The spiky, fruit cup-flavored orb made an appearance on “Star Trek.”

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

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

Take a bite out of this apple to reveal its pink interior.

The beautiful dessert evaporates in 20 minutes.

This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.

In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.

These exquisite dried persimmons are massaged for weeks.

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

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.

You can find authentic versions of this sour Slavic brew at street stalls and monasteries.

Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.

Meet Sweden's savory “sandwich cake.”

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

Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.

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

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.

This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

This traditional dessert commemorates the country's sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.

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

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

From postwar dessert to sweet slice of Canadian identity.