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TIP OF THE DAY: Carve Some Halloween Cheese

October 18, 2016 at 11:25 am · Filed under Cheese-Yogurt-Dairy, Food Fun, Halloween & Fall, Tip Of The Day

A few days ago we recommended cheeses to create a beautiful Halloween-themed cheese plate, featuring artisan cheeses.

But not everybody likes fancy cheeses, or has the budget to purchase them.

So here’s Plan B: Halloween cheese fun that anyone can afford.

JACK O’LANTERN CHEESE BALL

Make your favorite cheese ball recipe and turn it into a jack o’lantern by rolling it in crushed Cheetos or orange crackers like Ritz

Make the face with cut-up red bell pepper pieces. Press a stem made of broccoli stalk or celery into the top.

Here’s the recipe for the cheese ball in the bottom photo.

BABYBEL JACK O’LANTERNS

Mini Babybel Gouda snack cheeses have a pumpkin-color wax coating. The Mini Babybel White Cheddar Cheese variety is covered in white wax.

Use a chisel-tip Sharpie marker to create jack o’lantern faces. The eight-pack assortment includes black, orange, red, and two shades of green for the stems.

CHEDDAR JACK O’LANTERN

For larger parties, you can find wheels of orange cheddar—round with a flat top and bottom—in two-pounds and five pounds.

Remove the wax and carve a jack o’lantern face through the flat side.

Create a stem top from a piece of broccoli stalk, and affix it with a toothpick.

Present the jack o’lantern standing up so you can see through the eyes and nose. To keep it steady, you can trim a small piece from the bottom.

The next two ideas are from Delish.com, which has 15 different ways to use cheese at Halloween.

CUT-OUT SHAPES

The easiest way to serve “Halloween cheese” is to use small (2-inches or smaller) Halloween-themed cookie cutters to cut shapes from orange cheddar or American cheese slices (top photo).

Place them on your favorite crackers. It’s that simple.

MUMMY BAKED BRIE

Make a Mummy Brie from an 8-ounce Brie and a sheet of puff pastry (center photo). Here’s the recipe: wrapped in puff pastry.

Delish uses black olives and mini pepperoni slices for the eyes, but we substituted slices of pimento-stuffed olives.

Halloween Crackers & Cheese

Halloween Brie

[1] Cut Halloween shapes with mini cookie cutters. [2] Baked Brie turns into a mummy with a sheet of puff pastry (photos #1 and #2 courtesy Delish.com). [3] A Halloween cheese ball (photo courtesy Snackworks).