This Super-Spooky Charcuterie Board is All Treats, No Tricks

When it comes to hosting a thrillingly good Halloween party, fun costumes and great decorations are only the beginning. You have to pay attention to the food, too!

Good Halloween fare should be fun but also yummy—and, most importantly, it shouldn't take you all day to make! To help you out, we've assembled a (disembodied) handful of easy-but-fun snack ideas into a whole spooky charcuterie board, featuring Mummy Breadsticks, Devil's Deviled Eggs, Witches' Brooms, Mummy's Best Baked Brie, and Goat Cheese Ghost Smears.

These come together quickly or can be prepped ahead, so guests can delight in these treats without it taking you all day to prep.

Yields: 4-8 servings

Prep Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

For Mummy's Best Baked Brie:

• All-purpose flour, for work surface

• 1

  (14-ounce) package all-butter puff pastry (such as Dufour), defrosted but still cold

• 1

  (8-ounce) wheel Brie

• Pimento-stuffed green olive, sliced

For the Mummy Breadsticks:

• Breadsticks

• Thinly sliced prosciutto

• Capers

For the Devil's Deviled Eggs:

• Deviled eggs, either store-bought or homemade (such as pimento cheese deviled eggs)

• Red serrano chili

For the Witches' Brooms:

• String cheese

• Pretzel sticks

For the Goat Cheese Ghost Smears:

• 1

  (4-ounce) log goat cheese, at room temperature

• Milk or heavy cream, if needed

• Long thin crackers

• Black sesame seeds

• Crackers, pimento-stuffed green olives, marcona almonds, or other tidbits to fill out the board

Directions

1. Make the Mummy's Best Baked Brie: Preheat oven to 425°F. On a lightly floured work surface, unfold the puff pastry. Cut into 1/2- to 1-inch strips. Wrap strips around brie in a haphazard fashion to create a mummy look. Place in a mini- cast-iron skillet, such as this. Tuck two slices olives under a few strips of puff pastry to create eyes. Bake until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

2. Make the Mummy Breadsticks: Wrap each breadstick with one to two slices of prosciutto. Add two capers toward one end of the wrapped breadstick to create eyes.

3. Make the Devil's Deviled Eggs: Make your favorite deviled egg recipe. Cut devil horns from chilis with a paring knife. Interest two horns toward the top yolk portion of each egg.

4. Make Witches' Brooms: Slice the bottom 1/3 to 1/2 of each log of string cheese with a paring knife to create the broom bristles. Insert a pretzel stick into the opposite end for the broom handle.

5. Make the Goat Cheese Ghost Smears: Use a small offset spatula to smear a small amount of goat cheese down the length of a cracker (if the goat cheese is too thick to spread, stir a little milk or heavy cream into it). Add two sesame seed eyes.

6. Arrange all elements on a cutting board, along with additional crackers, pimento-stuffed green olives, and marcona almonds.

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