Godlike snacks/ menu planning

In Diana Wynne Jones's "Dark Lord of Derkholm", one of the gryphon children makes godlike snacks.  These are handy during any confrontation in the story, because they distract and disarm hostile negotiators, and soothe over difficult family patches.  I think it is the best description of tasty unexpected food ever.

So I'm planning my party for the weekend and I went to the co-op to purchase some godlike snacks, as I am not a cool cooking-gryphon, and my efforts in that direction rarely rise above "acceptably tasty snacks" which doesn't have the same ring at all.  Thus I just prefer to purchase fancy fixings.
Thanks to the wonder that is the American commercial market, health-food version, I now have the following cheese-and-snack plate fixings...
Sweets: Black cherries, red grapes, black plums, Kiwis, golden watermelon, honey
Savories: Cornichon pickles, mixed Spanish olives, black olives, marinated artichoke hearts, fresh avocados
Cheeses: Brie, goat, goat/sheep with ash, manchego, cheddar, some kind of spreadable lavender-honey flavored concoction
Crunchy Nibbles: Sesame water crackers, rye crisps, salted mixed nuts, banana chips, to be supplemented by baguettes closer to the day.

Then we'll have veggie lasagna, assorted vegetables sauteed in garlic/pepper/olive oil, some kind of leafy salad, hummus, and chips.
Also cocktails and coffee.  I have a tendency to arrange for there to be 2 or 3 times the appropriate amount of food for the number of guests.  Given the sort of spread I put together, I suppose it shouldn't be surprising that I've always been partial to those old Dutch still life paintings of the gourmet foods.