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A Halloween veggie platter featuring a tray of baby carrots and black olives arranged to create a jack-o'-lantern face.
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Halloween Veggie Platter

You can throw this easy Halloween veggie platter together in a few minutes with minimal supplies. It's Halloween themed, fun to make and definitely yummy to eat.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Charcuterie, Halloween
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 2 Pounds baby carrots
  • 12 Ounces black olives pitted, drained

Instructions

  • Put the cookie cutter in the top left part of the plate, about 1 inch from the top and fill the cookie cutter with black olives to make the left eye.
  • Next, assemble the carrots around the cookie cutter and try to have them all facing the same direction. Don't start the right eye just yet, you're making a dam around the cutter first.
  • Press on the olives gently, and carefully slide out the cookie cutter to remove.
  • Repeat these steps to make the other eye on the top right side.
  • Arrange a line of carrots lengthwise under the eyes and then run a line of carrots along the bottom part of the platter until the left and right sides meet the baby carrots at the top. Each line of carrots should be 2 layers.
  • Now you can fill the empty space at the bottom of the plate with olives, and arrange them as needed to fill in any holes.

Notes

Platter and cookie cutter: A 10-inch round black serving platter is perfect for this recipe, and you'll need a triangle cookie cutter too.
Carrots dried out? Put them in a bowl of water for 5 minutes before making the skeleton veggie tray.
Time to serve: Tongs are the easiest way for people to serve themselves and you can offer a bowl of ranch for dipping too.
Have fun and get creative: Want to swap the carrots and olives for cucumber slices, cherry tomatoes, celery sticks, or broccoli florets? Go ahead and see what you can come up with. It's fun and easy to transform veggies into a cute Halloween appetizer!

Nutrition

Calories: 101kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Sodium: 752mg | Potassium: 287mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 15805IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 58mg | Iron: 1mg

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