alfenique de dia de los muertos (candy skulls)
Alfenique de Dia de los Muertos (Candy Skulls) Sugar skulls are part of Mexico's Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) tradition. Typically sugar is boiled and poured into ceramic m...
Ingredients
- 2cupconfectioners' sugar
- 1/8cupgranulated sugar
- 1tablespoonlight corn syrup
- 1/2teaspoonvanilla extract
- 1/3cupcornstarch
Directions
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Alfenique de Dia de los Muertos (Candy Skulls) Sugar skulls are part of Mexico's Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) tradition
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Typically sugar is boiled and poured into ceramic molds
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Once hardened, they are removed and decorated with colorful icings
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The name of a loved one who has passed away is written across the forehead in remembrance
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These are placed at altars honoring treasured relatives, and can be eaten later
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Other shapes are also made, such as lambs and doves, but only the skulls receive the names of those who are deceased
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The following is a recipe for making sugar skulls
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They're not as tasty as the ones made of boiled sugar (the cornstarch adds a flavor somewhat like cardboard), but are much easier to make an