This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.

These chocolate-covered peanuts got M&M's banned in Sweden.

This Canary Islands' specialty upgrades coffee with layers of condensed milk and liqueur.

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

These detailed, dainty confections are made by hand with minimal tools.

At some New Orleans weddings, bridesmaids predict their futures with these hidden charms.

These dairy-based sculptures have been state fair traditions for more than a century.

Finns treat this rich, baked cheese like bread.

This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

Not all poutine comes with cheese curds and gravy.

This savory seafood condiment is named after the finest cognacs.

These Neapolitan Christmas sweets double as decorations.

Deep-fried pork intestines make a crispy, salty snack on the streets of Cebu City.

This Polish Easter tradition artfully assembles symbolic foods, from bread to lamb-shaped butter.

These beautiful wooden cups are traditionally carved from birch tree burls.

Thank garbanzo beans for the melt-in-your-mouth texture of these Persian cookies.

Orchardists use sticky stencils and the power of the sun to turn apples into art.

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.

This “hodgepodge” of affordable ingredients fueled local laborers during the Industrial Revolution.

The treasures are colorful fruits and nuts.

The legend of these rum-and-molasses cookies leads to a New England tavern owned by a Black Revolutionary War veteran.

Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.

Only one bakery still makes these hard biscuits that were once beloved by Thomas Hardy.

Utah's favorite nonalcoholic beer got its start more than a century ago as a German brew.