A now-shuttered Missouri drive-in brought local acclaim to patties topped in peanut butter.

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

This Route 66 institution goes the extra mile for soda-based indulgence.

Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”

The original Cronut was named after a legendary acrobat's sneeze.

Deer antlers were once essential to light and fluffy baking.

Fizzy, fruity, and still fermenting, this almost-wine is a celebrated part of Austria's harvest season.

This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.

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

Nothing says “happy holidays” quite like mulled wine and a flaming, rum-soaked sugar loaf.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

In Arkansas, this order will land you a plate of fried fish.

Cairo airport officials have seized hundreds of pounds of this smuggle-worthy delicacy.

This sharp and salty Egyptian cheese ferments for months in a bath of milk and spices.

Recycling comes to dessert, with delicious outcomes.

This meat dish slow-cooks in the embers that heat Moroccan bathhouses.

This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.

Celebrate the harvest and the return of a beloved mythical king with this 26-dish Malayali feast.

The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”

The candy is huge with Norwegian hikers and skiers.

A small village in Bulgaria is working to revive its nearly extinct moldy cheese.

Duck blood makes this Polish soup extra rich.