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    Home » Appetizers » Kid-Friendly Halloween Snack Board – Easy Assembly!

    Kid-Friendly Halloween Snack Board – Easy Assembly!

    Published: Oct 20, 2022 by Andrea Howe · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Make this kid-friendly and festive Halloween snack board, perfect for a party or a special after-school snack. A bit more fun (and sugary) than my Halloween charcuterie board, this is a fun Halloween board for spooky season and has a good mix of sweet and salty snacks. Featuring Halloween chocolate covered strawberries and banana ghosts, the kids will be asking you to make this every Halloween season.

    halloween snack board ideas on a metal tray

    You all know my love of snack boards runs deep, but for the most part I tend to make them more adult-friendly. See my sophisticated Thanksgiving charcuterie board, or this pretty Christmas charcuterie board. So I thought it was time to make a really fun Halloween snack board that was as fun to look at as it was to eat!

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    • Why this Halloween-themed snack board works
    • What you need for your fun spooky snack board
    • Quick and easy assembly
    • Other snack board ideas to swap or add in
    • Kid-Friendly Halloween Snack Board

    Why this Halloween-themed snack board works

    • Visually appealing – fresh fruit disguised as cute ghosts and pumpkins? Chocolate-covered pretzels, their favorite bright colored Halloween candy? The kids will be clamoring to dig into this fun snack board!
    • Very easy to assemble – with the exception of the chocolate covered strawberries, every item on this snack board is quick and easy to make.
    • Mix of healthy snacks and indulgent treats – I try to keep things balanced in our house when it comes to food options, and I think this snack board is an honest reflection of that mindset. Mixing the healthy with the not so healthy, for a very special occasion is a-okay in my book! Plus, I notice my kids are more apt to try a wide variety of foods when given other fun options as well.
    Halloween snacks and treats assembled on a black board for a halloween snack board

    What you need for your fun spooky snack board

    • Festive sweet treats – think Halloween themed candy such as candy corn, candy pumpkins, Halloween Oreos and other fun Halloween cookies like my spider web sugar cookies, gummy worms, or gumball candy eyeballs (I picked mine up at Target).
    • Fresh fruits and fresh veggies dressed up and made into Halloween themed snacks. I filled celery sticks with peanut butter (you can also use cream cheese), and added edible candy eyeballs. Clementine oranges peeled and stem on to resemble pumpkins, and of course the chocolate covered strawberries.
    • Crackers, chips and breadsticks – I love the veggie chips in ghost and bat shapes, or as I made here, crescent rolls cut into Halloween shape.
    • A bit of protein – including small amounts of protein will help get some actual food in your ghouls and goblins and lessen the sugar crash so your Halloween party doesn’t turn into a spooky party! Here I added the peanut butter as well as orange cheese cut into various shapes with a Halloween cookie cutter. Salami, ghost quesadillas or string cheese are also a fun idea.
    halloween banana ghosts, chocolate covered strawberries, and other halloween snacks on a black metal tray

    Quick and easy assembly

    The first thing I do is grab a large platter or large cutting board. I found this black snake platter at Target a few years ago, but this black wood coffin would be SO cool to use! Also gather a couple of small plates and a small serving bowl or two to help keep foods separated.

    Halloween themed fruit on a black tray
    fresh fruit is first added to black metal tray
    banana ghosts and halloween chocolate covered strawberries on a black snack try
    cheese and crackers and other food items are added next

    I started by placing all of my fresh fruit and veggie items on the tray. These were the larger items that took up more space, so I wanted to make sure I made room for them first.

    I then added the cheese and little goat cheese ghost crackers (say that 5 times fast!).

    To make the ghosts, sloppily smear on some goat cheese, cream cheese or a soft cheese spread like Boursin, onto a rectangular cracker. Add black raisins or dried currants for the eyes and mouth.

    goat cheese spread on a rectangular cracker
    first smear on soft cheese to rectangular cracker
    cheese and cracker ghost made with goat cheese crackers and currants
    add raisins or currants for eyes and mouth

    To make the Halloween shaped cheese and crescent rolls, simply grab a couple of fun cookie cutters and cut out shapes. Bake crescent rolls as directed.

    pumpkin cookie cutter cutting out a piece of cheese
    use Halloween shaped cookie cutters to cut out spooky shapes
    ghost cookie cutter cutting out a piece of cheese
    save cheese craps for snacks or pets!

    After that I added the pretzel sticks and candy, and then filled in any empty space with more treats.

    various Halloween snacks, treats and candy on a black metal tray

    I finished my Halloween-themed board by of course adding in a few Halloween decorations. Small pumpkins, skulls and black plastic spiders are all fun ways to amp up the spook factor and really make this board scream “Happy Halloween!”

    goat cheese spread crackers with currants for eyes and mouth to look like a ghost

    Other snack board ideas to swap or add in

    The best thing about assembling snack boards is there really is no wrong way to make one! Use ingredients to suit your personal preferences and the festive treats your family loves most. A few swaps and add-ins to get your creative juices flowing:

    • Make spiders out of Oreo cookies using a tutorial like this
    • Add in some orange and black foods like black olives, orange sweet peppers
    • Make caramel apple dip and serve with apple slices
    • Make a batch of my Halloween snack mix and customize with peanut butter cups or chocolate chips.
    • Use a mix of homemade and store-bought treats to make assembly even faster. Here I used store-bought chocolate covered pretzel sticks.
    Halloween snack board assembled on a black metal tray

    Need some more Halloween ideas? Check out these recipes! And please share if you decide to give this Halloween snack board idea a try! I can’t wait to see your versions. Happy Halloween!!

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    Tried this recipe? Please leave a comment and/or rating, letting me know how you enjoyed it! Connect with me on Instagram and Pinterest, and never miss a post by signing up for my weekly newsletter!

    Spooky Halloween snack board made kid-friendly with Halloween candy and treats on a black metal tray

    Kid-Friendly Halloween Snack Board

    Make this kid-friendly and festive Halloween snack board, perfect for a party or a special after-school snack.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes
    Servings: 9 people
    Author:Andrea

    Ingredients

    • 2 cups fresh fruit
    • 1 cup Halloween candy
    • 8 ounces crackers
    • 8 ounces cheese
    • 8 ounces crescent rolls
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    Instructions

    • Start by placing all of my fresh fruit and veggie items on the tray.
    • Then add the cheese and little goat cheese ghost crackers
    • To make the ghosts, sloppily smear on some goat cheese, cream cheese or a soft cheese spread like Boursin, onto a rectangular cracker. Add black raisins or dried currants for the eyes and mouth.
    • To make the Halloween shaped cheese and crescent rolls, simply grab a couple of fun cookie cutters and cut out shapes. Bake crescent rolls as directed.
    • After that, add the pretzel sticks and candy, and then fill in any empty space with more treats.
    • Add in a few Halloween decorations. Small pumpkins, skulls and black plastic spiders to make this fun and spooky!

    Notes

    Include a small amount of protein will help get some actual food in your ghouls and goblins and lessen the sugar crash so your Halloween party doesn’t turn into a spooky party!
    Here I added the peanut butter as well as orange cheese cut into various shapes with a Halloween cookie cutter. Salami, ghost quesadillas or string cheese are also a fun idea.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 309kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 385mg | Potassium: 189mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 261IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg
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    About Andrea Howe

    Andrea Howe is the recipe developer and photographer of Howe We Live. She is also a seasoned home cook of over 20 years, for her family of 5. Andrea has spent over 10 years in the food industry, writing for various publications including Babble and Disney. Her work has appeared in Real Simple, Taste of Home, Yahoo, Buzzfeed and ABC News.

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    1. Susie says

      October 20, 2022 at 6:08 pm

      5 stars
      can’t wait to make this spooky snack board for my kids!! perfect after school snack!

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