My boyfriend's son loves snakes, so I decided to make him a snake cake as a surprise for his 9th birthday. Everything is edible except the lizards and scorpion (one of his other favorite things). I decided to make the base look like a desert, it turned out great. He loved it. Only thing I learned on this one, the M&M's on the cake turned all funky looking from being in the refrigerator, next time, I will put those on last. It was a huge hit!