HOUSTON, Texas -- Sugar skulls have become one of the most iconic parts of Día de Los Muertos traditions. The sweet creations are decorated beautifully and placed on ofrendas, or Day of the Dead ...

This is a guest post written by Yvonne Condes, originally published in 2014. Every year that my boys were in elementary school, we would make sugar skulls for Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) for ...

Sugar skulls, also called calaveritas de azúcar (or calaveritas, for short), are literally skulls made from sugar. They’re found in Mexico and Mexican households for the Day of the Dead, or Día de los ...

If you can find small molds shaped like skulls, this crafty project comes together quickly. Otherwise, mold the sugar into skull shapes with your fingers. You can make sugar skulls with edible ...