Royalty adored the Abbot of Priscos' porcine dessert.

This gooey, sweet treat was a Soviet staple.

This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.

Soviet cafeterias whipped up this chocolate “potato” to use leftovers.

Make yourself delicious jewelry with these sweet Italian biscuits.

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

The cure and cause of a burning tongue.

The beautiful dessert evaporates in 20 minutes.

This cookie is found only in Rome's Jewish quarter.

These ornately decorated spice cookies developed alongside a Russian city's gun industry.

This sweet Scottish pudding gets boiled in a bag for special occasions.

A Finnish treat that's sweet, dark, and herbal.

These Dutch doughnuts are classic New Year's treats.

South Korea's grapefruit-flavored ice cream bar promises to help your hangover.

Batches of this Scottish flavor get a bagpipe escort into the parlor.

Pulling apart this dish creates silk-like threads of melted sugar.

These adorable buns hide savory and sweet surprises.

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

This gorgeous sugar art is making a comeback.

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

Every December, Sinterklaas and his helper throw these little spiced cookies to Dutch children.

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.

This mooncake's flaky exterior gives way to a creamy, sometimes stinky, core.