Build your own ‘terrifyingly tasty’ Halloween party platter using Wonky's frightful fruits and villainous vegetables. We’ve got ‘boo’-tiful carrot ghosts, spooky avocado bats, hungry apple mouths, Frankenstein kiwifruits, tangelo pumpkins and capsicum cauldrons to fill with your favourite hummus.
Add a sprinkle of popcorn, some creepy sweets and a dash of chocolate to complete your spooky spread. It's the perfect mix of savoury and sweet, and makes a nutritious yet indulgent Halloween snack.
This ultimate Halloween platter is the perfect way to celebrate the holiday, whether you’re hosting a party or just having a cosy night in. Pick and choose your favourites, and don't be scared to add any other eerie eats of your choosing - more chocolates, other cookies, marshmallows, rice crackers, chocolate covered strawberries or corn chips would all be 'to die for'.
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
Slice the avocado in half and remove the pit.
Leaving the avocado skins intact, scoop the flesh out into a bowl and mash it. Add lemon juice, salt, and pepper to taste.
Refill the avocado halves with the mashed avocado mixture.
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.
Create the “mouth” – Slice a piece of capsicum into three triangles and place on top of the mashed avocado
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
Cut the carrots – If the carrots are large, cut them in half horizontally first. Then, slice the carrots downwards into thin slices.
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.
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
Cut the tops off the capsicums and remove the seeds. Keep the tops as lids.
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
Remove the woody ends from the asparagus, then blanch asparagus in a pot of boiling water for 2 minutes.
After 2 minutes, remove from boiling water and plunge the asparagus into cold water. Then cut each asparagus stalk horizontally into 3 equal pieces.
Dollop a small amount of nut butter on the end of each piece.
Create the fingernail by pressing a sliced almond into the nut butter to resemble a spooky fingernail.
FRIGHTFUL FRUIT SNACKS
TANGELO (OR MANDARIN) PUMPKINS
Peel the tangelo or mandarin, removing the skin but leaving the fruit intact.
Create the pumpkin stalk by inserting a chocolate stick or a small pretzel into the top centre of the Tangelo.
SPOOKY APPLE MOUTHS
Slice the apple in half and remove the core.
Carefully cut out a small segment from the middle of each apple half, to form a gap for the mouth.
Fill the gap with peanut butter.
Press sunflower seeds into the peanut butter to look like sharp, spooky teeth (we used about 7 seeds)
Cut the leftover apple pieces into spooky, jagged edges and place them onto the platter for extra creepiness.
FRANKENSTEIN KIWIFRUIT
Peel the kiwifruit, leaving about one-third of the skin on top to create Frankenstein's head.
Add candy eyes
Insert pretzel sticks into the sides of the kiwi for arms
Use a dried pea or a carrot circle (from Carrot Ghost recipe above) as the nose
Place another pretzel across the kiwifruit underneath the nose to create a mouth
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The Haunted Harvest Platter
Build your own ‘terrifyingly tasty’ Halloween party platter using Wonky's frightful fruits and villainous vegetables.
The Haunted Harvest Platter
Build your own ‘terrifyingly tasty’ Halloween party platter using Wonky's frightful fruits and villainous vegetables.
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