Name: Halloween Signature Board
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup pimento stuffed green olives (with a few candy eyeballs tucked in some of them); 1/2 cup cornichons; 1/2 cup hot honey; 1/2 cup orange fig jam; 1 (7-ounce) wedge of Trader Joe’s Cheddar Cheese with Scotch Bonnet Chili and Red Peppers (or any spicy cheese block); 1 (8-ounce) Double Cream Brie Cheese Wheel (cut into a ghost shape with black olive slices for the eyes + mouth); 3 black olive slices; 1 (5-ounce) wedge of Trader Joe’s Bacon Cheddar Cheese or any flavored cheddar cheese block; 6 Trader Joe’s Cheddar Sourdough Twists (wrapped with prosciutto to look like “mummy fingers”); 6 pieces of prosciutto; 20 slices peppered salami, folded; 1 small bunch green champagne grapes; 1 small bunch black grapes; 9 Trader Joe’s Trail Mix Crackers; 12 Trader Joe’s Parsley Crackers; 20 Trader Joe’s Everything but the Bagel Seasoned Crackers; 1/2 cup fresh figs, halved; 1/2 cup dried apricots; 1/2 cup salt and pepper pistachios; 1/2 cup Everything but the Bagel Nut Mix; 1/3 cup blackberries; 2 small clementines, peeled (one separated and one still whole with fresh sage leaves inserted as a stem to look like a mini pumpkin); Fake spiders, for garnishing

Description

Step-by-step instructions turn my Signature Board into a festive charcuterie board perfect for the spooky season! My Halloween Signature Board is fool proof, fun and of course, delicious.

Ingredients

1/2 cup pimento stuffed green olives (with a few candy eyeballs tucked in some of them)
1/2 cup cornichons
1/2 cup hot honey
1/2 cup orange fig jam
1 (7-ounce) wedge of Trader Joe’s Cheddar Cheese with Scotch Bonnet Chili and Red Peppers (or any spicy cheese block)
1 (8-ounce) Double Cream Brie Cheese Wheel (cut into a ghost shape with black olive slices for the eyes + mouth)
3 black olive slices
1 (5-ounce) wedge of Trader Joe’s Bacon Cheddar Cheese or any flavored cheddar cheese block
6 Trader Joe’s Cheddar Sourdough Twists (wrapped with prosciutto to look like “mummy fingers”)
6 pieces of prosciutto
20 slices peppered salami, folded
1 small bunch green champagne grapes
1 small bunch black grapes
9 Trader Joe’s Trail Mix Crackers
12 Trader Joe’s Parsley Crackers
20 Trader Joe’s Everything but the Bagel Seasoned Crackers
1/2 cup fresh figs, halved
1/2 cup dried apricots
1/2 cup salt and pepper pistachios
1/2 cup Everything but the Bagel Nut Mix
1/3 cup blackberries
2 small clementines, peeled (one separated and one still whole with fresh sage leaves inserted as a stem to look like a mini pumpkin)
Fake spiders, for garnishing

Instructions

Fill mini pumpkin + cauldron containers with: olives (add candy eyeballs to a few), cornichons, hot honey, and orange fig jam. Place them on the board in the round spots reserved for them.
Place cheeses on the board:
- Brie wheel cut into a ghost shape garnished with black olive slices for the “eyes + mouth”
- Cheddar Cheese with Scotch Bonnet Chili and Red Peppers or any spicy cheese
- Bacon Cheddar Cheese or any flavored cheddar cheese

Place meats on the board:
- Prosciutto wrapped around cheddar sourdough twists (mummy fingers)
- Peppered salami slices, folded
Place grapes on the board:
- Black grapes center section
- Champagne grapes lower section
Place crackers on the board:
- Top: Everything but the Bagel Crackers
- Middle: Parsley Crackers
- Bottom: Trail Mix Crackers
Place accompaniments on the board:
- Dried apricots on the right edge
- Fresh figs up top
- Everything but the Bagel Nut Mix near top center
- Pistachios near bottom center
Place blackberries on the board in the bottom right place reserved for the apple.
Add the clementine with sage leaf “pumpkin” where the pear should go on the board and surrounded it with the separated clementine pieces.
Garnish the two cheddar cheeses with fake spiders to give a spooky vibe.
Place cheese knives near the cheddar wedges, a spreading knife in the fig jam, and a honey drizzler in the hot honey container.
Serve and Enjoy