Admit it – the best Halloween parties are completely over-the-top, and these creative recipes are nothing short of Halloween food art. From ghoulish graze boards to cutesy cupcakes, serving up spooky Halloween food is the best way to set the stage for a frightfully fabulous night. With a little help from some of our favorite fiends, we’re sharing the best Halloween appetizers – all starring California Prunes, of course. Get ready for a killer recipe round-up.
Day of the Dead Graze Board
Creating this spook-tacular Day of The Dead graze board is easier than you think! We carved a brie round into the shape of a skull and then filled the “cavities” in with prune jam. Next, we twirled salami into a floral headdress and secured the “roses” with toothpicks. From here, you can get creative, using any of your favorite dried and fresh fruits and nuts- but we love how the California Prunes create a dark backdrop that contrasts nicely with the skull centerpiece.
These Raw Witches fingers only look scary! They’re full of good-for-you ingredients like nuts, seeds, dried fruit and spices. Want to go all out macabre? Dip the ends of the fingers in red fruit purée for an even creepier treat.
We’re eerily obsessed with Not Quite Nigella‘s Baked Zombie Heads. Cinnamon Prune Stuffed Baked Apples have never looked so…disturbingly delicious.
Nightmare Before Christmas Graze Board
This dreadfully darling graze board pays homage to Tim Burton’s animated cult classic, Nightmare Before Christmas. To create distinction between Jack and Sally’s faces, we carefully removed the outer layer of half of a brie round . On one side, we carved out an eye cavity, and filled it with prune jam. On the other side, we cut some of the casing into the shape of an eye. To create the mouth, we used thinly sliced colorful Swiss chard stems and halved sliced olives. Small cherry tomato wedges form Sally’s lips, and Swiss chard stems were again used for Jack’s eyebrow, nostril and to outline Sally’s eye. Sally’s face is set off by salami swirls (we know…her hair is straight…we took a bit of artistic license). Finally, we used California Prunes, blueberries and blackberries to create a dramatic background and fill in the graze board.
Summon your little ghosts and ghouls to the kitchen to help make these adorable Bug Bites! Feel free to use store-bought food coloring to give the cream cheese a bright green hue, or try making your own natural food coloring at home.
How cute is this healthy Halloween food from Faithfully Plateful? We love how she used energy balls to create spooky spiders. Even the pickiest witch will need to use dark magic to resist this tempting treat.
Prune and Orange Cupcakes are the perfect canvas for these adorable kid-friendly Halloween cupcakes. Whip up a batch and then get creative with colored frosting and candy to transform them into a frightfully fun treat!
Witches’ Brew Brownies are a hit at every Halloween Party. They’re also our favorite way to use leftover Halloween candy. Our friends at California Grown used prune purée to make these brownies over-the-top chocolatey and delightfully dense.
