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This Nightmare Before Christmas Charcuterie Board features cheese shaped as Jack and Sally, berries, grapes, nuts, salami, leafy greens, and mozzarella balls with olives that look like spooky eyeballs.
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Nightmare Before Christmas Charcuterie Board

This Nightmare Before Christmas Charcuterie Board is the ultimate Halloween appetizer — spooky, sweet, and delightfully delicious!
Prep Time15 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8
Calories: 508kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

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

Substitutions:
  • 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. 

Nutrition

Calories: 508kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 39g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 93mg | Sodium: 1045mg | Potassium: 338mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 383IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 277mg | Iron: 2mg