How Do You Make Mexican Sugar Skulls For Dias De Los Muertos?
Day of the Dead is a two day festival celebrated in central and southern Mexico November 1st & 2nd. The tradition dates back hundreds of years and is in remembrance for all have gone before us. Typically, families visit the graves of loved ones leaving gifts of food and drink. Mexican sugar skulls are made and sold as part of the festivities. Purchase the Mexican sugar skull molds. I bought small and medium sized molds from www.mexicansugarskull.com.The molds included recipes. Angela Villalba runs this business & offers other items. The store is rich with Mexican cultural information as well as candy molds for a fun children’s craft project. Choose a dry day with low humidity to make the sugar molds or they will not harden properly. Use glass or pyrex bowls to mix the sugar with the meringue powder. Drip the water into this mixture until it is the consistency of wet sand & mix with your (clean) hands. Pack the sugar in the molds tightly. Use the back of a wooded spoon to press and pack
