Halloween Snack Board with Mummy Cheese Dippers

Ingredients

• 1 8-ounce tube crescent dough (226 g)
• 8 mozzarella string cheeses (224 g)
• 1 large egg (50 g)
• 2 teaspoons water (10 g)
• 16 candy eyeballs (8 g)
• 1/2 cup pizza sauce (120 g)
• 1/2 cup ranch dip (120 g)
• 1 cup purple grapes (150 g)
• 1 cup baby carrots (120 g)
• 1 1/2 cups pretzel twists (75 g)
• 1 cup cheddar crackers (55 g)
• 1 cup orange segments (180 g)
• 3/4 cup black olives (100 g)

Instructions

1. Prepare oven. Heat the oven to 375°F and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment. Set out a board or sheet pan. Keep grapes, carrots, oranges, and olives apart from crunchy ingredients until assembly.
2. Slice dough. Unroll the crescent dough and press the perforations together. Cut it into thin, uneven strips with a knife or pizza cutter. Mixed widths make the wrappers look like loose mummy bandages.
3. Wrap cheese. Wind strips around each string cheese, overlapping loosely and leaving a gap near one end for a face. Space the wrapped cheeses on the sheet. Whisk egg and water, then brush the dough lightly.
4. Bake mummies. Bake 13 to 15 minutes, until dough is golden and cheese has softened. Rest five minutes on the sheet, then press two candy eyes onto each dipper. Use a dot of pizza sauce if an eye will not adhere.
5. Anchor board. Set pizza sauce and ranch in small bowls near the board center. Arrange warm mummy dippers around them with faces visible. Add grapes, carrots, orange segments, and olives in clusters around the center.
6. Finish layout. Fill open spaces with pretzels and cheddar crackers, keeping them away from moist fruit and vegetables. Make clusters reachable without shifting another ingredient. Serve while the dippers remain warm.

Notes

• Keep ingredients in separate clusters for easy replenishing and clear choices. Use a rimmed sheet pan when a wood board is too small.
• For four servings, bake four dippers and halve produce, crackers, pretzels, olives, and dips. Use the same bowl-first assembly order.
• Add candy eyes after baking. Heat can soften them; a brief rest keeps the mummy faces clear.