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Freaky Fruit® Boocuterie
Freaky Fruit® Boocuterie
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Category
Appetizers
Cuisine
Tropical
Servings
10 servings
Prep Time
1 hour
Cook Time
0 minutes
This ghoulishly fun charcuterie board combines savory meats, cheeses, and fruits with a Halloween twist! It's perfect for a haunted gathering or a spooky night in.
Ingredients
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1-2 passion fruits
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1-2 blood oranges
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1-2 Dragon fruits (white and red varieties)
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1 Pomegranate, or Melissa’s Pomegranate Arils
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5-6 Rambutans with candy eyes inserted
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4 Kiwis, sliced
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2 Persimmons, sliced
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Melissa’s dried apricots and figs for garnish
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1 round of Brie or Camembert cheese
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8-10 slices of hard cheese (like cheddar or gouda), cut into wedges
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Salami or prosciutto slices, rolled into "roses"
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Ghost-shaped white cheddar or mozzarella slices (use a ghost cookie cutter for shapes)
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Stuffed green olives ("Witch’s Eyes")
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Small candies or edible googly eyes
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Halloween-themed props like plastic skeletons, skulls, spiders, and centipedes for decoration
Fruits
Cheese & Meats
Decorative Additions
Directions
Prepare the Cheese & Meats
Brie Cheese Ghost: Take a round of Brie or Camembert and cut out a small ghost shape in the center of the top rind. You can use a mini cookie cutter or carefully carve the shape with a knife. In the carved space, place a slice of peeled kiwano (horned melon) or pomegranate seeds for a spooky, translucent "ghost."
Ghost Cheese Slices: Using a ghost-shaped cookie cutter, cut slices of white cheddar or mozzarella into ghost shapes. Add candy googly eyes to bring them to life!
Prepare the Freaky Fruit®
Passion Fruit "Monster Eyes": Halve the passion fruits and place a candy googly eye in the center of each. The gelatinous inside of the passion fruit mimics the look of monster eyes. Note: Passion fruits are ripe and ready to eat when the skin looks wrinkly.
Rambutan “Hairy Monsters”: Peel the rambutans halfway, leaving the spiky skin intact. Add googly eyes to the peeled portion to create little monsters.
Blood Oranges & Dragon Fruit: Slice the blood oranges into rounds for a "bloody" effect, and do the same with the dragon fruit, giving your platter a pop of color.
Pomegranate Seeds: Scatter these throughout the platter to resemble "bloody bites" or drips.
Assemble the Platter
Start by placing your Brie "Ghost" in the center of the board as the focal point.
Add the ghost-shaped cheese slices around it, interspersing them with rolled salami or prosciutto "roses."
Arrange the blood oranges, dragon fruit, rambutans, kiwi slices, and passion fruit halves around the cheese and meats.
Fill in the gaps with pomegranate seeds, dried apricots, figs, and decorative candies or edible googly eyes.
Final Touches
Add Halloween props such as plastic skeletons, spiders, and centipedes around the platter for extra creepiness.
Serve the stuffed olives in small, cauldron-like bowls for a witchy effect.
Recipe Note
There’s no right or wrong way to create a Boocuterie board. Let your creativity run wild!
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Dragon Fruit,
Dried Apricots,
Figs,
Freaky Fruit,
Freaky Fruit® Boocuterie,
Halloween,
Kiwi,
Passion Fruit,
Persimmons,
Pomegranate Arils,
Pomegranates,
Rambutans
