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This spooky and delicious Halloween Cheese Board is so much fun! It’s a perfect Halloween Charcuterie Board for entertaining in October, but it’s also easy enough to make that you could whip one up for a family movie night too.

With Mummy Baked Brie, Mozzarella Eyeballs, and an assortment of tasty cheeses, nuts, fruits, and crackers, this Halloween-themed snack board will be a guaranteed hit for food lovers of all ages at your next Halloween party.

For more fun Halloween Appetizers and Treats, also check out our Halloween Platter Ideas, Halloween Spider Web Dip, and this adorable Halloween Pizza.

Overhead shot of a Halloween Cheese Board.

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Various sized candy eyeballs

Various Sized Plastic Spiders

18″ Round Acacia Wooden Cheese Serving Board with Handle

Close up of the puff pastry mummy cheese on the cheese board.

What Goes On a Halloween Cheese Board

What makes a meat and cheese board so fun to put together is that there isn’t just one right way to do it. I often like to go to the grocery store and see what’s available in the deli and produce section just to get ideas. I do, however, have a few general guidelines in mind as I decide what to put on a cheeseboard.

First, when picking cheese, keep in mind that you want to include cheese from several different families, so you have a variety of flavors and textures. For example:

Aged Cheese: Aged Cheddar, Gouda, Gruyere, Emmentaler
Soft Cheese: Brie, Goat Cheese, Camembert
Blue Cheese: Gorgonzola, Stilton, Roquefort
Hard Cheese: Manchego, Edam, Parmesan

For this Halloween Cheese Board, I specifically looked for a couple of cheeses that had a Halloween vibe, like the purple and green rinds. I ended up with a Sharp Irish Cheddar (green rind), Merlot Bellavitano (Purple Rind), a small log of goat cheese, a small wedge of Blue Cheese, and a wheel of Brie for the centerpiece.

Overhead of ingredients for a Halloween cheese board.

In addition to the cheeses, you’ll also want some meat, crackers, fruit, and spreads. Good cured meats, like prosciutto or a spicy salami, work wonderfully, a variety of pieces of bread or crackers to pair with the cheeses, a few spreads like jam or honey, as well as some fruit (fresh and dried) and nuts (sweet and salty).

Because it’s fall, I tried to stick with Autumn fruits and flavors like pears, pomegranates, cinnamon apple-flavored nuts, etc. You could also add in some dried fruits like dried apricots, cherries, cranberries, etc.

And to really make this cheese board perfect for Halloween, I made the Mummy Baked Brie for the board’s centerpiece!

Puff pastry baked cheese that looks like a mummy.

How to Make Mummy Baked Brie

This Halloween Themed Cheese is the perfect centerpiece for a party snack board. Not only is it fun and a little spooky, but it’s also really delicious!

To make the Mummy Baked Brie for the Halloween Cheese Board, you’ll need an 8 oz wheel of Brie, a couple of tablespoons of jam or fruit preserves (I used raspberry), and a sheet of thawed puff pastry.

Steps on how to make a mummy cheese puff pastry.

While the oven is pre-heating to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, roll out one sheet of thawed puff pastry on a lightly floured surface until you have a rectangle that is about 13 inches by 11 inches. Cut off one end of the rectangle (about 1/3) and set it aside.

Spread the jam in the center of the larger piece of puff pastry in a circle the same size as the brie. Place the brie in the center on the jam circle and then fold the edges of the pastry up around the brie. Flip it over, with the folded side on the bottom, and place it on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Mummy cheese puff pastry before being baked.

Next, use the smaller piece of puff pastry and cut it into 1/2 inch strips. Brush the wrapped wheel of brie with an egg wash, then place the strips around the wheel of brie.

Bake it for 10 minutes, then remove it from the oven to brush it one more time with an egg wash. Return it to the oven and bake for an additional 10 to 12 more minutes, or until it is puffy, golden brown, and the brie inside is melty.

Dipping into a mummy cheese puff pastry with a cracker.

After it’s done baking, you can add two candy eyeballs to the mummy’s face to complete it.

Transfer it carefully to your cheese board and dig in! It may look a little spooky, but it tastes fantastic!

Cheese and meats from the Halloween cheese board with plastic spiders and eyeballs.

How to Make a Halloween Cheese Board

Once you’ve gathered all of the ingredients for your cheese board, you’re ready for the fun part! Making a Halloween Cheese Board is almost as enjoyable as eating it.

To begin, you’ll want to find a large cutting board or serving board. I always start by placing the cheeses around the board first.

Starting to place nuts, berries and cheese on a round cheese board.

Once you’ve placed the cheeses, start arranging everything else around them. Fan out the crackers, meats, and thinly sliced fruit slices. Then, fill in the gaps with handfuls of nuts, dried fruits, and berries. Add small bowls to hold the jams or small ingredients like pomegranate arils. Plus, don’t forget a cheese knife or two.

You’ll be surprised how easy it is to make it look like a magazine spread!

When you’re making a themed charcuterie board for Halloween, you can also add a few fun elements specific to the holiday to really make the board stand out. Here are a few ideas:

Mozzarella Eyeballs (just a sliced olive stuck onto a fresh mozzarella ball)
Candy eyeballs (I added them to the brie mummy and the log of goat cheese)
Candy Corn (a quintessential Halloween candy)
Plastic Spiders
Black Cheese Cloth underneath the cheese board for display
Baked Brie Mummy as the centerpiece

Another overhead shot of the Halloween cheese board.

Square photo of a Halloween Cheese Board.

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