In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.

Most people have never tasted the real thing.

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

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

A fragrant, difficult-to-harvest delicacy from the Scottish moorlands.

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.

This British temperance tonic is now a Ramadan favorite.

There's much more to these offal-based meatballs than the unfortunate double meaning of their name.

These seashell-shaped, yolk-filled candies are a symbol of Portugal's canal-lined city.

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

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

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

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

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

In Yorkshire, the holidays usher in this salty-sweet combo.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

These Southeast Asian legumes are famed for their lasting funk and deliciously nutty flavor.

Teething babies and royalty were fans of this British city's signature sherry.

Melaka's Kristang community makes a dish so spicy, it's known as “devil's curry.”

Make like Jane Austen and sip from the fountain in this famed Pump Room.

The higher you toss this fish salad, the luckier your year will be.

Tip your hat to whoever created this fashionable vegetable-and-spice-filled pastry.

It's expensive, it's gelatinous, it's made from swiftlet spit.