It was nearly impossible, so I ended up making an entire head... flesh is more artistically forgiving than bone.
I made the brain out of chocolate rice krispie treats (just because I much prefer chocolate), and the skin out of regular rice krispie treats... it was one standard-sized batch of each flavor. If you want to try this, do yourself a favor, and after forming the very basic shape, put an apple in its mouth (to keep it open), and put it in the fridge for a few hours so that it will hold its shape. Otherwise you end up with a gooey mess.
Once the head is chilled, you can make it look more human. Squish a nose, eyebrows, and cheekbones up from the flesh. Add large yellow jellybeans for rotten teeth, then press the mouth closed to hold them in place. For the eyes, slice a large white jellybean in half, and use food coloring to make irises and pupils. Give him a bit of a grin... it is more unsettling than a grimace.
If you want to get extra morbid, peel back parts of the skull, shape the surface of the chocolate section into two wrinkly brain hemispheres, and apply red food coloring or cherry pie filling for blood. Don't worry about getting it perfect, he's supposed to be a bit mangled.
Here's lookin' at you, kid.
Put it in the fridge at least overnight, to let the thing set. There were only a few of us at the party, but we devoured that thing as though we were starving cannibals. Delicious.
What is your favorite Halloween treat?
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