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Exotic Fruit BooCuterie Board

Freaky Fruit BooCuterie Board

Exotic Fruit BooCuterie Board

This seasonal celebration spotlighted Melissa’s most unique and exotic fruits, from Kiwano Melon and Cherimoya to Passion Fruit, Mangosteen, and beyond. Our 40 guests enjoyed a vibrant tasting experience featuring a colorful, fruit-forward menu, plus live chef demos that brought the lineup to life.

Key Highlights:

Freaky Fruit BooCuterie Board

        • A curated menu featuring Grilled Pressed Tofu with Orange-Pomegranate Glaze, Freaky Fruit Salad with dragon fruit, kiwano melon, papaya, and finger limes, Hot Honey Buttered Hasselback Dutch Potatoes, Spinach Salad with Spicy Grilled Shrimp and Pomegranate Vinaigrette, Grilled Chicken Breast with Tropical Chutney, Tofu Cheesecake with Blood Orange Syrup and Passion Fruit Sauce, and the refreshing Kiwano Monster Fizz mocktail.

BooCuterie Board

  • Guests departed with a Freaky Fruit goodie box packed with Kiwano Melon, Chile Lime Seasoning, Organic Agave Syrup, Mangosteen, Dutch Red and Yellow Potatoes, Key Limes, Lemons, Pomegranate Arils, Passion Fruit, Garlic, Cherimoya, and Dragon Fruit.
  • Beautiful displays and creative storytelling around Melissa’s exotic fruit category made for strong lifestyle and social media moments.
  • Chef Tom Fraker led an engaging culinary demo, preparing his Hot Honey Buttered Hasselback Dutch Potatoes and Dragon Fruit and Kiwano Fruit Salad for attendees—a creative dish that perfectly highlighted the versatility of Melissa’s Freaky Fruit..
  • A liveFREAKY FRUIT presentation showcasing all the fruits in the program, providing guests with valuable education and inspiration about Melissa’s Freaky Fruit lineup.

Key Takeaways:

  • Freaky Fruit season continues to be one of Melissa’s most distinctive storytelling opportunities—everyone left with a deeper appreciation for the flavor, creativity, and excitement that exotic produce brings.
  • The event reinforced Melissa’s role as a leader in unique and hard-to-find fruits, supported by strong culinary inspiration.
  • From the vibrant dishes to the curated goodie boxes, the event provided ample content opportunities for lifestyle media, food editors, and social platforms.

  • Decorative Additions

    Stuffed green olives (“Witch’s Eyes”)
    Small candies or edible googly eyes
    Halloween-themed props like plastic skeletons, skulls, spiders, and centipedes for decoration

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Recipe

Exotic Fruit BooCuterie Board
Appetizer
Exotic Fruit BooCuterie board is perfect for Halloween parties. Dragon fruit, Kiwano melon, Pomegranate, Ramabutan, meats, and cheeses

Ingredients

1-2 passion fruits
1-2 blood oranges
1-2 Dragon fruits (white and red varieties)
1 Pomegranate, or Melissa’s Pomegranate Arils
5-6 Rambutans with candy eyes inserted
4 Kiwis, sliced
2 Persimmons, sliced
Dried apricots and figs for garnish
Cheese & Meats
1 round of Brie or Camembert cheese
8-10 slices of hard cheese (like cheddar or gouda), cut into wedges
Salami or prosciutto slices, rolled into "roses"
Ghost-shaped white cheddar or mozzarella slices (use a ghost cookie cutter for shapes)

Instructions

Prepare the Cheese & Meats
Brie Cheese Ghost: Take a round of Brie or Camembert and cut out a small ghost shape in the center of the top rind.
You can use a mini cookie cutter or carefully carve the shape with a knife.
In the carved space, place a slice of peeled kiwano (horned melon) or pomegranate seeds for a spooky, translucent "ghost."
Ghost Cheese Slices:
Using a ghost-shaped cookie cutter, cut slices of white cheddar or mozzarella into ghost shapes. Add candy googly eyes to bring them to life!
Prepare the Freaky Fruit®
Passion Fruit "Monster Eyes":
Halve the passion fruits and place a candy googly eye in the center of each.
The gelatinous inside of the passion fruit mimics the look of monster eyes.
Note: Passion fruits are ripe and ready to eat when the skin looks wrinkly.
Rambutan “Hairy Monsters”:
Peel the rambutans halfway, leaving the spiky skin intact.
Add googly eyes to the peeled portion to create little monsters.
Blood Oranges & Dragon Fruit:
Slice the blood oranges into rounds for a "bloody" effect, and do the same with the dragon fruit, giving your platter a pop of color.
Pomegranate Seeds:
Scatter these throughout the platter to resemble "bloody bites" or drips.
Assemble the Platter
Start by placing your Brie "Ghost" in the center of the board as the focal point.
Add the ghost-shaped cheese slices around it, interspersing them with rolled salami or prosciutto "roses."
Arrange the blood oranges, dragon fruit, rambutans, kiwi slices, and passion fruit halves around the cheese and meats.
Fill in the gaps with pomegranate seeds, dried apricots, figs, and decorative candies or edible googly eyes.
Final Touches:
Add Halloween props such as plastic skeletons, spiders, and centipedes around the platter for extra creepiness.
Serve the stuffed olives in small, cauldron-like bowls for a witchy effect.

Serves

10

Preparation Time (hrs/min)

1,

Cooking Time (hrs/min)

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