Sugar Skull Pictures!

[Flatcoatluver]

aww those are cute and a great idea!

[Uabassoon]

Thanks for all the nice replies! I'll try to answer some of your questions.

How big are they?

About the size of a baseball.

Do you give them out at Halloween?

These are actually to celebrate Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) an important holiday in many Latin American cultures. I made a thread explaining a little about the holiday which can be found by clicking here

you mush share the recipe & where you got the moulds. I'd LOVE to make those next year

Pretty much all I used was sugar and meringue powder. The molds I was able to find locally, but this website has everything that you need.
http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/mexicansugarskull/

[Uabassoon]

ok now to answer the rest of the questions!

Are they edible, or just for the fun & celebration of the holiday? You both made a lot of them!!!

They are edible but really they are more for decoration. We made 24 total, so we each had 12 to decorate and give to our friends.

Out of curiousity how much sugar did it take to make all of them?

For the actual skulls we used 10 lbs of sugar! To make the royal icing which is what we used to decorate we used 4 lbs of powdered sugar.

[wolflady]

Wow! Those are totally neat! You both did an excellent job in decorating the skulls!

**hugs**

[.sarah]

Those are awesome! Really cute.

[wolfie]

Those are great! They turned out beautiful! Heehee, I love the Harry Potter one ^_^

[Uabassoon]

Thanks everyone!

[ramanth]

Those turned out wonderful! Love the Vader one.

[Anita Cholaine]

lol, they are so cute! I love the Darth Vader one......