This beloved piece of Mexican-American fusion coats a bacon-wrapped dog in beans, mayo, and jalapeño salsa.

This dessert is roasted over a fire and looks like a tree.

This French wedding cake is a caramel-wrapped tower of pastry balls.

These extra-cheesy potatoes resemble decadent fondue.

Most people have never tasted the real thing.

The 17th-century dessert plants an isle of meringue in a sea of custard.

These French candies originally came in seashells.

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

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

Before they're filled with brandy, these bottles get attached to trees so pears can grow inside.

Spread this fat-poached meat on a crusty French loaf.

This jelly is made with dandelions and tastes like honey.

Belgium's stew of beef and abbey-style ale is essentially bourguignon for beer lovers.

A decadent dessert whose Italian name translates to “nipples of Venus.”

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

When the clock strikes midnight on the third Thursday of November, fans gather to celebrate the release of this fresh, fruity wine.

Ancient Celtic settlers brought this honey-based drink to Brittany.

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.

This decadent cheese has frugal roots.

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

Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.