What could be more fun on a quiet Sunday afternoon than making sugar skulls in anticipation of our family’s Day of the Day celebration later in the week?!
Since we want to decorate our sugar skulls on Tuesday, we needed to make them ahead of time so they’d be fully dry before we adorned the sugar skulls with paint, feathers and sequins.
Here’s a simple sugar skull recipe for you to try at home.
Mix 1 cup sugar with 1 teaspoon merigue powder (available at Michael’s or your local cake decorating supply store) and 1 teaspoon water.
Mix fully with your hands until every granule of sugar is moistened (about five minutes).
Mound sugar mixture into the mold, scrapping off excess with the a knife to ensure the back of the mold is smooth and level.
Place a stiff piece of cardboard over the mold and immediately invert. Tap the top of the mold to release the sugar mixture onto the cardboard and carefully, slowly lift the mold off. Let air dry for eight hours or overnight.
In a few days, after the sugar skulls are fully dry, paint and decorate them with feathers, colored foil, and sequins.
Look for photos of our decorating activities here on the blog later in the week.
Note: even though this sugar skull recipe could be edible, it doesn’t taste good because of the decorations! In other words, this is a make but don’t eat project.
Looking for supplies to make your own sugar skulls? This website has everything you need including the skeleton bride and groom chocolate bar mold we used above.
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