Bring Halloween to life with this Nightmare Before Christmas Charcuterie Board!
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It’s packed with themed snacks that are perfect for any Halloween party or movie night. From Jack Skellington’s brie cheese face to Sally’s sweet smile, every bite brings this classic film to life.
Just like Halloween Taco Dip, it’s creative, easy to make, and guaranteed to impress your guests.
Table of Contents
🧀 Ingredients
- Hazelnuts
- Slivered almonds
- Brie cheese (rounds)
- Mini mozzarella balls (or bocconcini)
- Smoked bacon (or prosciutto)
- Long beef jerky (or substitute with pretzel sticks)
- Blackberry jam
- Raspberries
- Olives
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Salami
- Green grapes
- Food marker or food coloring gel
👩🏼🍳 Step-by-Step Instructions
- Make Jack Skellington’s face: Unwrap one brie cheese and place it on your serving board. Cut off about two-thirds of the bottom crust, then use a mold or knife to shape the eyes. Draw a smile and stitches using a food marker. Replace the crust and fill the eye holes with blackberry jam for a spooky look.
- Create Sally’s face: Use your second brie cheese round and a food marker to draw Sally’s eyes, stitched smile, and lips. For her mouth, use half a raspberry to make her lips stand out.
- Make monster eyes: Wrap mini mozzarella balls with thin strips of bacon or prosciutto. Add an olive slice to the center as the pupil for a creepy, realistic touch.
- Assemble the board: Lay out a Halloween-themed mat on your serving board. Arrange Jack, Sally, and the monster eyes across the board to tell the story.
- Add color and texture: Use thinly sliced salami as Sally’s hair. Place blackberries and blueberries between the characters to create depth. Sprinkle in raspberries to look like drops of blood, and scatter nuts for crunch and texture.
- Final touches: Add green grapes, extra olives, and breadsticks or beef jerky (or pretzel sticks). Serve with small skewers or forks for easy grabbing.
🫙 Storing Instructions
If you have leftovers, store the cheeses, fruits, and meats separately in airtight containers in the refrigerator. The brie and meats will stay fresh for up to 3 days. For the best flavor, let them come to room temperature before serving again.
🙋🏻♀️ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Yes! You can prep all the ingredients a few hours in advance. Just keep the board covered and chilled until you’re ready to serve.
Camembert, Mexican queso fresco, or Mexican panela cheese rounds also work great if you can’t find brie.
Absolutely! Swap the prosciutto for fruit roll-ups and use candy eyes instead of olives to make it fun for kids.
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This Nightmare Before Christmas Charcuterie Board is the ultimate way to celebrate Halloween with friends and family. It’s fun, creative, and deliciously spooky.
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Nightmare Before Christmas Charcuterie Board
Equipment
- Food Coloring (or food marker)
Ingredients
- ¼ cup hazelnuts
- ¼ cup slivered almonds
- 2 brie cheese round in shape
- 12 mini mozzarella
- 3 ounces smoked bacon or prosciutto
- 10 long beef jerky
- 2 tablespoon blackberry jam
- ⅓ cup raspberries
- ¼ cup olives
- ½ cup blackberries
- ⅓ cup blueberries
- 3 ounces salami
- 10 green grapes
Instructions
- To make Jack Skellington's face: Unwrap the brie cheese and place it on the board. Cut off about two-thirds of the bottom crust
- To the top cheese circle, cut out the eyes with a mold or knife, draw a smile and scars with a food marker.
- Return the crust to the cheese and fill the eye holes with jam to the top.
- To make Sally's face: Use a second round of brie cheese and a food marker. Draw eyes, thin eyebrows, a nose and a smile with lips from half a raspberry.
- Make the monster’s eyes from mini mozzarella and bacon. Wrap it around mozzarella and add an olive pupil.
- Cover the serving board with a themed mat. Lay out the characters from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
- Add thinly sliced salami to Sally's hair. Place black berries between the characters to add depth and dark simplicity.
- Add mozzarella and bacon monster eyes in the bottom left corner, as if they were spying on everyone.
- Raspberries will become blood, and nuts will add texture.
- Serve with skewers or disposable forks.
Notes
- Instead of brie: use Camembert, Mexican queso fresco, or Mexican panela cheese rounds also work great if you can’t find brie.
- Swap out beef jerky for pretzel sticks or cracker.
- Use fruit roll ups instead of the prosciutto.
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