15/10/2026
This Spooky Charcuterie Board is the ultimate Halloween centrepiece, and the best part? Zero cooking required! Featuring a pumpkin cream cheese ball, spiderweb dip, cheese broomsticks and mini mandarin pumpkins, this spooky spread looks impressive but is easy to assemble.
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Ball Pumpkin Cream Cheese Ball
● 2 blocks cream cheese, softened
● 2 tbsp grated red/orange cheese
● ½ tsp paprika
● ½ tsp garlic powder
● Salt + pepper, to taste
● 4 tbsp grated red/orange cheese, to coat
● 1 capsicum top, for the stalk
Spiderweb Dip Spiderweb Dip 🕸️
● Your favourite dip (I used pumpkin + caramelised onion)
● Greek yoghurt
● Kalamata olives, for the spider
Cheese Broomsticks Cheese Broomsticks 🧹
● 2 mozzarella string cheeses
● Pretzel sticks
● Fresh chives
To Build the Board
● 2 mandarins
● Celery
● Quince paste
● Edible eyes
● Charcoal crackers
● Seeded crackers
● Kalamata olives
● Almonds
● Red capsicum, sliced into sticks
Method
1. Make the pumpkin cheese ball. Mix the cream cheese, 2 tbsp grated cheese, paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper until combined.
2. Shape into a ball, wrap in cling wrap and create a pumpkin shape. Roll in the remaining grated cheese, then wrap again and tie kitchen twine around it to create creases. Refrigerate.
3. Make the spiderweb dip. Spoon dip into a bowl. Pipe Greek yoghurt in a web pattern and use Kalamata olive pieces to create a spider.
4. Make the broomsticks. Cut mozzarella strings into smaller pieces. Pull apart one end to create bristles, insert a pretzel stick into the other end and tie with chives.
5. Make the mini pumpkins. Peel mandarins and add a small piece of celery as the stalk.
6. Finish the cheese ball. Remove the twine and cling wrap, then add the capsicum top as the pumpkin stalk.
7. Build the board. Add the cheese ball and spiderweb dip first.
8. Arrange the broomsticks, mandarin pumpkins, quince paste with edible eyes, crackers, Kalamata olives, almonds and capsicum sticks around them.
