Now Brewing: A Hocus Pocus Charcuterie Board!

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No magic is required to create this ‌Hocus Pocus‌ charcuterie board! That's right, we've conjured up a few scary and delicious snack board ideas just in time for the release of the new ‌Hocus Pocus 2‌ movie. Your movie night guests will be spellbound when they feast their eyes on Winifred, Mary and Sarah's edible hairdos, tasty brooms and savory spell book eyeballs.

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So, get your cauldrons ready—we have some spells to cast and a cheese board to make!

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Things You'll Need

  • Cream cheese

  • Food coloring

  • Plastic zipper bag

  • Scissors

  • 3 mini white pumpkins

  • Salami

  • Fresh mozzarella balls

  • Green olives with pimentos

  • Straw

  • Toothpicks

  • Bamboo skewers

  • Blackberries

  • Mandarin oranges

  • Marshmallows

  • Stick pretzels

  • Clementines, mandarins or oranges

  • Celery

  • Dip or hummus

  • Various crackers, cheeses, candies and fruits

  • Halloween candy

How to make a Hocus Pocus charcuterie board

1. Make Sanderson Sisters mini pumpkins

Let's face it—a ‌Hocus Pocus‌ charcuterie board wouldn't be complete without the Sanderson Sisters. Start by blending 4 ounces of cream cheese and orange food coloring in a blender to create an edible hairdo for Winifred. Spoon the blended cream cheese into a plastic zipper bag. Snip one corner of the bag and push the orange cream cheese into the snipped corner. Pipe the soft cheese from the bag onto the top of a mini white pumpkin to freeform the shape of Winifred's hair. Repeat this process using purple food coloring for Mary's hair and yellow food coloring for Sarah's hair.

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Image Credit: Beth Huntington
Image Credit: Beth Huntington
Image Credit: Beth Huntington
Image Credit: Beth Huntington
Image Credit: Beth Huntington

2. Create spell book eyeballs

Represent Winnie's evil spell book on the charcuterie board with a few eyeballs made from salami, mozzarella cheese balls and green olives with pimentos. First, cut the salami in half with scissors and line up six salami halves on a plate. Then, push a straw through the center of a fresh mozzarella ball to hollow it out. Insert a green pimento olive into the cheese ball to create an eyeball. Roll up the cheese eyeball in the salami and secure it with a toothpick.

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3. Skewer blackberries and oranges

Stab a few blackberries and some mandarin oranges onto bamboo skewers for another way to illustrate Mary and Winifred's iconic hairstyles.

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4. Make marshmallow brooms

Channel your inner Sanderson sister by making these marshmallow and pretzel brooms. Simply use a pair of kitchen scissors to snip fringe on the bottom of a marshmallow. Then, stick a pretzel in the top for a sweet and salty edible witch's broom that will look great standing on a ‌Hocus Pocus‌ charcuterie board.

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5. Create a few tiny Halloween pumpkins

For a fun and festive addition to a Halloween charcuterie board, peel a clementine, mandarin or orange and stick a small piece of celery in the top for a stem. Place them around the board to fill in a few gaps.

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6. Add some dye to the dips

Use a little food coloring to dye the dips on the board in Halloween hues. Whether you have a bowl of sour cream ranch dip or garlic hummus, just stir a few drops of purple, orange or green into the cauldron for a colorful twist on the ordinary.

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It really is a bunch of hocus pocus!

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