ShapedIceMolds 3D Large Skull Ice Cube Mold Tray, Round Whiskey Ice Mold with Lid for Whiskey Drinkers, Bartenders, Gift Exchanges, Home Bar Enthusiasts and Holiday Gifts

While you will definitely need a flat open place in your freezer to make these cool cubes (pun intended), they are definitely different than what you normally expect to see in your glass when you have a drink. I went to a place in Johnson City TN where the bartender offered "big ice." That was the inspiration for this purchase, and I'm glad I bought them. These are neat, and practical too. A larger piece of ice then what my refrigerator door delivers, will definitely keep your beverage colder without diluting your drink. With Halloween on the way, it's an appropriate skull shape, too. I will probably use these cubes in the pool room, rather than the dining room. The black molds are made of a tough, durable silicone, that was real easy to clean. To make them, I placed the water filled mold in a tray, before placing it in the freezer drawer in case someone went in there before they had time to freeze. It's possible that they could spill if somebody bumped them, but the two pieces of the mold fit perfectly within themselves to create the distinctive, somewhat detailed shape of ice. This was a good product for the price. Delivery was quick, and the box the 2 molds came in can be reused.

Worked just like it was advertised

I grabbed this on impulse because I like skull-themed stuff and this would make a great ice cube for beverages. Alas, the promise of killer skull ice cubes went partially unfulfilled, or should I say, partially filled. I poured water into the lower part of the mold presuming that the last bit of "skull" would fill in as the water froze. I put a weight on top as suggested by the instructions. (Science lesson: Water expands about 9% when it freezes.) But, alas, when I unmolded the ice cubes, I had a cool skully face, but the ice ended at the top of the mold--exactly as I'd poured it. Nothing at all like the example in the product photos.So we tried filling the mold from the little holes in the top with a tiny syringe, and that didn't work either. We got more skull, but again, not the full, smooth complete skull on the product photos. There was also a lot of ice between the mold halves, despite the weight on top holding it together. Worth noting: the ice itself wasn't perfectly clear as seen on the package. I haven't tried using distilled water (yet) but will experiment with it later.But y'know what? I have skull-face ice cubes that, while not as cool as an entire skull, are still delightfully creepy when they float around in my drinks.

I bought this for Halloween 2017. I was very satisfied with it. Have made about 4 sets of ice skulls with it since I received it. People enjoyed having an ice skull in their drink. I have yet to try other material to mold, such as chocolate, jello or plaster for art projects, but I am certain they too would turn out well using this mold.My only criticism would be that the mold tends to unlock when full, its hard to keep small amounts of water from spilling out as I'm walking it to the freezer. And also there's a pinhole size hole on the tops of the skull (I assume to water can be poured in as needed to fill the skulls after enclosing the mold) but the hole is way too small. More water falls out onto the mold than through that tiny hole. The top holes could be bigger, 2 or 3 times bigger would have been better.Still, the front part of the skull is what matters, and they turn out nice, even if their top back parts are a little flat.

They are a bit smaller (as listed) but fantastic and easy to produce many quickly without hassle. Unfortunately, humans are stupid and instead of following the directions that come with it, people are trying to fill them through the ventilation holes. Don’t do that. If you just do what it says, and fill the bottom tray about 1/3-1/2 way full, then push the top tray down over it, you will get almost perfect little skulls. The secret is finding the perfect spot to fill the bottom tray to. They should put a line, but anyone can figure it out fast. IMPORTANT: do not waste time double boiling water, lol. This is a myth. distilled water does nothing. Cloudy ice is from trapped air via fast freezing. The only way to get clear ice is called “directional freezing” (AJ a Clinebell machine or using an open igloo cooler). Slow directional freezing pushes the trapped air in water to one end of the freezing ice, which you saw or cut off. You are not going to get clear skulls like the photo, no matter what you do, unless you use directional freezing and/or slow freezing or both.

The ice mold is nearly impossible to fill. I had to cut the feeder holes on top a little bigger because it was nearly impossible to create a stream narrow enough to fit through the tiny opening. Lost a lot of stars for that. The ice cubes look pretty good but you need to use something like Zero Water filter otherwise the skulls come out very cloudy and you can't make out the detail. It's a lot more work than I want for ice cubes but done right, they look pretty cool.