Description
A spooky, crowd-pleasing Halloween Charcuterie Board loaded with cheeses, cured meats, crackers, fruit, veggies, dips, and playful garnishes like olive “eyes,” mummy brie, and a spider-web dip. Perfect for parties and trick-or-treat gatherings.
Ingredients
Cheeses
• 1 wheel brie (for mummy or spider-web design)
• 1 small round goat cheese (roll in crushed cheese puffs for “pumpkin”)
• 8 oz cheddar, cubed
• 6 oz pepper jack or provolone (cut 1 “ghost” slice; olive eyes)
Cured Meats
• 8–10 oz salami (for roses and ribbons)
• 6 oz prosciutto or capocollo
Crackers & Crunch
• Assorted crackers (round, seeded, charcoal)
• Pretzel sticks or rods
• Roasted nuts
Fruit & Veg
• 2 cups grapes (red & green)
• 4 clementines or mandarins, halved
• 2 green apples (optional “monster mouths,” seeds or almond slivers for teeth)
Dips & Extras
• 1 cup guacamole (gummy worms optional)
• 1 cup beet or classic hummus
• 1/4 cup sour cream or Greek yogurt (for web lines)
• Candy corn, chocolate cookies, or seasonal sweets
Garnishes (optional, inedible)
• Plastic spiders, mini tombstones, skeleton picks, webbing
Instructions
1. Prep cheeses: For spider-web brie, pipe thin sour-cream rings and drag lines outward with a toothpick. For “pumpkin” goat cheese, roll a small log in orange crumbs and add pretzel stem; for a ghost slice, add olive eyes.
2. Make salami roses: Fold salami over the rim of a small glass in overlapping layers, then invert onto board. Keep remaining meats in ribbons.
3. Set the base: Place the hero cheeses and dips first (brie, goat cheese, guacamole, hummus). Add small bowls for nuts or candies.
4. Build the landscape: Fan crackers and pretzels around cheeses; tuck in meat ribbons and roses. Add grape clusters and clementine halves.
5. Add spooky details: Dot olive “eyes” on cheeses, press candy into cubes to form faces, nestle gummy worms in guacamole, and scatter (inedible) spiders.
6. Finish & serve: Fill gaps with nuts, cookies, and extra fruit. Serve immediately with small plates and spreaders.
Notes
Board scales easily: plan ~3–4 oz cheese + 2–3 oz meats per person for a grazing dinner, or half for appetizers.
Gluten-free: offer GF crackers; Nut-free: omit nuts. Vegetarian: skip meats and add more veggies.
Web lines: sour cream, yogurt, or softened cream cheese all work for piping.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: No-cook
- Cuisine: Halloween / Party
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 small party plate
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 620mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 14g
- Cholesterol: 40mg