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T’anta Wawa
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T’anta Wawa

On All Souls' Day, South Americans celebrate life and death with "baby bread."
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Taguella
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Taguella

A desert dweller’s delight, this bread gets baked in sand.
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Birch Beer
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Birch Beer

This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.
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Sugar on Snow
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Sugar on Snow

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.
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Texas Kolaches
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Texas Kolaches

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.
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Superman Ice Cream
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Superman Ice Cream

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!
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Dole Whip
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Dole Whip

This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.
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Pink Pearl Apple
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Pink Pearl Apple

Take a bite out of this apple to reveal its pink interior.
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Cotton Candy Grapes
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Cotton Candy Grapes

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.
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Palm Springs Date Shakes
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Palm Springs Date Shakes

The prosperous Southern California date industry produces delicious milkshakes.
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It's It
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It's It

This classic San Franciscan ice cream sandwich is it, isn't it?
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Snow Cream
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Snow Cream

Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.
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Potato Doughnuts
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Potato Doughnuts

The first American doughnut chain used spuds.
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Honeypot Ants
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Honeypot Ants

These insects swell with sweet, golden nectar.
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Piki Bread
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Piki Bread

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

This wildflower releases a cocoa fragrance each morning.
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Funeral Potatoes
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Funeral Potatoes

A casserole of cheesy, corn flake–topped tubers offers comfort to Mormons in mourning.
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West Indies Salad
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West Indies Salad

It's actually a crab dish from Alabama's Gulf Coast.
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White BBQ Sauce
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White BBQ Sauce

In Alabama, smoked meat gets dressed up in white.
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Chocolate Gravy
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Chocolate Gravy

Sweet sauce tops off buttermilk biscuits in the Appalachian and Ozark mountains.
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Fairy Bread
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Fairy Bread

A rainbow of flavor that harks back to childhood.
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Tim Tam Slam
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Tim Tam Slam

The world's least practical and most delicious edible straw.
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Frog Cakes
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Frog Cakes

The adorable amphibian treats are South Australian icons.
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Fujisan Bread
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Fujisan Bread

Worlds collide in this braided bread that tastes like brioche and is meant to look like Mount Fuji.
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