Dark Chocolate Pan de Muertos

Traditional Mexican pan dulces, or “sweet breads,” take on special shapes in late October as the Day of the Dead approaches. Pan de muertos (bread of the dead) traces its roots to the conquest years, when the Spaniards first arrived in Mesoamerica and were horrified to discover that Aztecs were making a type of bread from ground amaranth seeds, honey, and human blood, which they regarded as a sacred food. In an attempt to eliminate what they perceived as a barbaric practice, the Spaniards c