Cheese Slice Owl - A Fun Halloween Appetizer

Make a Cheese Slice Owl for your Halloween party or owl-themed event. They are so cute and so easy to make. This snack would even be great for a baby shower.

People often ask how I continue to come up with ideas for my fun food crafts. When I see something cute, I always imagine what it would be like made out of food.

The other day I came across a craft project that I just fell in love with and I instantly visualized how I could create an edible version of it. Lynn Put over at The Queen's Scene created adorable owl boxes for a Valentine's Day craft.

I took one look at the box and knew I had to re-create it out of cheese slices.

I know my mind works in mysterious ways. 

While Lynn's medium of choice is card stock and colorful paper, mine is Cheddar, American, Co-Jack, and Provolone cheeses along with two jumbo black olives.

Using Lynn's owl as a guide, I was easily able to create my own version out of cheese. I always serve some sort of cheese at our parties and think this will be the most impressive cheese display I've ever served.

Cheese Slice Owl

Originally Published October 13, 2011

Ingredients

3 slices American cheese
4 slices Co-Jack cheese
2 slices Sharp Cheddar cheese
1 slice Provolone Cheese
2 jumbo black olives

Supplies

round cookie cutters (1 ½", 2", and 3")
optional: small oval and teardrop cookie cutters

Instructions

cut out cheese slices

• Use a knife or kitchen shears to cut a slight curve out of a slice of American cheese.
• Repeat with two more slices.
• Lay one slice with curve side down on your serving platter.
• Just above it lay two slices on top of each other with the curved side up.
• Cut two little ovals out of a slice of Cheddar cheese using a cookie cutter, knife, or kitchen shears and lay the ovals over the bottom curve to make the owl's feet.
• Use a 1 ½" round cookie cutter to cut three circles out of Co-Jack cheese.
• Set them in a row just above the feet.

assemble the cheese slice owl

• Cut three more circles of Co-Jack cheese and set them in a row just above the first row of circles.
• Cut 8 more circles of Co-Jack cheese.
• Then cut each of the circles in half.
• Begin layering them, offsetting the rows as you go to form the owl's feathers.
• Make four rows, with either three or four feathers.

• Cut a beak using a knife or a small teardrop cookie cutter.
• Set it just above the top layer of feathers.
• Use a 2" round cookie cutter to cut two circles out of Provolone cheese.
• Set above and just over the top edge of the beak.
• Use a 3" round cookie cutter to cut one circle out of Cheddar cheese.
• Cut the circle in half and attach at the sides of the owl for the wings.
• In order to get your olives to sit nicely on the cheese, cut off a slice on one side creating a flat surface.
• Set the olives on the Provolone cheese circles to create the pupils of the owl's eyes.

Serve with crackers.

You can make this edible art up to a day ahead of your party.

Cover it tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate.

I would suggest you add the olive eyes just before serving.

If you like owls, you might also like to make these...

Cute Owl Cupcakes

Pretzel Owls

Black Olive Owls with Cheese Eyes

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Beth Klosterboer

Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com

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