The Haunted Harvest Platter

INGREDIENTS:

Mix and match to create your own 'to die for' combinations. The hero fruits and veggies used here are:

• Avocados
• Carrots
• Capsicums
• Asparagus
• Tangelos or mandarins
• Apples (any red variety)
• Green Kiwifruit

Plus pretzels, black olives, nut butter, hummus, sunflower seeds, corn chips & your favourite sweet eats.

VILLAINOUS VEGETABLE SNACKS

AVOCADO BATS

1. Slice the avocado in half and remove the pit.
2. Leaving the avocado skins intact, scoop the flesh out into a bowl and mash it. Add lemon juice, salt, and pepper to taste.
3. Refill the avocado halves with the mashed avocado mixture.
4. Add the “eyes” – Place chopped olives on top of the mashed avocado to represent the eyes, and insert carrot circles (remaining from the Carrot Ghosts recipe below) inside the olives for pupils.
5. Create the “mouth” – Slice a piece of capsicum into three triangles and place on top of the mashed avocado
6. Make the “ears” – Use two corn chips as the bat's ears by dipping them in to the top corners of the avocado

Then grab some extra corn chips and start dipping in!

CARROT GHOSTS

1. Cut the carrots – If the carrots are large, cut them in half horizontally first. Then, slice the carrots downwards into thin slices.
2. In each slice, use a straw to poke two small holes for the eyes (the circles that come out can be used for the Avocado Bats recipe above) and one for the mouth.
3. Using a knife, carefully cut triangle shapes out of the bottom of each slice to create the ragged bottom edge of your ghost.

CAPSICUM HUMMUS CAULDRONS

1. Cut the tops off the capsicums and remove the seeds. Keep the tops as lids.
2. Spoon your favourite hummus into each capsicum until filled (red beetroot hummus works well for a more macabre morsel)

Serve with chips, crackers or other veggie sticks for dipping

ASPARAGUS WITCHES FINGERS

1. Remove the woody ends from the asparagus, then blanch asparagus in a pot of boiling water for 2 minutes.
2. After 2 minutes, remove from boiling water and plunge the asparagus into cold water. Then cut each asparagus stalk horizontally into 3 equal pieces.
3. Dollop a small amount of nut butter on the end of each piece.
4. Create the fingernail by pressing a sliced almond into the nut butter to resemble a spooky fingernail.

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FRIGHTFUL FRUIT SNACKS

TANGELO (OR MANDARIN) PUMPKINS

1. Peel the tangelo or mandarin, removing the skin but leaving the fruit intact.
2. Create the pumpkin stalk by inserting a chocolate stick or a small pretzel into the top centre of the Tangelo.

SPOOKY APPLE MOUTHS

1. Slice the apple in half and remove the core.
2. Carefully cut out a small segment from the middle of each apple half, to form a gap for the mouth.
3. Fill the gap with peanut butter.
4. Press sunflower seeds into the peanut butter to look like sharp, spooky teeth (we used about 7 seeds)
5. Cut the leftover apple pieces into spooky, jagged edges and place them onto the platter for extra creepiness.

FRANKENSTEIN KIWIFRUIT

1. Peel the kiwifruit, leaving about one-third of the skin on top to create Frankenstein's head.
2. Add candy eyes
3. Insert pretzel sticks into the sides of the kiwi for arms
4. Use a dried pea or a carrot circle (from Carrot Ghost recipe above) as the nose
5. Place another pretzel across the kiwifruit underneath the nose to create a mouth