We just LOVE this tasty but super simple Halloween appetizer. A fun little snack to serve with drinks this Halloween.
Give your Halloween party food a grown up Italian twist with our scrumptious eyeball bruschetta.
These fun little nibbles will be a huge hit.
You can make them using circles of sourdough bread or slices of French baguette.
Bruschetta is always a great little appetizer and they’re just so simple to make. You can literally make up trays of these in no time and even get the kids to help out too.
Gruesomely delicious….and no eyeballs were used in the making of this yummy snack so you can serve it to Halloween loving vegetarians too!
Halloween Appetizer Ingredients
- French baguettes – or use a sourdough loaf cut into circle eye shapes
- Garlic cloves – peeled and left whole – they’re for rubbing over the toasted bread.
- Mozzarella cheese – buy the long sausage shaped mozzarella and slice into thin circles
- Black olives
- Jar of chargrilled red peppers – cut into slivers ready to use as eyeball veins.
- Olive oil for drizzling
How to make our Halloween appetizer eyeball bruschetta
- Cut your bread into circles and lightly toast
- Rub the toasted bread with raw garlic cloves this just leaves a lovely garlicky flavour on the bread.
- Add a thin slice of mozzarella, top with a black olive and add strands of red pepper as veins.
- Drizzle with just a little olive oil for that authentic Italian vibe.
- Arrange on platters and serve
Get all our Halloween recipes here – perfect for fuelling up your little ghosts and ghouls!
More savoury Halloween Recipes to make at home
- Pendle Witch Stew – a super tasty lamb stew with pumpkin served with oven baked potatoes. This is a delicious Halloween dinner for family and friends.
- Halloween Dip – our Halloween guacamole dip is super tasty, easy to make and yummy served with our paprika sprinkled toasted tortilla stars.
- Pumpkin Pasties – our tasty pumpkin pasties are great way to use up the flesh you scoop from the jack-o-lanterns.
Halloween eyeball bruschetta
The perfect Halloween appetizer for serving with drinks
Ingredients
- French baguette - 12 thin slices
- 2 garlic cloves
- 250g mozzarella cut into thin circles
- 12 Black olives
- 2 chargrilled red peppers from a jar
- 1 tbs olive oil
Instructions
- Cut your bread into circles and lightly toast.
- Rub the toasted bread with raw garlic cloves.
- Add a thin slice of mozzarella, top with a black olive and add strands of red pepper as veins.
- Drizzle with olive oil.
- Arrange on platters.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 332Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 706mgCarbohydrates: 50gFiber: 2gSugar: 6gProtein: 15g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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