Served on

Día de Muertos

Country of Origin 

Mexcio 1740s

Recipe

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Key Points / Halloween Connection

- Mexican treat made from sugar paste, decorated with royal icing and shaped into the form of a skull and a central element of Día de los Muertos celebrations

Brief Bio

Mexican sugar skulls, or calaveras de azúcar, are colorful, skull-shaped candies made from sugar paste and decorated with royal icing, representing both life and the afterlife. They are a central element of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations in Mexico, not as a symbol of death, but as a joyful commemoration of the deceased's lives. Sugar skulls serve as an offering on altars, symbolizing the sweetness of life and tying back to ancient Aztec traditions of honoring skull imagery.