Halloween Charcuterie Board Ideas for Spooky Snacking!
Get your snack on this season with these festive Halloween charcuterie board ideas!
Looking for unique Halloween snacks to bring to a party?
All of us here at Hip2Save are big fans of meat and cheese charcuterie boards as an easy and beautiful appetizer idea to enjoy with family and friends while entertaining! I have even shared yummy dessert board versions with festive goodies for a fun Christmas hot cocoa board and summer s’mores board.
Here are some Halloween charcuterie board ideas to get you in the mood for fall!
How spooky is this arm and hand tray?! 😱
This creation looks next level, but honestly was so fun and easy to create. The fingers are cheese sticks, the arm is a roll of fresh mozzarella, and the hand I shaped with garlic cream cheese dip. There are so many cheeses you could use to create this! The real magic happens when you cover the arm and hand with prosciutto and carve some bell pepper fingernails. How creepy and yummy too!
The beauty of these spooky charcuterie boards is that they can be done at any price point and can be customized with goodies your crew will enjoy! With that said, I’m sharing some fun Halloween charcuterie board ideas for inspiration.
The best part, none of these ideas are complicated, including the easy DIY meat skull using prosciutto and an inexpensive plastic skull! 💀
Tips for making the best Halloween charcuterie board:
- Grab your largest serving tray, sheet pan, or cutting board to create a big snack board.
- Serve the arm and hand board with a cheese knife
- For the spider on top of the brie cheese wheel, I used large black olives! To create the spider shape, simply cut one olive in half lengthwise and position it facing down for the body. Slices cut in half make up the legs.
- The cute mummies were so easy to make using crescent rolls and Lit’l Smokies sausages, and they honesty taste delicious! See below for more detailed instructions.
- For the ghost string cheese, draw faces onto the packaging using a Sharpie marker. It turns out so adorable!
- I grabbed a store-bought sharp cheddar cheese ball, and made pumpkin marks down the sides using a knife, and then inserted a piece of celery on the top to make it look more like a pumpkin!
Halloween Charcuterie Snack Board
yield: 12 SERVINGS
prep time: 45 MINUTES
total time: 45 MINUTES
Create a festive snack board with Halloween-related meat and cheese along with fruit and candy!
Ingredients
For the spooky arm & hand:
- 5 cheese sticks
- 8 oz. fresh mozzerella cheese"sliced"
- 6 oz. garlic cream cheese dip
- 6 oz. Prosciutto slices
- red pepper
For the hot dog mummies:
For the meat covered skull:
For the pumpkin oranges:
Extras for the charcuterie board:
Directions
1
For the spooky arm & hand:Â
Trace your arm and hand with fingers apart on a sheet of parchment paper and cut it out. Place the paper cut out on the wood board, and add the cheese sticks on top of the fingers. Add the mozzarella cheese log to the arm and shape the cream cheese dip for the hand. Cover everything with the sliced Prosciutto. Cut fingernails from bell pepper and add to the tips of fingers.
2
For the hot dog mummies:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Pinch together the crescent rolls into 4 rectangles and use a pizza cutter to cut thin slices of dough. Wrap each smokie with a couple of pieces of dough, leaving space in between so it will look like bandages. Bake on a sheet pan for about 12 minutes until slightly browned. Press the eye balls on each one.
3
For the meat-covered skull:
Cover the skull with individual pieces of thinly sliced prosciutto including over the eyes. You'll notice that they easily "stick" to the skull. I left off it off of the teeth area. Slice a green olive and place them as the eyes.
4
For the pumpkin oranges:
Peel the rind from small mandarin oranges. Cut small "stems" from pieces of celery and insert them in the tops.
5
To compile the Halloween charcuterie board, take all of your ingredients from the packaging and arrange them in an appealing way around your board or tray. Enjoy!
Which Halloween snack charcuterie board ideas will you utilize?!
I can’t wait to recreate some of these easy ideas again on the 31st. It’s great that you can use up odds and ends from the pantry and fridge, and customize everything as desired.
If you only utilize one idea from this post, those little mummies would make a cute Halloween snack or easy lunch for the kids this month! Have fun!
This is the cutest thing I’ve seen in a long time! Thanks for the ideas!
Oh thanks Amy!
Meat skull is too much! I’m drawing the line 🤣🤣🤣
Haha! It does look creepy!
Agreed! lol
I love the creativity! If I was having a party/get together, this would be front and center!
Oh thanks so much!
Love this! Definitely going to make this for an upcoming party! Thanks for sharing!
Is the skull food safe?
I did clean it first, but for that part use your own judgement or skip it if not comfortable.
you could cover it with saran wrap or foil first?
You are amazingly creative; thanks for sharing.
Oh thanks Stella for the sweet compliment!
As soon as I saw this headline, I knew it would be from Lina. Lina, you are so creative; thank you for helping us all to think outside the box, especially with fun ideas like these!
Oh thanks so much! This was a fun one to do. 🙂
Love the meat skull! I have to do this.
Yes and it’s SO EASY!! Have fun!
Amazing!! I just love all your ideas!! Simply wonderful!!
Oh glad you enjoyed this fun snack board! Thanks!
Love this except for the prosciutto covered skull. That just looks too gross LOL
Love the meat skull.