Ghost Toast (with Mozzarella) - A Spooky Halloween Appetizer

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Ghost Toast with fresh mozzarella and tomato hearts is an easy Halloween recipe and perfect to serve at spooky parties.

Ghost Toast crostini are topped with mozzarella shaped like playful ghosts holding heart-shaped tomato pieces, with candy eyes and a fig peel mouth on a round platter.

Panfry the bread for a buttery crunch that pairs so well with the soft cheese, and season well for a festive caprese everyone will love.

Mix it up by making different expressions, and be sure to add mozzarella hands and cherry tomato hearts for extra cuteness.

Ghost Toast crostini topped with mozzarella, candy eyes, fig peel mouth, and tomatoes are arranged to look like ghosts holding hearts on a white plate, with a hand holding one piece.

Recipe Tip

Rub a garlic clove on the crispy bread for even more flavor!

Ghost Toast Ingredients

Please be sure to scroll down to the recipe card below for the complete details!

Slices of baguette, mozzarella balls, a fig, grape tomatoes, and fresh basil leaves are arranged on a gray surface, each item labeled.

Baguette: Use fresh or panfry them on medium heat until golden on both sides.
Butter: To get those slices of bread crispy and buttery (not pictured).
Mozzarella: You want to use firm and fresh mozzarella balls that can be sliced.
Grape tomatoes: These have the oblong shape we need to make the hearts.
Fig: For the mouth. Slice the remaining fig and add it underneath the mozzarella ghosts for a sweet contrast to the creamy cheese.
Basil: For that burst of fresh caprese flavor.
Season: Sprinkle with sea salt and pepper to taste (not pictured).

How to Make Ghost Toast

A hand presses a red ghost-shaped cookie cutter into white cheese on a round marble plate, with toast and a plastic spider nearby.

Prepare the ingredients: Panfry the baguette slices and cut out the mozzarella ghosts.

Two hands arrange two halves of a grape tomato into a heart shape on a white marble cutting board.

Prepare the tomato hearts: Slice the tomatoes at an angle. Halve each side through the middle, and match up the opposite sides to make the hearts (see below for more detail).

A hand slices mozzarella cheese disc next to a piece of bread topped with mozzarella ghost and a basil leaf.

Prepare the arms and mouth: Cut out mozzarella discs and halve these to make arms. Shape the mouths using fig peel and a large straw.

Hands arranging cheese slices on a piece of bread topped with a basil leaf, a mozzarella ghost, and a halved grape tomato shaped like a heart.

Assemble the ghosts: Top baguette slices with fresh basil, fig slices, mozzarella ghosts, tomato hearts, fig mouth, mozzarella arms, and candy eyes. Season well and serve.

How to Make Tomato Hearts❤️

A hand slices a small orange tomato at a slant with a knife on a round white cutting board.

Slice a grape tomato at a slant.

A hand slices a halved grape tomato in half on a white cutting board with a knife. Another halved tomato sits nearby.

Halve one half symmetrically.

A hand holds a halved grape tomato on a white cutting board, slicing it in half with a knife.

Halve the other half.

Two hands turn two tomato halves to face each other, making a heart shape on a round white cutting board.

Turn the halves to face each other making a heart shape.

Two hands holding halves of a red grape tomato cut to form a heart shape on a round white cutting board.

Repeat with the other side.

Two orange heart-shaped tomatoes, each split in half, are placed side by side on a round white surface.

And voila, you have tomato hearts!

Tips for Success

Keep an eye on the baguette when panfrying. They can quickly turn from golden to burnt.
Do add extra butter if the pan is looking dry after flipping the baguette slices over.
Dry the mozzarella ghosts on a paper towel to get rid of some of the moisture.

Serving Suggestion

Skip the tomato hearts and shape a mini ghost on top for a mother and baby ghost toast duo.

Possible Variations

Baguette: Slices of sourdough, toast, crackers, puff pastry, etc.
Mozzarella: Swap for cheddar, Swiss cheese, burrata, or a goat cheese log.
Grape tomatoes: Oblong olives can be heart shaped too.
Fig and candy eyes: Peppercorns, capers, black sesame seeds, or black olive peel.
Presentation: There are so many ways to make these. Here’s another version I made with olive eyes and mouth.

Seven pieces of bread are topped with cheese arranged to look like ghosts. All have small black olive circles for eyes, and some are holding red heart-shaped tomatoes, all on a gray surface.

How to Store Leftovers

Keep leftover ghost toast in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Enjoy them within 1 day.

FAQs

I don’t have cookie cutters. Can I still make the ghosts?

Yes? Trim the mozzarella ghost with a sharp knife, instead.

Can I make the toast in advance?

You can toast the baguette slices, shape the mozzarella ghosts, and cut the heart tomatoes, but wait to assemble until shortly before serving.

I don’t want to use candy eyes. What can I use instead?

Black sesame seeds, peppercorns, olive peel, or omit.

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Servings: toasts

Ghost Toast

By Sine Siemkowicz

Adorable mozzarella ghosts on toasted baguette topped with tomato heart and olive details.

Prep: 22

Cook: 3

Total: 25

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Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

Slice the bread.
Heat a medium skillet on medium-high heat and add the butter.
Once the butter is melted and bubbly, top with the slices of bread.
When golden on one side, flip over and to brown the other side.
Allow to cool.
Slice the mozzarella.
Use the ghost cutter to shape the mozzarella ghosts.
Cut along the outer edge of a fig to trim a thin piece of peel.
Shape the ghost mouths with the fig peel and a large straw or use a small knife.
Slice the remaining fig.
Cut the grape tomatoes at a slant, and halve each half through the middle.
Turn the two sets of tomato halves around and match them together to resemble hearts.
Top the baguette slices with a piece of basil, a slice of fig, the mozzarella ghosts, the heart tomatoes, candy eyes, and the fig mouth.
Use the small round cutter to shape 7 mozzarella discs.
Cut each mozzarella disc in half and place a half on each side of the tomato hearts to resemble arms.
Sprinkle with sea salt and pepper.
Serve.

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Nutrition

Calories: 80kcal, Carbohydrates: 10g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 3g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Trans Fat: 0.1g, Cholesterol: 8mg, Sodium: 136mg, Potassium: 63mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 182IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 25mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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