Description

A fun and spooky Halloween-themed fruit platter featuring mummy bananas, tangerine pumpkins, apple fangs, lychee eyeballs, and grape snakes, decorated with white chocolate and edible eyeball decorations. Perfect for festive gatherings and healthy treats.

Ingredients

Scale

Mummy Bananas

70g white chocolate, plus extra for sticking on the eyeballs
3 small bananas, peeled and cut in half crosswise
Eyeball cake decorations or black writing icing or edible ink pen

Tangerine Pumpkins

6 small tangerines, peeled
Small piece of celery (for stalks)

Apple Fangs

1 red apple, cored and cut into 6 wedges
2 tbsp nut butter (almond butter recommended)
25g yogurt-coated raisins

Lychee Eyeballs

425g can lychees in juice, drained
150g blueberries
Eyeball cake decorations or skewers

Grape Snakes

250g black and green grapes
Short wooden skewers
Black writing icing or edible ink pen, or eyeball cake decorations

Instructions

Prepare the Mummy Bananas: Melt the white chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a small pan of simmering water or in the microwave in short 20-second bursts. Allow the chocolate to cool to room temperature. Place the banana halves on a tray lined with baking parchment and drizzle the melted chocolate over them in a criss-cross pattern to resemble mummy bandages. Attach eyeball decorations or draw eyes on the bananas using black icing or an edible ink pen. Chill in the fridge until the chocolate sets, about 30 minutes. Note that bananas will start discoloring after about 2 hours.
Make Tangerine Pumpkins: Peel the tangerines and cut tiny stalk pieces from celery. Insert these celery stalks into the top center of each tangerine where the segments converge, to create a pumpkin look.
Create Apple Fangs: Take the apple wedges and carve a small wedge out of the peel side to form lips. Fill this carved ‘mouth’ area with nut butter, then press yogurt-coated raisins into the nut butter to resemble crooked fangs or teeth.
Assemble Lychee Eyeballs: Drain the lychees and stuff each one with a blueberry inside to simulate an iris. Attach eyeball cake decorations onto the blueberries inside the lychees using a little melted white chocolate from step one, or secure the fruit on skewers. These can also be added to a punch bowl for a spooky effect.
Construct Grape Snakes: Thread black and green grapes alternately onto short wooden skewers. Decorate the grapes with eyeball cake decorations using white chocolate as adhesive, or draw details with black icing or edible ink pen to create snake eyes.
Arrange the Fruit Platter: Place all the prepared fruits on a large serving platter artistically. Fill any empty spaces with leftover blueberries and optionally add spooky Halloween figures or decorations to enhance the festive presentation.

Notes

Use white chocolate carefully to avoid burning when melting; microwave in short bursts is best.
For longer displays, prepare the bananas last to minimize discoloration.
Substitute almond butter with any preferred nut or seed butter for apple fangs.
Eyeball cake decorations can be substituted with edible ink pens for customizable expressions.
Keep the platter chilled until serving to maintain freshness and chocolate firmness.

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes (chocolate melting and setting time not included as passive time)
Category: Appetizer
Method: No-Cook
Cuisine: American

Keywords: Halloween fruit platter, mummy bananas, tangerine pumpkins, apple fangs, lychee eyeballs, grape snakes, spooky fruit, healthy Halloween snacks