Want to have a fun and happy Halloween this year? Try making one of these Halloween Platter Ideas for your family or for a Halloween party. As a Halloween treat, they are easy enough to whip up to enjoy a spooky movie with or for a family movie night too.

Want more great Halloween recipe ideas? Try our Halloween Spider Web Dip, a little cute Pumpkin Cheese Ball, or maybe a ghostly Embalming Fluid Cocktail.

Two Halloween snack platters, one of Jack Skellington and one of a skull.

Aren’t they stupendous, and they really are quite easy to make too? You will gain lots of smiles while serving these platters.

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3 Sizes 120 Pieces Halloween Plastic Spiders

Stainless Steel Pizza Pan 13½ inch

Wood Cutting Board with Grip Handle (15″ x 7″)

What do you put in an Entertaining Snack Platter?

Let one of these platters be your party favor, and let them mingle right into your Halloween decor. Place a Jack o Lantern nearby for a spooky effect. You could even have one for after trick or treating filled with healthy snacks like fruit and vegetables.

You don’t even need much for Halloween party supplies to create one of these platters, although a plastic spider or two do go a long way.

As for the snacks, we stayed monochromatic, but you can use your favorites too from the candy dish!

Ingredients

Club mini crackers
White Chocolate Crackers
Mini Rice Krispy treats
White Chocolate Kit Kats
Blackberries
Chocolate Chips
White Cheddar Cheese
Reese’s Peanut Butter Mini Cups
Dried Coconut
Pistachios – in Shell
Pumpkin Seeds
Reese’s White Creme Peanut Butter Pumpkins
Yogurt Raisins
White Cheddar Cheese Crackers
Popcorn
Chocolate Almond Bark or melting Chocolate

Optional Snacks: Mini powdered doughnuts, white chocolate peanut butter cups, mini marshmallows, macadamia nuts, white chocolate chips, chocolate-covered raisins, chocolate-covered almonds, shelled peanuts, vanilla meringue cookies.

How to Make a Fun Halloween Platter

For your Halloween serving tray or serving platter, start with something that is simple that won’t distract from your food. A large pizza pan for Jack Skellington works well, and a simple wooden cheese board for the skull works great too. Most people have these items around the house, or you could also borrow one from a friend or neighbor for the night that you want to make your party platter.

To begin your party platters, always start with the eye shape and mouth, then work your way out from there. Think of colors, textures, and shapes when you are assembling the platter.

Next, take almond bark or melting chocolate, and in a double boiler, melt the chocolate down or alternatively microwave it in a microwave-safe bowl in short increments of 20-30 seconds and stir after each increment until melted.

Once melted, remove from heat and carefully spoon into a piping bag or ziplock bag. (No need for a piping tip), cut the tip to the size of a pencil point. Be careful, as the chocolate will start to flow. Cutting a smaller hole is always best, as you can still cut a larger one if needed.

Pipe on the mouth and eyebrows and any other elements you like!

Your platters are done! As you can see, you can go for the candy route or with the skull, more fruit, nut, and cheese. Lastly, it is now time to enjoy the party or a great movie night!

Another Fun Halloween Platter Idea

Overhead shot of a Halloween Cheese Board.

Here is a cheese board that you would only surely see in a haunted house atmosphere. I love these boards as they are really part of the party decoration. This one is especially yummy with a Mummy Brie in the center. We made this one last year and so many people loved it. Come on over here to see how to make this hauntingly delicious Halloween Cheese Board.

Tell me which one is your favorite and which one you have created!! Happy Hauntings!!

Jack Skellington and Skull Party Platters for Halloween.

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