These dishes are traditional foods associated with the Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration in various regions of Mexico.
A
Arroz con Leche (rice pudding)
Atole (a hot corn-based beverage)
B
Buñuelos (donut-like dessert)
C
Cajeta (caramel spread)
Calabaza en Tacha (candied pumpkin)
Calaveras de Azúcar (sugar skulls)
Caldo de Res (beef soup)
Camarones a la Diabla (deviled shrimp)
Camotes (sweet potato candy)
Capirotada (Mexican bread pudding)
Cempasúchil Flowers (edible marigold flowers)
Cerveza (beer)
Champurrado (a chocolate-based atole)
Chicharrón en Salsa Roja (pork cracklings in red sauce)
Chiles en Nogada (stuffed peppers in walnut sauce)
Chocolate Caliente (hot chocolate)
Churros
Cochinita Pibil (slow-cooked pork)
Conchas (sweet bread rolls)
D
Dulce de Calabaza (pumpkin candy)
Dulce de Leche
E
Elote (grilled corn)
Empanadas
Empanadas de Camote (sweet potato turnovers)
Enchiladas
Enchiladas Rojas (red enchiladas)
Escamoles (ant larvae)
F
Flan
Frijoles de la Olla (pot beans)
G
Gorditas
Guacamole
Guava Candy
H
Helado de Maíz y Crema (corn ice cream)
Horchata (a sweet rice-based drink)
Hot Chocolate
J
Jericalla (custard dessert)
Jícama con Chile y Limón (jicama with chili and lime)
L
Lechón (roasted baby pig)
M
Mango with Chili Powder
Marranitos (pig-shaped cookies)
Marzipan Figures
Mole (a rich, savory sauce)
Mole Poblano (a type of mole)
N
Nieve de Garrafa (handmade ice cream)
Nopales (cactus pads)
P
Pan de Muerto (bread of the dead)
Papel Picado Cookies (decorative paper-thin cookies)
Pescado a la Veracruzana (Veracruz-style fish)
Pozole (hominy soup)
Puerquitos (pig-shaped cookies)
Pulque (traditional agave drink)
Q
Quesadillas
R
Requesón (whey cheese, like ricotta)
Rompope (Mexican eggnog)
Rosca de Reyes (three kings bread)
S
Salpicón (shredded meat salad)
Salsa Fresca
Salsa Roja (red sauce)
Sikil Pak (pumpkin seed dip)
Sopa de Lima (lime soup)
Sopes
T
Tacos
Tacos al Pastor (marinated pork tacos)
Tamale (corn dough filled with meat or beans)
Tamales de Elote (sweet corn tamales)
Tejate (traditional Oaxacan drink)
Tequila
Tlayudas (Oaxacan pizza)
Torta Ahogada (drowned sandwich)
Tortilla soup
Tortillas
Tostadas
Totopos (tortilla chips)
Tres Leches Cake (a milk-soaked cake)
Tuna (prickly pear fruit)
U
Uchepos (sweet tamales)
V
Vampiro Cocktail
X
Xec (fruit salad)
Xnipec (habanero salsa)
Xocolatl (Aztec chocolate drink)
Y
Yuca con Chicharrón (cassava with fried pork)
Yuca con Mojo (cassava with garlic sauce)
Yucatan Chicken