Skull truffles

Marc Brownlow's Skull Truffles look like a fabulous seasonal treat:

I wanted to create a Halloween treat for adults. Something not to be gobbled, but savored. As a kid, I thought shelled walnuts looked like tiny little brains. This gave me an idea: What if I coated them with candy for Halloween? I envisioned eating handfuls of tiny candy brains…laughing maniacally. That could be fun, but if they were placed in miniature edible skulls, it would really put them over the top. If those skulls were white chocolate… Well, now we’re talking!
I just needed a way to make the skulls. Sculpting each one with modeling chocolate would quickly become tedious, so making some sort of mold seemed like the obvious solution. Besides, modeling chocolate isn’t exactly the best tasting stuff on the planet. Perhaps it would be worthwhile to make them into some sort of crazy truffle. A white chocolate shell with a surprise bittersweet center sounded tasty.

Halloween Skull Truffles [makeprojects.com]

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In a similar vein… voodoo bunny chocolates by Lillie Belle chocolates in Central Point, OR
http://www.lilliebellefarms.com/product.asp?specific=jnqpono8
Layne

These things are all kinds of awesome.
What little kid *didn’t* think that walnuts didnt look like brains? Pecans too!
Jeff Ritzmann

I’m curious about one thing – making the silicone mold (as I’ve done many times) – how does one know that the mold is not toxic. I’ve used the Tin-Sil silicone products from Polytek for years, but what is the non-toxic silicone that can be used after curing for food products?
http://www.knosysnetworks.com/ Knosys Networks

Reminds me of the monkey brain scene from Temple of Doom!
Mark Dow

Chef Anonymous approved.
Muse

Woo-hoo I got on BoingBoing! These were really fun to make. Jeff Ritzmann- The silicone I used is specifically food grade, ordinary silicone is not safe for food applications. You can get some at MakeYourOwnMolds.
http://www.facebook.com/daniel.harris Daniel Harris

Wow, very cool project!
OriGuy

Candy skulls are traditional treats for Dia de los Muertos, which is the day after Halloween. There are a lot of sites that have directions for making them, and you can probably buy the molds in Mexican stores. These truffles, though, are different from the Mexican candy, which is just sugar, meringue powder, and coloring.