Darth Maul Cookies

My nephew's having his birthday party tomorrow, and I promised to bring something. He's obsessed with Star Wars, and Darth Maul is his favorite, so Darth Maul cookies it is.

I used this cookie recipe and the GingerDead Men cookie cutter I got at the Paris catacombs gift shop. (It makes perfect skeletons, because the other side has a stamp on it. I like to do chocolate cookies and pipe in the bones with white chocolate.) 

Then comes the fun part: decorating them.

My husband got these liqurice sticks to use as lightsabers:

I used fondant for the details like his horns. 

Here's the finished product:

They're far from perfect, but hopefully he'll recognize them...