Halloween Dessert Charcuterie Board
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This Halloween Dessert Charcuterie Board is a fun and festive way to celebrate Halloween! Made with a homemade buttercream frosting and shaped like a cute pumpkin decorated with plenty of sweet treats and favorite Halloween candy!
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Halloween Dessert Charcuterie Board
Want to WOW your guests at the next Halloween party? This Halloween Dessert Charcuterie Board makes the best centerpiece and is always a show stopper. It’s almost too cute to eat..almost ;).
Spooky season is here and a giant Halloween snack board with decorated buttercream is always a good idea. Who wouldn’t love festive treats like this? This dessert tray goes perfectly with this Hocus Pocus Cheese Boards that everyone will love and is so much fun.
We make a delicious homemade buttercream frosting from scratch and pipe it on a board in the shape of a pumpkin. After it’s decorated we add your favorite dippers, you can use any of your favorites- the sky is the limit here!
If you’re wondering…what is a frosting board? A frosting board is inspired by trendy Butter Boards except we spread frosting on a board to create a sweeter version. We fill the board with frosting shaped like a cute little pumpkin (you can make any shape) and tons of sweet and salty dippers so theres plenty of options to chose from.
If you love frosting boards, be sure to try my Christmas Frosting Board I made last year!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
key ingredients
- Frosting: We make an easy and quick buttercream frosting from scratch but you can also use a store-bought vanilla, cream cheese, or buttercream frosting from a can.
- Green mini M&Ms: To make the pumpkin stem. You could also use a green frosting or green skittles instead.
- Brown mini M&Ms: To make the pumpkins face. You could also use Reese’s Pieces, chocolate chips, or food gel coloring instead.
- Dippers: Use your favorite dippers or snacks of your choice! Any kind of cookies, pretzels, graham crackers, milk chocolate bar, candy, cinnamon rolls, donuts, and fresh fruit make great options.
how to make halloween dessert board
Make frosting: Blend together the cream cheese and butter using a high speed electric or stand mixer until smooth. Add in vanilla and again. Slowly add in the powdered sugar and beat together util fully combined and fluffy.
Make orange frosting color: Stir in the orange food gel coloring until desired shade is reached.
Chill in refrigerator: Add frosting to a piping bag with a large star tip or decorative tip of your choice and chill in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes.
Outline pumpkin shape: Start by outlining a pumpkin onto the center of a large serving platter or board.
Assemble pumpkin: Fill the pumpkin in with the frosting. Use the green M&Ms to create a stem, the brown M&Ms or brown Reese’s Pieces to create a smile.
Add dippers: Arrange the dippers around the pumpkin. Fill in any gaps with candy corn, M&M’s, Halloween candy, or Reese’s Pieces. Serve and enjoy!
recipe tips & variations
- Frosting: You can make your own from scratch or use store-bought frosting from a can.
- Black icing: You can also use black decorating icing to create the face shapes or outline the pumpkin instead of the M&Ms.
- Easy cleanup: Line the bottom of the board with parchment paper or wax paper for an easy cleanup.
- Use your favorites: Add any of your favorite treats and dippers. I love using a variety of cookies and dippers but you can do whatever you want. Other dipper ideas are Nilla Wafer cookies, apple slices, pretzel rods, Ritz crackers, Teddy Grahams, pound cake pieces, chocolate sandwich cookies, white chocolate, Oreo cookies, peanut butter cups, shortbread cookies, brownie bites, Sugar Cookies, and Gingerbread cookies.
- Spooky Halloween Charcuterie Board: Turn this into a spooky Halloween theme and add gummy worms, skeleton hands, plastic spiders, spooky snacks, and edible eyes.
leftovers & storage
The best way to enjoy this Frosting Board is when it’s assembled.
To store leftovers, place all the dippers and candies in separate ziplock baggies or airtight container and store at room temperature. Scrape the frosting from the board and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The frosting will last up to 1 week.
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Halloween Dessert Board
Ingredients
For the orange frosting
- 1/2 cup salted butter softened at room temperature
- 1 8 ounce brick of cream cheese softened at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- orange food gel coloring (or red and yellow)
For the board
- brown mini M&Ms
- green mini M&Ms
- dippers such as graham crackers, donuts, cookies, pretzels
- Halloween candy or mini candy bars
Instructions
To make the frosting
- Blend together the cream cheese and butter using a high speed electric or stand mixer until smooth. Add in vanilla and again.
- Slowly add in the powdered sugar and beat together util fully combined and fluffy.
- Stir in the orange food gel coloring until desired shade is reached.
- Add frosting to a piping bag with a large star tip or decorative tip of your choice and chill in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes.
To assemble the frosting board
- Start by outlining a pumpkin onto the center of a large serving tray or board.
- Fill the pumpkin in with the frosting.
- Use the green M&Ms to create a stem, the brown M&Ms or brown Reese's Pieces to create a smile.
- Arrange the dippers around the pumpkin. Fill in any gaps with candy corn, M&M's, Halloween candy, or Reese's Pieces. Serve and enjoy!
