Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.

These portable pancake sheets have a crispy, hollow side and a sweet, doughy side.

This German comfort food unites earthbound potatoes with apples from above.

This German sundae masquerades as an Italian dinner.

The portable breakfast food might've originated with British soldiers returning from India.

This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.

Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”

This salad named after a scandal has been traced back to Kraft and Helen Keller.

This hand-pulled cotton candy treat from Iran looks like threads of unspun silk.

These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.

This edible silver garnish has long added bling to South Asian cuisine.

A sweet and sticky accident from Derbyshire, England.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

Nothing says “happy holidays” quite like mulled wine and a flaming, rum-soaked sugar loaf.

To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

Only one bakery still makes these hard biscuits that were once beloved by Thomas Hardy.

This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.

This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”

There's much more to these offal-based meatballs than the unfortunate double meaning of their name.

A rainbow of flavor that harks back to childhood.

It's not Jamaican Easter without canned, processed cheddar cheese.