This pristine honey with a cool menthol aftertaste is produced by honeybees that feast on a Hawaiian mesquite forest.

The city of the Taj Mahal hosts another wonder: Crystallized pumpkin candy.

Sweet-makers conjure up this light-as-a-cloud cream pudding on dewy nights in Lucknow, India.

This Native American sour corn mixture can come as a cool drink or warm porridge.

This jewel-like corn became an internet sensation.

At an abbey in the Tuscan countryside, monks specialize in a curative, flower-based liqueur.

This slightly sweet dessert is a staple in some Black American Muslim communities.

Peru's strikingly beautiful mashed potato casserole.

The sweet potato donuts are an integral part of the Afro-Peruvian community.

This signature pepper has been a hot commodity since the Maya era.

These “holy bones” taste like heaven.

This ricotta and marzipan pastry honors the Sicilian saint's most noteworthy body part.

Outside chapels carved from cliffs and caves, elderly women sell sweet, beautiful breads rooted in Armenia’s Christian traditions.

In the mountains of the Philippines, nuns raise funds with a sweet spread made from purple yams.

This French Creole Christmas Eve tradition takes midnight munchies to a whole new level.

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

The secret to Romania's hangover-busting soup is tripe.

This haggis-meatloaf mashup is a Romanian Easter classic.

With this egg-based Christmas dessert, Portuguese pastelarias celebrate a bloodsucking fish.

When faced with less-than-optimal ingredients, Swedes and Norwegians once clarified their brews with eggs.

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

These pull-apart rolls were once baked with lottery tickets in the center.

This sweet, silky Irish pudding has a secret ingredient: seaweed.

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