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Pan de muerto ( Spanish for bread of the dead ) , also called pan de los muertos or dead bread in the United States , is a type of sweet roll traditionally baked in Mexico during the weeks leading up to the Día de Muertos , which is celebrated on November 1 and 2 . It is a sweetened soft bread shaped like a bun , often decorated with bone - shaped phalanges pieces . Pan de muerto is eaten on Día de Muertos , at the gravesite or altar of the deceased . In some regions , it is eaten for months before the official celebration of Dia de Muertos . In Oaxaca , pan de muerto is the same bread that is usually baked , with the addition of decorations . As part of the celebration , loved ones eat pan de muerto as well as the relative 's favorite foods . The bones represent the deceased one ( difuntos or difuntas ) and there is normally a baked tear drop on the bread to represent goddess Chimalma 's tears for the living . The bones are represented in a circle to portray the circle of life . The bread is topped with sugar . This bread can be found in Mexican grocery stores in the U.S.
Pan de muerto