These Neapolitan Christmas sweets double as decorations.

In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.

To release steam, Victorian bakers placed whimsical ceramics in their pastries.

Baking this dual-layered bread is a difficult art.

The briny “asparagus of the sea” grows along coasts around the world.

It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

This spiced jerky is a beloved snack in South Africa.

This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.

The original energy bar.

In Gilroy, California, garlic flavors everything, including desserts.

The cure and cause of a burning tongue.

These Dutch doughnuts are classic New Year's treats.

This sweet symbolic figurine is a Sicilian holiday tradition.

The caffeinated wine is made by British monks and loved by Scottish criminals.

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

This spiced, warming drink may have helped broker peace between warring tribes.

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

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

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.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

Teething babies and royalty were fans of this British city's signature sherry.