The spirit of Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is that we honor our loved ones that have passed, but we are not afraid of death and we honor life by living it. That is why you will see people dress up in skull masks (calacas) and spend days cleaning and decorating the graves of families members and prepare amazing altars to welcome their dead loved ones.

Sugar Skulls are a large part of the Day of the Dead altars and celebrations. In Mexico families spend most of October preparing their sugar skulls that they will use to adorn their altars (oferendas) and grave sites. These sugar skulls are beautifully decorated and are all made by hand. They represent  the loved ones that have passed while honoring their life. That is why they are decorated with brightly colored icing, foil and feathers. They are not morbid or scary but more of a reminder that death is apart of life and that life is beautiful and fun and meant to be lived.

How to Make Sugar Skulls

Ingredients:  (for a 5 pound bag of granulated sugar)

A 5 pound bag of granulated sugar

1/4 cup of Meringue powder

10 teaspoons of water

Mix the meringue powder and sugar together and then add your water.

Fill your sugar skull molds with sugar mixture

Then turn out on cardboard and let them sit overnight.

Then decorate with icing, foil and feathers.

This recipe will yield 5 large sugar skulls or 20 medium skulls or

100 mini skulls

Coast Hwy Traders has all you need to make your sugar skulls.

Including different styles of sugar skull molds and we also have chocolate molds!

And if you do not have time to make your own sugar skulls Coast Hwy Traders will have pre-made sugar skulls direct from Mexico at the store after October 10th 2013. But hurry they sell quickly!!!

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for any questions with making your Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls

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