• ½ teaspoon sea salt
• ½ teaspoon ground pepper
• 10 drops orange food gel
• 1 teaspoon black sesame seeds

Instructions

• Make hardboiled eggs. Cook the eggs by boiling, using an instant pot, or use a steam method.
• In a large bowl, mix water and black food color dye. Hold each egg in a small towel and crack with the back of a spoon all over, then place down in the black water. Cover and chill the eggs for at least two hours.
• Peel and slice the boiled eggs in half. Instead of scooping out the yolk with a spoon that can tear the egg shell, gently push from the back of the egg to pop the yolk out.
• In a medium bowl, add the yolks, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, salt, pepper, creme Fraiche' or soft whipped cream cheese.
• Mix until well combined with a spatula or hand mixer, add 10 drops of orange gel dye to the mixture, mix well, and load into a large zip lock bag fitted with a large star number one tip. It helps to put the tip in the pastry bag, and use a tall glass to hold it while filling with a spatula.
• Fold down the top of the piping bag. Pipe the filling back into the boiled eggshell halves, and garnish with a few black sesame seeds. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve in a deviled egg carrier box or on a plate.

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Notes

Top Deviled Eggs Tips

1. Also, you can certainly mix the deviled egg filling with a spoon or whisk, but a hand mixer gives you a creamy fluffy texture that pipes beautifully. 
2. Simply add a bit more mayo or cream cheese to make it creamy and smooth and easier to pipe.
3. Use a large gallon zip-top bag and large star tip to pipe the filling into the egg-white shells, it looks gorgeous and professional!
4. Make-Ahead Tip: Boil the eggs, slice them in half, and keep them covered on a tray. Fill your ziptop bag with a piping tip, and assemble in minutes right before your party!

Halloween Deviled Egg Variations

• Color them green, purple, or black.
• Place black olives on top to look like spiders, cut a whole black olive in half. Use one olive half for the body, and cut a thin olive slice for each leg.
• Top with creme fraiche and a sprinkle of caviar for an elegant twist.
• Swap in yellow mustard in place of Dijon mustard.
• Add a teaspoon of garlic powder to add more flavor.
• Dye-boiled cracked eggs in orange, purple, or green water and make filling in a color you choose.
• Make Halloween pumpkin eggs, dye whole boiled egg shells in water with orange food coloring and pipe in orange filled, garnish with parsley for the pumpkin stem.
• Garnish with herbs, pomegranate seeds, or roasted pumpkin seeds.

 

Nutrition

Calories: 67kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 164mg | Potassium: 39mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 0.4g | Vitamin A: 140IU | Vitamin C: 0.5mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 0.4mg

Last Updated August 10th, 2023 at 03:29 pm by Lisa

Create a spooktacular Halloween charcuterie board filled with your favorite sliced meats, an assortment of cheeses, crackers, fruit, nuts, and a few spooky and sugary Halloween treats.

A Halloween cheeseboard is so easy to put together for your next Halloween party, as an after-school snack board for kids, or to host a happy hour for friends with simple appetizers and drinks...

How To Build A Halloween Charcuterie Board

There is something for everyone on this Halloween themed charcuterie board, there are savory bites, crunchy salty snacks, sweet chewy candy, and a few spooky decorations.

Here are some fun ways to add pizzazz to a festive Halloween charcuterie board...

• Mini Pumpkins buy real mini orange or white pumpkins, they look so cute, are the perfect size, and can be reused again for a Fall or Thanksgiving Charcuterie Board. You can easily find them at your local grocery store.
• Halloween Treats like gummy worms, sugared jelly brains, skulls, or bones, ghastly Dracula teeth, and small candy eyeballs are such a fun easy addition!

• Marinated Mozzarella Balls are super easy, taste delicious, and are a great addition to any classic charcuterie board.
• Add Fun Halloween Foods for kids and adults, some sweet, salty and treats the whole party will adore. There could be small finger sandwiches, cookies, candy pumpkins, caramel apples, mini pumpkin madeleines, or even Halloween cupcakes or Halloween Candy Bark!

What Is The Right Board Or Platter?

A charcuterie platter is the easiest thing to put together! The first thing you will need is to decide how many people you are serving for the size of your board. Choose one based on the number of guests, how much food, and yummy things you plan to serve.

What Can I Use For A Halloween Board?

• a large cutting board will work really well, just give it a good clean. They can be round, square, or rectangular in shape.
• an extra large board is also fun for a party, like a long 4' grazing board to put down the center of a long table.
• a large tray, use black, orange, purple, or green! I used a round tray with a black metal rim. The sides of this tray helped to hold the stacks of crackers upright and other items, but this is totally optional.

What Are Classic Charcuterie Foods?

1. Meats
2. Cheeses
3. Crackers & Bread
4. Fruit, Olives, or Nuts
5. Sweets

Creative Charcuterie Board Ideas

Try some creative unique charcuterie board ideas and different things you see online. Incorporate the fun ideas you want! You can go dark and creepy, or fun and whimsical. I am a scaredy cat, and don't like the super scary stuff, and like to keep it simple. My favorite part is adding the finishing touches with Halloween charcuterie board ideas...

Easy Charcuterie Board Top Tips

• Party Planning for the number of guests, and have everything ready to go before your party! You can cut the cheeses the day before, then assemble the spooky board in about 15 minutes.
• Last year, I made some of the best charcuterie board designs. I kept it tucked in the refrigerator for a few hours before the party. Once the guests arrived, I and pull it out to serve!

Creative Additions

• Use 2-3 Small Bowls that are black, orange, or white and round or shaped like pumpkins to serve drippy things like marinated olives or mozzarella balls.
• Add Real Flowers, snip a few in dark colors like orange or purple daisies, they add a real touch of whimsy, and you can tuck them in at the end.

Serving Ideas

• Small Cookie Cutters to cut sliced cheese in shapes like pumpkins, ghosts, coffins, bats, and spider webs. Stack up the cutout cheese, and these are fun for kids.
• Have a Small Spoon for Dips to make it easier to serve and eat.
• Put out Small Spreader Knives for dips and cracker spreads.
• A small container of Appetizer Picks to lift items like marinated mozzarella or olives out of small bowls onto plates.
• Themed Charcuterie Boards are all the rage, try a Hocus Pocus movie night themed snacks board, so many people made these with the new movie release.

• Plastic Spiders add that little spooky season touch crawling across.
• Use a Classic Cheese Board Knife Set including a good cheese knife, slicer, fork, and or dip spreaders are a great way to slice and cut items on your board either ahead of time or let your guests do the honors.
• Halloween Cookies are a nice addition, I have some pumpkin madeleines on this board, you can buy them at a bakery. Also, beautifully decorated sugar cookies are a nice addition like ones with skulls, Frankenstein, jack-o-lanterns, or mummy cookie designs. These will usually hold days before the party in an airtight container.

How To Design A Spooky Charcuterie Board

The best charcuterie boards have a neat design and appeal but are simple. There really are no strict rules, and no perfect way to build a board. Here are some top tips I have learned over the years for assembling your gorgeous Halloween-themed board!

Once you choose the right board, platter, or serving tray here are some easy ways to build your board. First, consider lining the tray or board with some parchment paper to keep stains off your board or tray. I learned this the hard way and got some marks on my long grazing board, oh well!

PRO TIP: Find a Trader Joe type store to get the best variety and prices on your cheeses and meat products. Cute Halloween candy can be ordered online or found in specialty shops like See's Candies.

Meat Choices

Traditional Meat is a star of a perfect charcuterie board. Start with sausages and salami both presliced and whole. Meats like prosciutto, ham, and soppressata are also classic additions.

You can slice, cube, wrap, fold, stack, or serve meats in many designs like the salami roses you see all over the internet!

Dips & Focal Points

• Dips or a finger food item are a nice addition! Choose ones that are premade or can be made a day ahead and prepare those first. Try my Graveyard Tombstone Dip, you will want to dig right in!
• Choose some focal points for larger items and place the larger items like wheels of brie or salami roses on first. Those are your anchor points and work in odd numbers with large focal points.

Add Texture & Interest

• Empty Spots can be filled in with small nuts, candies, or crackers.
• Add Different Textures by trying different kinds of crackers, cheeses, meats nuts and cut them all in various ways.
• Design Top Tip is to add things in small piles, and add other things in equal parts in various patterns like stacks or neat rows. The variation of textures is pleasing to the eye.

Cheese Selections

• Add 1-2 Hard cheeses sliced into thin triangles, small cubes, broken into chunks, or served in small wedges with cheese knives for people to slice their own. I found one that was a rust Fall color and a tri-color that looked like the colors of candy corn! I got my cheeses from a Southern California Trader Joe's, but most grocery stores carry a nice variety these days.
• Add 1-2 Semi Soft Cheeses like brie can be transformed into a centerpiece on your board by cutting out the center using a small cookie cutter. I used a pumpkin shape and filled the center with finely diced dried apricots and a good drizzle of honey. Other semi-soft cheeses like goat cheese or camembert are really popular and add a nice variety.

Pretty Embellishments

• Fruits & Herbs are great options try some dark color purple grapes or sprinkle some pomegranate seeds on top of a piece of soft cheese like brie. Fresh herbs like rosemary or thyme sprigs can add a lot of dimension and character.
• Food Safety is important, cheeses get better at room temperature for up to 4 hours, but you will want to rechill meats like sliced salami after 2 hours to keep it food safe. Also, did you know you can freeze leftover charcuterie meats?

Ways To Cut Cheeses Creatively

• use a fork and break off rustic chunks, I did this on the English white cheddar
• thinly slice a triangle wedge of cheese and stack the pieces going in opposite directions, like the rust colored cheese you see here...
• cut cheese blocks into small square cubes for your Halloween cheese board
• use small seasonal cookie cutters to get different shapes
• cut a shape out of a wheel of brie with a cookie cutter and fill the center
• roll the cutout portion of brie into crushed cracker crumbs, I used cheddar cheese crackers
• use 3D cookie cutters and cut shapes out of sliced cheese, these 3D cookie cutters will impress a line design too!

Ways To Present Sliced Meats

• cut salami into small square cubes
• make salami roses, they are so easy and such a fun thing on your board!
• fold sliced meats in half and fold those ends in, then push two on short skewers, you can trim the skewers short for a pretty look
• fold sliced meats into quarters and stack 3 on a skewer, and cut the excess bamboo skewer off.

How To Make Salami Roses

1. Buy good sliced pepperoni or sliced salami.
2. Use a smaller glass like a wine goblet or champagne flute.
3. Layer the salami around the edge of the glass pressing and folding them down as you go.
4. Go round and round adding more layers and pushing them down into the center.
5. Flip the glass upside down, and place it down on a plate to see your beautiful salami rose! You can make these a day ahead and store them flat in a zip-top bag on a small plate until you are ready to assemble your board.

Free Halloween Planner!

A little planning goes a long way, put down all your ideas and things that inspire you in this planner. There are spots for everything from your guest list, to shopping items, ideas for Halloween decorations, how to put a spooky twist on the menu, and more. Happy Halloween!

Download your FREE copy of this planner and get those party plans started today…

More Halloween Food Ideas

When it comes to Halloween food ideas, there are so many ways to celebrate the Halloween season with everything from a ghoulish treat to cute snacks and appetizers, and of course creepy drinks and cocktails.

Halloween Party Planning Ideas

200+ of the best Halloween Recipes from inspiring Food Blogger friends! Whether you are having a spectacular Halloween bash costume party on  October 31st or cooking up spooktacular delicious recipes for a creepy food dinner for the family.

There are over a dozen of the best Halloween Punch Ideas here from making different colors, sherbet punches, creative garnishes, ice rings, and even how to use dry ice for punch.

Halloween parties are all about serving haunted food and creepy drinks like mini Halloween Pizzas. Decorate with one of the six ideas here, choose a Jack-O-Lantern, Dracula, Frankenstein, Monster, Mummy, or Ghost!

Candy Corn Martinis are the perfect Halloween drink for parties, have lots of fun chilling out with these, oh and homemade candy corn vodka is super easy to make!

Halloween Snacks & Desserts

Build a fun and super easy  Halloween Snack Tray with your favorite chips, crackers, sweet treats, and spooky candy eyes! Bake a spooky Halloween Cake with orange and chocolate marbled cake inside, and a cemetery all made in chocolate!

Bake these Halloween Cupcakes topped with fluffy chocolate buttercream frosting that are not too scary and pretty darn cute. Make a Halloween Candy Board filled with whimsical classic treats, chocolate candies, lollipops, and slightly gross gummy sweets.

Halloween Appetizers & Drinks

Decorate a spooky cute Halloween Gingerbread House with an easy-to-find premade kit. Use all kinds of candies in different ways, add your own creative details, and try new design ideas with Halloween candy and royal icing.

Halloween Deviled Eggs are spooky party appetizers with dark black crackled egg shells filled with bright orange filling. This classic simple appetizer is great to make ahead and have with Halloween cocktails like these Black Vodka Martinis! The perfect frightening Halloween drink for parties.

Halloween Sandwiches are the perfect party food for a crowd. Serve a big sub sandwich with spooky decorations like cheese teeth and edible eyeballs.

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Halloween Charcuterie Board Ideas

Create a spooktacular Halloween charcuterie board filled with your favorite sliced meats, an assortment of cheeses, crackers, fruit, nuts, and a few spooky and sugary Halloween treats. A Halloween cheeseboard is so easy to put together for your next Halloween party, as an after-school snack board for kids, or to host a happy hour for friends with simple appetizers and drinks.

Course Appetizers, Dips, & Snacks

Cuisine American

Keyword Halloween appetizers, Halloween charcuterie board, Halloween cheeseboard, Halloween party food ideas, Halloween Recipes

Prep Time 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time 0 minutes minutes

Total Time 30 minutes minutes

Servings 48

Calories 35kcal

Author Lisa Hatfield

Equipment

• Cheese Knife Set
• Halloween Cookie Cutters
• Candy Eyeballs
• Small Black Bowls

Ingredients

• 1 whole round brie wheel
• 1 whole soft cheese (goat cheese, camembert)
• 1 whole hard cheese
• 1 cup pistachio nuts
• 1 box assorted crackers
• 1 package Halloween Gummy Candies
• 1 package candy corn and candy pumpkins
• 1 tablespoon candy eyeballs
• 1 whole baguette sliced for crostini
• 1 container marinated mozzarella balls
• 1 container marinated olives
• Halloween cookies

Instructions

• How To Design A Halloween Charcuterie Board Traditional Meat is a star of a perfect charcuterie board. Start with sausages and salami both presliced and whole. Meats like prosciutto, ham, and soppressata are also classic additions. You can slice, cube, wrap, fold, stack, or serve meats in many designs like the salami roses you see all over the internet!

  Dips or a finger food item are a nice addition! Choose ones that are premade or can be made a day ahead and prepare those first. Try my Graveyard Tombstone Dip, you will want to dig right in!

  Choose some focal points for larger items and place the larger items like wheels of brie or salami roses on first. Those are your anchor points and work in odd numbers with large focal points.

  Empty Spots can be filled in with small nuts, candies, or crackers. Add Different Textures by trying different kinds of crackers, cheeses, meats nuts and cut them all in various ways.

  Design Top Tip is to add things in small piles, and add other things in equal parts in various patterns like stacks or neat rows. The variation of textures is pleasing to the eye.

  Add 1-2 Hard cheeses sliced into thin triangles, small cubes, broken into chunks, or served in small wedges with cheese knives for people to slice their own. I found one that was a rust Fall color and a tri-color that looked like the colors of candy corn! I got my cheeses from a Southern California Trader Joe's, but most grocery stores carry a nice variety these days.

  Add 1-2 Semi Soft Cheeses like brie can be transformed into a centerpiece on your board by cutting out the center using a small cookie cutter. I used a pumpkin shape and filled the center with finely diced dried apricots and a good drizzle of honey. Other semi-soft cheeses like goat cheese or camembert are really popular and add a nice variety.

  Fruits & Herbs are great options try some dark color purple grapes or sprinkle some pomegranate seeds on top of a piece of soft cheese like brie. Fresh herbs like rosemary or thyme sprigs can add a lot of dimension and character.

  Food Safety is important, cheeses get better at room temperature for up to 4 hours, but you will want to rechill meats like sliced salami after 2 hours to keep it food safe. Also, did you know you can freeze leftover charcuterie meats? You can pre-cut your cheese and meats the day before and assemble the day before and keep them chilled in small containers. Then put your tray together the morning of your party and pull it out when guest arrive!
• Different Ways To Slice Charcuterie Meats

  -Cut salami into small square cubes

  -Make salami roses, they are so easy and such a fun thing on your board!

  -Fold sliced meats in half and fold those ends in, then push two on short skewers, you can trim the skewers short for a pretty look

  -Fold sliced meats into quarters and stack 3 on a skewer, and cut the excess bamboo skewer off.
• Creative Ways To Slice Cheese

  -Use a fork and break off rustic chunks, I did this on the English white cheddar

  -Thinly slice a triangle wedge of cheese and stack the pieces going in opposite directions, or lay all pointing in same direction

  -Cut cheese blocks into small square cubes for your Halloween cheese board

  -Use small seasonal cookie cutters to get different shapes

  -Cut a shape out of a wheel of brie with a cookie cutter and fill the center

  -Roll the cutout portion of brie into crushed cracker crumbs, I used cheddar cheese crackers

  -Use 3D cookie cutters and cut shapes out of sliced cheese, these 3D cookie cutters will impress

Video

Notes

What To Use For Your Board?

• a large cutting board will work really well, just give it a good clean. They can be round, square, or rectangular in shape.
• an extra large board is also fun for a party, like a long 4' grazing board to put down the center of a long table.
• a large tray, use black, orange, purple, or green! I used a round tray with a black metal rim. The sides of this tray helped to hold the stacks of crackers upright and other items, but this is totally optional.

How To Make Salami Roses

1. Buy good sliced pepperoni or sliced salami.
2. Use a smaller glass like a wine goblet or champagne flute.
3. Layer the salami around the edge of the glass pressing and folding them down as you go.
4. Go round and round adding more layers and pushing them down into the center.
5. Flip the glass upside down, and place it down on a plate to see your beautiful salami rose! You can make these a day ahead and store them flat in a zip-top bag on a small plate until you are ready to assemble your board.

Party Planning for the number of guests, and have everything ready to go before your party! You can cut the cheeses the day before, then assemble the spooky board in about 15 minutes.

Use 2-3 Small Bowls that are black, orange, or white and round or shaped like pumpkins to serve drippy things like marinated olives or mozzarella balls.Add

Real Flowers, snip a few in dark colors like orange or purple daisies, they add a real touch of whimsy, and you can tuck them in at the end.

Small Cookie Cutters to cut sliced cheese in shapes like pumpkins, ghosts, coffins, bats, and spider webs. Stack up the cutout cheese, and these are fun for kids.

Have a Small Spoon for Dips to make it easier to serve and eat.Put out Small Spreader Knives for dips and cracker spreads.A small container of Appetizer Picks to lift items like marinated mozzarella or olives out of small bowls onto plates.

Themed Charcuterie Boards are all the rage, try a Hocus Pocus movie night themed snacks board, so many people made these with the new movie release.

Plastic Spiders add that little spooky season touch crawling across.

Classic Cheese Board Knife Set including a good cheese knife, slicer, fork, and or dip spreaders are a great way to slice and cut items on your board either ahead of time or let your guests do the honors.

Nutrition

Calories: 35kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 0.1mg | Sodium: 33mg | Potassium: 42mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 11IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.3mg