Marzipan Day of the Dead Skulls

 Kids can make their own festive and yummy snack for Day of the Dead {Mexican holiday celebrated November 1st (All Saints' Day) and November 2nd (All Souls' Day)} with these marzipan skulls. They are super easy to make and very inexpensive.

Marzipan Day of the Dead Skulls Tutorial

What you need:

• Silicone ice cube tray with skull shapes (I bought this one for $1.00 at a dollar store, but others with skull shapes can be found at large craft stores for about $10.00)
• Marzipan (I bought some at IKEA for $2.29)
• Cake/cookie sprinkles

 What you do:

• Take a small amount of marzipan and with fingers press into the mold

•  Pop the marzipan skull out of the mold (the 7.1 oz. package of marzipan made 14 skulls)

• Decorate with sprinkles

Bon appetit!

PS When decorating the plate I added orange flower sprinkles because marigolds are the traditional flower for Day of the Dead. I also added some Mexican treats that I found in the Mexican section of a regular grocery store: Canel's chewing gum and de la Rosa peanut marzipan.

For Day of the Dead Skull Crayons go here. For even more Day of the Dead ideas go here.