Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.

The original energy bar.

This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.

The marshmallow-based candy is named for a delicacy just out of the ancient Greeks' reach.

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

Baking this dual-layered bread is a difficult art.

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

The story of Britain's smelliest cheese involves monks, drunks, and endangered cows.

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

The traditional sweet currant cake has an incendiary reputation.

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.

Once ubiquitous throughout the city, shops serving this unique Pakistani curry are disappearing.

Invented in Scotland in the late 1800s, this syrupy “instant coffee” is now a beloved baking ingredient.

This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.

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

On November 5, the British celebrate a thwarted assassination attempt with bonfires and deliciously dense, sticky gingerbread.

The decadent pastry almost outshines the Slovenian lake it's named for.

Folding and deep-frying pies is a beloved Neapolitan tradition.

This dessert pays tribute to the snow-covered mountains surrounding Salzburg.

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

This “hodgepodge” of affordable ingredients fueled local laborers during the Industrial Revolution.

Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.

A sailor's stew that's come to define Liverpudlians.