Sugar Skulls- How to make Sugar Skulls Step-by-Step

Assemble your supplies for the sugar skulls (see below the picture)

Sugar Skull (c)2005 Chelsie Kenyon

What you will need to make great sugar skulls:

• Granulated Sugar (adjust amount depending on how many sugar skulls you will be making. Approximately 1 cup per 6 small sugar skulls, 4 medium or 1 large whole sugar skull.)
  
• Large bowl
  
• Water
  
• Sugar Skull molds (shape and size of your preference. (Some are faces only and some include two parts that you put together to make a whole skull.)
  
• Meringue powder, 1 teaspoon for each cup of sugar. (Helps to hold the sugar together.)
  
• Powdered sugar for the sugar skull decorative icing.
  
• Paste food coloring to color the icing.
  
• Icing decorator bags
  
• A large, dry area for the sugar skulls to dry in. (Once for the sugar to dry in the mold, and once for the icing to dry.)
  
• Any other decoration you like such as foil, beads or feathers.
  

View some finished sugar skulls in the Sugar Skulls Gallery

• Assemble your supplies for the sugar skulls (see below the picture)
• Prepare the Sugar
• Making the Skull
• Remove Mold and Let the Skulls Dry
• Prepare the Icing
• Decorate the Skulls
• Let the Decorated Sugar Skulls Dry
• Sugar Skull Tips
• Suggested Reading