One of the world's least-loved liquors calls Chicago home.

The autumn event re-creates meals shared by French settlers and Native Americans at an 18th-century fort.

The annual feast invites local macaques to dine on towers of fruit and vegetables among the ruins of a 13th-century temple.

A Victorian favorite is hanging on in Pennsylvania.

A candy made with chocolate, coconut and ... mashed potatoes?

These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.

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

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.

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

Sicilian nuns once hung these sugary "fruits" from tree branches.

Called the turducken of desserts, this multilayered cake hides two pies inside.

Though its home region has been split by war, love for this hearty pastry transcends borders.

Four centuries ago, Dutch dairy farmers made this spiced custard pie into a South African classic.

Mornings in Amish country once called for pie-cake and coffee.

Making this wine-flavored treat requires peeling two pounds of Concord grapes.

Arkansas' unofficial state treat doesn't contain marsupials, but it does have several sweet layers.

In this tangy treat, no part of the citrus is left behind.

The Virginia treat can “make even your deepest-dyed Yankee start complimenting you with a southern accent.”

So sweet you forget to cry.

Indiana's unofficial state pie was once a desperate measure.

These massive, booze-filled cakes once made voting sweet.

A custardy twist on apple pie finds delicious use for fruit reaching spoilage.

These French candies originally came in seashells.

This velvety, vintage treat still has a fan base in Maryland.