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Friday
17Oct2008

Witches Fingers Halloween Madness Tip#2

Witch Finger made out of marzipan, pistachios and melted red chocolate

Another great halloween tip is making spooky witch fingers out of marzipan. As an artist I have always enjoyed making candies for parties out of marzipan and I have been known to make some pretty 'risque' ones for birthdays and bridal showers! By tinting the marzipan with food coloring, I was able to make a variety of flesh tones, my favorite being green! You should be able to do this easily by mixing or kneading the food coloring into the marzipan. I used a small thin knife (like an Xacto) to get some of the flesh creases and I simply balled up some marzipan to make the finger warts. Pistachios make excellent finger nails!

The hardest part is melting some candied red chocolate which I bought at a craft store like A.C. Moore or Michael's (the colored chocolate is usually in the baking/cake decorating section next to the chocolate molds.) As you can see some of the chocolate was over-cooked to get that textured crunchy look and thats exactly how you want it for a bloody cut off finger. Its just that easy! Try it!


If you're interested in a custom order contact me as I may begin to sell boxes of these treats on Etsy!

Before They Were All Eaten

Reader Comments (4)

1)crazy cool and really gross looking
2) I WIN EMERY!
3) xoxoxoxo <3

October 19, 2008 | Unregistered Commentersteph

oh my goodness. wow these look SO good.
nicely done!


part of zee dress: http://isabellawhitney.blogspot.com/

October 19, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterisabella

these are the absolute grossest candy in the world but they tasted amazing!!! Man, I love Halloween...

you got me this time, Steph!

October 21, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterstainboy

Thats utterly disgusting but oh soo cool..lol
Great job! Your very talented. I think I'm addicted to your blog. I love crafts, beading, and I love vintage clothing and jewelry and your blog has all this, and more.
Keep up the great work!!

November 23, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSarah

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