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Hackberry
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Hackberry

The little-known fruit tastes like peanut M&Ms.
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Coco de Mer
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Coco de Mer

A delicious fruit with a suggestively-shaped seed.
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Pączki
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Pączki

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

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.
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Buchteln
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Buchteln

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

Every year, one tiny Tennessee town celebrates this sugary Southern duo.
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World Nettle Eating Championships
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World Nettle Eating Championships

Get ready to feel the burn.
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Pashmak
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Pashmak

This hand-pulled cotton candy treat from Iran looks like threads of unspun silk.
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Stuffed Camel Spleen
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Stuffed Camel Spleen

Giant logs of offal become satisfying street sandwiches in the old city of Fes.
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Louisiana Russian Cake
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Louisiana Russian Cake

Recycling comes to dessert, with delicious outcomes.
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Lovespoons
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Lovespoons

This ancient token of betrothal lives on as a Valentine's Day gift in Wales.
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Fatafat
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Fatafat

A complexly flavored post-meal digestive became the candy of choice for Indian children in the 1980s and ’90s.
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Peach Sliders
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Peach Sliders

This sweet sandwich celebrates Georgia's favorite crop.
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Jam Roly-Poly
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Jam Roly-Poly

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

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

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

Elderly villagers hunt the digger wasps that stud these Japanese rice crackers.
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Kashan Rose Water Festival
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Kashan Rose Water Festival

Iran’s annual celebration of its signature flower makes this desert region fragrant.
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Pops' Root Beer Bread Pudding
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Pops' Root Beer Bread Pudding

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

Layers of flavored tea combine to create a drinkable rainbow.
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Banta
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Banta

This sweet and salty Indian drink keeps an endangered soda bottle in business.
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Marmite de l’Escalade
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Marmite de l’Escalade

Smashing this chocolate cauldron is the best part of Geneva’s celebration of a historic battle win.
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Maple Hurricane Sauce
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Maple Hurricane Sauce

After a hurricane struck New England in 1938, one chef used windfall apples to make a sweet breakfast-topper.
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Desert Truffles
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Desert Truffles

So strong is Kuwaitis’ love for this seasonal delicacy that an entire market gets set up just for its sale.
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