Halloween Charcuterie Board
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Halloween Charcuterie Board
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This spooky Halloween Charcuterie Board is perfect for your fall party needs! This board is totally customizable, so add any combination of sweet and savory snacking items, and make it as adult or kid-friendly as you like. Lots of ideas for the best cheeses, meats, nuts, crackers, treats, and more for your cheese board are listed below.
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Ingredients
Cheeses:
- 8 ounce round Brie, cold
- 6 ounces aged cheddar, sliced
- 6 ounces Gouda, cubed
Meats:
- 4-5 ounces genoa salami (packaged round slices), folded in quarters
- 4-8 ounce log dry Italian salami, sliced
- 4 ounces prosciutto, rolled
Fruits:
- 1 honey crisp apple, thinly sliced
- 1 green pear, thinly sliced
- Small container of blackberries, washed and dried
- 2-3 plums or apricots, sliced
- 6 ounces cherries, washed and dried
Additional items:
- 1 jar orange marmalade
- 1 jar Cornichon, drained and dried
- 1 small jar whole grain mustard
- 2-3 varieties of crackers
- 1 cup pistachios
Sweets:
- Caramel Apples, prepared in advance, sliced up or whole
- Chewy Brownies, prepared in advance, sliced, decorated with white chocolate spiderwebs
- Homemade Oreo Cookies, prepared in advance, filled with an orange-colored filling
- Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies, prepared in advance with fall-colored M&Ms
- 1 cup caramel corn
- ½ cup candy corn
- A few black licorice wheels and sticks
- Googly eye chocolate balls
- Ghost-shaped Peeps
Garnishes:
- Fresh rosemary or thyme sprigs, washed and dried
- Fake plastic spiders, washed and dried
- Skeleton hand, washed and dried
- Paper bats
Instructions
- While still cold, unwrap the Brie and, using a pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter, cut out a pumpkin shape from the center of the Brie wheel. Place both pieces of Brie on the board, and fill the empty pumpkin-shaped space with orange marmalade.
- Place each of the baked sweets on the board. Overlap any stackable cookies or brownies, developing a slight circular or zigzag shape as you place them.
- Set two small ramekins on the board. Fill one with cornichons and the other with mustard.
- Arrange the sliced cheeses around the board, with the slices overlapping, in a semi-circle or slightly rounded pattern, working your way around the larger items already on the board. Next, place any diced cheeses in small mounds.
- Place the meats on the board (preferably avoiding touching the sweet items). Overlap any folded or sliced meats, and stack the rolled meat into a small pyramid.
- Arrange the crackers on the board, overlapping, around the other larger items.
- Arrange the sliced fruit and any whole fruits, stacking or overlapping where necessary.
- Fill any remaining space with pistachios, popcorn, candy corn or other candies, so that the entirety of the board is covered, and the colors and textures are all balanced evenly across the board.
- Lastly, if using, place sprigs of rosemary in a few places on the board, and add any Halloween decor you like. These decorations can sit on top of any items already on the board.
- Serve immediately, or cover and place in the fridge for no more than a few hours before serving.
Notes
- The ingredients listed here are just a suggestion, based on what we used to make the board featured here! You can replace any of the ingredients listed for anything you or your guests will prefer. Increase or decrease the amounts listed here, to scale the board up or down as needed. For more ideas on what to include, check out the Sprinkle of Science tip box above the recipe.
- For make-ahead tips, check out the Sprinkle of Science tip box above the recipe.
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