How to Make a Spooky Halloween Dessert Board

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With the holidays looking a little different this year (thanks COVID!), I’ve been busy looking for fun ways to make things extra special at home.

What better way to enjoy a cold, October evening than to have an indoor picnic by the fireplace and watch a Halloween movie?!

I made this dessert snack board one night for a living room picnic that we had while watching Ghostbusters. Kids (and adults!) love having different options to choose from…especially when it comes to desserts and candy!

What You Will Need

A large cutting board or platter.

Fruit – I used black moon drop grapes and mandarin oranges. Other great options would be kiwi, green grapes, blackberries, cantaloupe, honeydew or blueberries.

Salty snacks – I used popcorn, Muddy Buddies and pretzels. Other great options are Goldfish crackers, Cheez-its or cheeseballs.

Candy – I used sour orange pumpkins, mini candy bars, black and orange Jordan almonds, gummy eyes and teeth, Nerds and Starburst.

I also used Rice Krispy Treats and mini dirt cups.

There are so many variations of items that you can use for this. Just choose an assortment of everyone’s favorite snacks!

How to Make

I started by spacing out the containers I would be using. I placed the pumpkin container, dirt cups and cauldron on first.

Next, I spaced out the snacks that would require more room – the Rice Krispy Treats, mandarin oranges, Muddy Buddies, Oreos, etc..

Once I had all of the large items on, I filled in the open spaces with various candy bars and packaged candy.

I made sure to space out the colors so that there was variation throughout the board.

I hope you enjoyed this Halloween dessert board! Let me know how you are making this Halloween special for your little ones!