Portugal's volcanic archipelago is home to addictively sweet and chewy muffins.

At a subterranean Edinburgh bar, drinkers can assemble their cocktails via kitschy claw machine.

A Lapland delicacy, this tender meat gets drizzled in sweet lingonberry syrup.

Facing invasion, the small town of Boticas buried their bottles and gave birth to a unique style of wine.

"Monk's Head" cheese requires a special shaver.

Fizzy, fruity, and still fermenting, this almost-wine is a celebrated part of Austria's harvest season.

Sabering champagne doesn’t hold a candle to this method of cracking open wine bottles with red-hot iron.

Meet Sweden's savory “sandwich cake.”

This old-school Italian dish comes in a rich and savory wrapper.

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

In Catalonia, the fortified wine has its own weekend ritual.

One of the smallest cities in the world specializes in mistletoe brandy.

This herbal liqueur is produced by a Benedictine monastery in the Spanish wine region of La Rioja.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

This ruby, tannic style is little-known outside its native Bulgaria.

This heavenly custard was born from the leftovers of sherry winemaking.

The Netherlands' most famous treat now comes in a bottle.

Every autumn, Valencians celebrate their love by giving handkerchiefs filled with decorated marzipan treats.

These sweet hands come with stories of triumph and brutality.

For some students at the University of Oxford, the end of the year means getting covered with eggs, shaving cream, and champagne.

Before Lent, residents of Trás-os-Montes indulge in a pairing of stuffed pork stomach and bean pods.

These salty potatoes were originally boiled in seawater.

The rich, potato-filled dish nourished Catholics on meatless Fridays.

These chocolate-covered peanuts got M&M's banned in Sweden.