Planning on hosting a Halloween bash but don't fancy spending hours in the kitchen fixing the snacks? These simple ideas will appeal to all ages and only take a few minutes to make. Each easy nibble uses just three or four ingredients and there's no need for any special cutters or equipment. Even if you don't usually celebrate Halloween, these simple hacks will add a scarily twist to your evening.

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Fashionable grazing boards are easy to put together using classic charcuterie ingredients such as cheese, salami, pickles and crackers or chocolate, popcorn and marshmallows. But why not give your sharing platter a spooky spin this Halloween with these spine-tingling ideas. Each terrifying treat can be served alone or arranged on a large board and decorated with suitably scary extras such as dark berries, figs, spicy kabanos or thin salami sticks, cherry tomatoes, breadsticks and gherkins for maximum fright factor.

This makes a striking centrepiece for your scaring platter.

Guacamole makes a great ghoulish dip but should be prepared just before serving.

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Sweet treats can also be served singly or arranged together on a sharing board. Use extras such as dark chocolate buttons, jelly sweets, dark berries, dates or unravelled fruit leathers to decorate your platter.

These cute chocolate bites can be made a day ahead and kept at cool room temperature.

For a moderately healthy sweet treat, try these kiwi monster heads.

Make the most of a packet of biscuits and a bag of sweets

Doughnut ghosts are super-easy to make and great for preparing ahead.

These cobwebs couldn't be easier, they take no time at all to prepare