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White-Chocolate Sugar Skulls Learn how to create and decorate white-chocolate sugar skulls for your Mexican celebration. From "Craft Lab" episode DCLB-120

Guest Kathy Cano Murillo joins host Jennifer Perkins in DIY's Craft Lab where they make to-die-for skull treats with white chocolate for the Mexican "Day of the Dead" holiday celebration.

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	Treat your "Day of the Dead" guests to these melt-in-your-mouth skull white-chocolate treats.
	Figure A

Project designed by Kathy Cano Murillo.

White-Chocolate Sugar Skulls

Ingredients and Supplies:

1 tray of mini-sugar skull molds
1 bag of Wilton White Chocolate Melting Chips
1 microwave safe mixing bowl
1 mixing spoon or chopstick
1 roll of wax paper
assorted tubes of Frosting Doodle or other mini-tubes of colored icing
sugared flowers
edible glitter
candy sprinkles

Put one cup of chips in the bowl and microwave on high for 15 seconds. Remove and stir.

Tip: It's crucial to keep stirring—otherwise the chips will scorch. Repeat for 15-second intervals until all the chips have melted to a creamy consistency.

Spoon the mixture into the molds (figure A). Using both hands, lift the tray about six inches from the table and drop it. This will allow the mixture to settle in the grooves of the mold, and remove any bubbles. Let cool until firm.

Flip the skulls on a sheet of wax paper. Knead the tube of frosting until the contents are of an even consistency. Test by squeezing on paper. If the frosting is watery at the top, remove the lid and stir with a chopstick. Draw on eyes, flowers, hearts or any other desired designs.

Decorate the frosting by pressing in a sugar flowers or sprinkle on candy glitter. Wrap the finished skulls in small cellophane bags with ties and keep refrigerated until eaten.

The key to success with this project is to keep stirring the chips when you remove them from the microwave. That way they will melt into each other and create a creamy texture. Visit a local cake decorating shop to find tiny sugar decorations to use on your skulls.

Take It to the Next Level!

Make multicolored skulls by using other colors of the melting chips—pink, purple, red, green, etc. Write the names of your friends on the foreheads of the skulls and pass them out.
Instead of using small molds, use large full-size skull molds and decorate with larger frosting applicators.

RESOURCES :

Crafty Chica's Art de la Soul: Glittery Ideas to Liven Up Your Life
by Kathy Cano Murillo
Rayo Books/HarperCollins
Website: www.rayobooks.com

Candy Melts
Wilton Industries
Website: www.wilton.com

GUESTS :

Kathy Cano Murillo
Crafty Chica Designs
patrickandkathymurillo.stores.yahoo.net/