Halloween Veggie Platter

Create a spooky Halloween veggie platter that looks like a jack-o'-lantern face using baby carrots and black olives.

15 min Serves 8 Medium American

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This Halloween veggie platter uses baby carrots and black olives to form a jack-o'-lantern face. Start by making the eyes with olives inside cookie cutters, then build a carrot border around them. Finish by filling the bottom with olives to complete the look.

Directions

Place a cookie cutter about 1 inch from the top left edge of the platter. Fill the cutter with black olives to form the left eye.

Arrange baby carrots around the cookie cutter, all pointing the same direction, to create a barrier. Do not start the right eye yet.

Gently press down on the olives, then carefully lift the cookie cutter away.

Repeat the process for the right eye on the top right side of the platter.

Place a line of carrots lengthwise beneath the eyes, then run another line along the bottom of the platter until the left and right sides meet the top carrots. Each line should be two layers thick.

Fill the remaining empty space at the bottom with olives, arranging them to cover any gaps.