This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

This taste bud befuddler is a signature Baltimore sweet.

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

Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.

Smashing this pink candy pig with a tiny hammer is a Christmas tradition in Saratoga Springs.

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

The story of South Carolina's sweet-hot soda begins with a chance discovery during the Revolutionary War.

You put the grater in the coconut...

Twist your way to hot chocolate perfection with this wooden whisk.

To release steam, Victorian bakers placed whimsical ceramics in their pastries.

This praised oyster shucker is as elegant as it is dangerous.

This Southern church group favorite isn't Slavic at all.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

Growing this sweet, tropical fruit sometimes requires careful hand-pollination with a paint brush.

It's nicknamed “yumberry” for a reason.

This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.

The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.

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

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

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”

The sweet and creamy “eggfruit” makes a great nog.