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    Home » Recipes » Gluten-Free (GF)

    Cold Cut Meat Head (GFDF, Keto, Paleo, Whole30, AIP)

    Published: Oct 13, 2019 · Modified: Jun 15, 2021 by Heather Cooan, MBA, NTP, FDN-P, ONC · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    cold cut meat head meat and cheese platter
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    This cold cut meat head centerpiece in this meat and cheese tray will creep everyone out, it's so cool looking with scary green eyes. They'll be talking about it for years! It looks so real, made out of meat!

    No party is complete without a meat and cheese tray and this is the most creative and creepy way to dress up that boring old plate of meat and cheese I've ever seen! So fun and festive and you can get as gorry and gross as you want. You can go all out with blood and creepy crawlies, or you can keep it clean with just the cold cut meat head.

    You can add veggies to this tray to ensure you have additional options for your friends who are dairy-free or veggie-focused. You could also add some flax crackers. You can also serve Frankenstein's Fingers on this cold cut platter as the cheese option for an even freakier display!

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    This cold cut platter is super quick and easy and makes the perfect centerpiece to your Halloween snack table. You can serve so many cool things alongside it like Bloody Floating Hand Punch or Bloody Chicken Eyeballs!

    You can dress up the table even more with plastic bones or severed body parts scattered among the munchies! Maybe add some creepy crawlies like rubber roaches or plastic spiders to make things come alive (see what I did there). lol

    cold cut meat head meat and cheese platter

    Cold Cut Meat Head

    Heather Cooan
    The meat head centerpiece in this cold cut platter is the best. So creepy and fun at Halloween!
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 1 hr
    Total Time 1 hr
    Course Snacks
    Cuisine American
    Servings 20 Servings
    Calories 47 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • Bucky or Another Suitable Plastic Skull
    • ½ Pound Thinly Sliced Ham or Prosciutto
    • 1 Package Softened Cream Cheese or Sugar-Free Raspberry Jam or Jell-O
    • Assorted Cold Cuts and Cheeses
    • Plastic Eyes or Green Olives for Eyes optional

    Instructions
     

    • Wash the plastic skull, I just run it through the dishwasher.
    • Mix your cream cheese with red food coloring until it's the color you want it and coat your skull in the cream cheese. This is to give the meat something to stick to and hold it on to the skull. You can also use thinly sliced sugar-free Jell-O or sugar-free jam to add more gore to your head.
    • Similar to paper mache from third grade, cover the skull with ham as you would newspaper. You're trying to make the ham look like muscle tissue.
    • Place a green olive, pimentos out, into each eye socket.
    • Add all the meats and cheeses you want to the tray around the head.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 47kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 1gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 75mgPotassium: 23mgSugar: 1gVitamin A: 5IUCalcium: 1mgIron: 1mg
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    1. Tiffany says

      October 14, 2010 at 1:12 pm

      Positively grotesque and fabulous all at once! Love it!

    2. Forsamlingshus Fyn says

      January 23, 2011 at 4:23 pm

      Lol nice one.

      Im sooo gonna buy this skull for the next halloween 😀

    3. Ala Lewis says

      February 10, 2011 at 10:22 pm

      It is a very good dish for Halloween. I am just going to try it out on next Halloween. Thanks for the great idea. I like it very much.

    4. Mitch says

      February 11, 2011 at 12:41 pm

      OMG This is like disgusting and creepy and so cool all at the same time LMAO!!!!!!!! Can not wait to do this and to think I have to wait till Halloween man it sucks!

      Mitch

    5. hcg diet scottsdale says

      February 17, 2011 at 12:29 am

      Extremely wonderful!

    6. tabla tip tigla says

      February 26, 2011 at 10:35 am

      Positively grotesque and fabulous all at once! Love it!

    7. Garfield says

      May 12, 2011 at 12:50 pm

      This looks twisted. But that's ok, because I'll eat anything once! And luckily, this isn't even any of the crazy stuff I read on the foodie blog all day. Just good old deli meat.

    8. Tarkan Mp3 İndir Download says

      June 02, 2011 at 3:42 am

      Good Post Awsome !

    9. pembe maske sipariş ver says

      October 28, 2011 at 4:32 am

      Positively grotesque and fabulous all at once! Love it!

    10. Fuquay Varina says

      November 02, 2011 at 4:46 pm

      So gross,yet super cool I have to make this,Town of Fuquay Varina

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