Description
This Easy Halloween Veggie Tray is a showstopper for spooky season with just two ingredients! Carrots and olives, both family favorites, come together to create a fun and festive platter for the table. It’s affordable, quick to assemble, perfect for a last-minute snack on Halloween night, and always delicious. Plus, it offers a healthy alternative when everybody already has plenty of candy around this time of year.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 Pounds Baby Carrots
- 12 Ounces Canned Medium Black Olives, drained
Instructions
- Place the cookie cutter in the upper, left, top of the plate, about an inch from the top. Fill the cookie cutter center in with olives.
- Assemble the carrots around the cookie cutter and do your best to keep them going the same direction. Do not fill in the right side of the plate yet, you’re just building up a dam around the cutter.
- Once you’ve built up the carrots around the cutter, press on the olives gently, and carefully, a bit at a time, pull out the cookie cutter.
- Repeat steps 1-3 for the right side.
- Put a line of carrots under the eyes, lengthwise, and then run a line of carrots along the very bottom part of the plate until the left and right sides meet the carrots at the top. Remember that each line of carrots needs two layers.
- Fill the empty space at the bottom of the plate with olives, arranging them to fill holes properly. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- This can be prepared the day before and kept in the fridge, covered in tight plastic. If it’s not covered properly, it will dry out the veggies. Do not freeze. Best when served immediately or shortly after assembled.
- If you don’t use the exact platter I did, that’s ok, but you’ll definitely want one with sides that sits flat. It’s not difficult to adjust the veggies to your platter, however, it turns out best when you can do at least two layers of carrots as it fills it in better and doesn’t leave holes.
- If your baby carrots look like they’re dried out with white on the outside, soak them in a bowl of water for five minutes before assembling on the platter.
- I serve this with a small set of tongs and a bowl of ranch for those who want it.
- If your veggie tray is looking a little dry, use a basting brush to brush some water over the veggies, gently. This will liven them up a bit.
- If you can’t get your hands on a cookie cutter, it’s pretty easy to position the carrots into the correct shape and just fill it in from there.
- If you use a bigger or smaller platter size, this will adjust how many veggies you’ll need and it will most likely adjust the size of cookie cutter you’ll need for the eyes.
- Calorie count below does not account for any dips
- Prep Time: 15
- Category: Appetizer
