Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

Ground nuts provide the base for this warm, caffeine-free drink.

This savory seafood condiment is named after the finest cognacs.

Frozen custard gets topped with green chile sauce and salty pecans to make this Las Cruces specialty.

This traditional drink is made with a little-known variety of cacao.

Pennsylvanians come out in droves for this pre-Lent delicacy.

These rare traditional dumplings are as big as a plate.

This pink cake celebrates a long-ago football victory.

This towering treat is a slice of New Orleans immigrant history.

The Nova Scotia ice cream flavor is so beloved, women dye their hair to match its pastel swirl.

The Ukrainian wedding bread is so beautiful, it's displayed near the altar.

When Ukrainian immigrants embraced a local crop, a sweet prairie perogy was born.

Revelers roast wieners and “witches” at this annual Czech festival.

Detroit's signature soda shake blends Vernors ginger ale with vanilla ice cream.

From postwar dessert to sweet slice of Canadian identity.

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

No rodents were harmed in the making of this fried Canadian treat.

These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.

This sugar-soaked South Asian sweet isn’t your basic bread pudding.

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

In an Ethiopian forest, a dying breed of beekeepers scales dangerously tall trees to harvest nectar from handmade hives.

Bakers delicately wrap this corn-and-bean dumpling in hickory leaves before boiling.

This Christmas bread is formed in the shape of the baby Jesus.

This ultra-thin blue corn delicacy is traditionally eaten at Hopi weddings.