Star Wars - The Last Jedi Crystal Fox (Vulptex) Candy Made from Peppermint Patties

One of my favorite creatures from Star Wars The Last Jedi movie are the crystal foxes, which I found out are called vulptex (or the plural of vulptices!).   After making no bake Star Wars porg cookies (scroll down) I knew I had to try the little crystal critters from the salt covered planet of Crait. 

Making candy crystals or glass seems really simple as the ingredients are sugar, corn syrup, and water.  You can read about making it here.  It is pretty easy - you just heat it all up to 300 degrees F and pour it out and let it harden BUT keeping it clear is the tricky part.  I've found once you get to 300 degrees it tends to caramelize and yellow and if you remove it too soon then it doesn't harden well.  The trick I ended up using was to remove the sugar at 250 degrees then add it to microwave safe bowl and reheat a bit as needed in the microwave keeping an eye on it that it was still clear and after pouring out it hardened into "glass".  This took a couple tries and I have found I am not a sugar candy expert at all!

I used the candy crystals to then decorate some heart shaped peppermint patties.  I've actually made foxes before from these peppermint patties (scroll below) so figured they'd make a great base again for these little crystal foxes! Plus they are available right now for Valentine's Day.

Their tall pointy ears are made from some vanilla candy melting wafers topped with some of the candy glass.  Once the vanilla candy hardens you can attach them to the peppermint patty.

Coat the entire patty with melted vanilla candy wafers.  Attach the ears, eyes (candy coated sunflower seeds), nose (large black round sprinkle), and candy crystals before the vanilla candy hardens (add more melted vanilla candy as needed). Color the eyes with a blue edible food writer.

And you have your own "skulk" aka group of crystal foxes!

OK I think I'm done with new Star Wars creatures (for now!).  Although I'm definitely not making thala-sirens - those odd milk producers from The Last Jedi, I did make some "thala-siren" green milk and "bantha" blue milk lattes!

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You may like to see these other fun treats!

Porg and Chewbacca No Bake Cookies

Candy Foxes Made from Peppermint Patties

Day 7 Star Wars Creature Candies & Cupcakes #12daysofStarWars

Hey all Happy Saturday! Guess what?? Only 5 days until the new movie opens! 

And for the #12daysofStarWars countdown we're onto:

 THE 7TH DAY OF STAR WARS 

Star Wars Creature Candies and Cupcakes!

All of the creatures in the SW franchise are my favorites and a reason why so many love the movies. I'm totally speculating on that but if I had to guess why the movies have lasted so long, one of the reasons would be the awesome creatures peppered throughout. 

Many creatures don't have lines but they do play big parts.

Remember the Mynocks?  They were creatures within a creature. Or the Sarlacc that is consuming Boba Fett over years and years (or so when we last saw him anyway).

Some of my other favs are the Bantha - that produces cool light blue milk, the Acklay - all claws and fangs, the Jawa (utini!), the Rancor - crushed by Luke on Jabba's sand barge, and the Sarlacc again.

I can't forget 2 of my favorite Hoth planet creatures.  The Tauntaun whose innards make a nice sleeping blanket and the Wampa - who I feel could be the misunderstood Bumble from Rudolph.

And these guys are my favorite trio of all time.  

Ewoks - We just named our newest puppy Wicket - so big Ewok fans here.  They are a force to be reckoned with even with their primitive tools.  Max Rebo - one of the musicians that plays for Jabba - he needs a better agent.  And another Jawa, because they travel in packs. 

Enjoy them on their own as candies or use them to make some Star Wars themed cupcakes in celebration of the new movie.

And I know these creatures are not to scale - or Max Rebo would be tiny compared to the Rancor or a Bantha but let's pretend all is well since they are candy anyway!  Only a few more days to go until The Force Awakens hits movie theaters.  

Next SW treat up tomorrow nite!

Stop back everyday for another Star Wars treat or follow along on Facebook, Instagram and/or Twitter! #12daysofStarWars @sugarswings

How To Make Star Wars Creatures

Ingredients:

• Marshmallows and shapes of marshmallow Peeps (halloween cats, ghosts)
• Melting candy wafers in various colors
• Pretzel sticks (for Acklay legs and Ewok staff)
• Sweetened coconut flakes (for Wampa)
• Red licorice (for Sarlacc)
• M and M's (for Mynocks and Jawa face)
• Brown, red, and white sprinkles (for Acklay and Mynocks, Tauntaun, and Wampa and Sarlacc)
• Black round sprinkles (various character eyes)
• yellow round sprinkles (Jawa eyes)
• Orange Tootsie roll (rolled to make Ewok hood) 

Directions:

1. Cut Peeps and marshmallows into basic character shapes.
2. Cover or coat with candy melts in appropriate character colors.
3. Use pretzels, coconut, and other ingredients as details (follow pictures).  Add these while the candy melt is still unhardened or add more melted candy wafers to attach details to the creature.
4. Mynocks have no marshmallow and are all candy melt/m and m candies, and sprinkles.
5. Acklay uses candy coated pretzel sticks as legs.
6. Ewoks hood is a rolled orange Tootsie Roll- microwave 5 seconds and then roll candy and cut to shape.

See All the #12dayofStarWars Treats so far:

Day 1 Princess Leia Marshmallows

Day 2 Chewbacca (or Ewok!) and Wampa Coconut Macaroons

Day 3 Star Wars Bundt cake (with Yoda inside!)

Day 4 Star Wars Roll Cake

Day 5 Star Wars Character Christmas Cookies

Day 6 Star Wars Oatmeal Creme Pie Galaxy Cookies

Star Wars Creature Cupcakes - May the 4th Be With You!

Happy Star Wars Day! May the 4th Be With You.  

I've done a bunch of Star Wars posts over the years but this one has to be one of my favs.  The creatures in the Star Wars movies are always so cool and really make the movies so special.  (I don't even mind Jar Jar Binks so much - I know sorry hard core SW fans!)

I made a bunch of my favorite creatures in edible form for you and in celebration of all that is Star Wars today.  Most of them are made starting with some Ghost Marshmallow Peeps that I found frozen in our freezer.  Most all of the detail is made with melted candy melts in various colors, some pretzel sticks, and various sprinkles.

Hopefully the Star Wars fans can identify at least a few of these.  Below (clockwise) a Bantha, Acklay, Jawa, Rancor, and Sarlacc.

A couple of Mynocks:

A Taun Taun and the Wampa

This is the 3rd wampa I've done!

And better pics of the Mynocks and the Sarlacc pit

A happy Star Wars creature reunion photo!

Can't wait to see all the new creatures in Star Wars VII coming out this December.  What's your favorite in all the movies?

You may also like some of the other Star Wars treats I've made over the years.  See the Star Wars category on the right hand side of the blog for all the links.  The Yoda Bundt Cake is my 2nd fav!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Star Wars Day!

Oh and if you'd like the directions on how to make any of these, please just send me an email.  Some are easier than others and use melted candy wafers on top of marshmallow Peeps as the base.