San Elizario resident Laura Romero has always enjoyed making cascarones for her children to celebrate at Easter gatherings. But in recent years, Romero has elevated the craft of making a cascaron — an ...

Despite soaring egg prices, Texas shoppers looking for a cascarón, or confetti egg, this Easter won’t have to worry about paying more — at least not this year. Cascarones, the confetti-filled ...

If you've ever had a brightly colored eggshell cracked over your head and suddenly found yourself covered in confetti – congratulations. You've been showered by a cascarón. The colorful, ...

When it comes to Easter, maybe you're being dragged to church with your family or maybe you're focused on painting eggs for the kiddos to hunt in the yard. If you're mischievous, maybe you're sneaking ...

Cracking cascarones, or decorated confetti eggs, is a playful tradition during Easter in the Mexican American culture from the Southwest, as a gesture of goodwill and a way to bring good luck. This ...

And there’s no stopping her. For the past 42 years, Adelaida Mendez has sold cascarone — confetti-filled eggs — along State Street during Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days Fiesta celebration. Her eggs ...

The use of confetti at Santa Barbara parades and festivals — like Fiesta — is growing, both in the number of events where it is used and the volume of confetti tossed, the city reports. “While ...