The melon has its own sculpture, festival, and order of knights.

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

This star-shaped fruit has been beloved for centuries.

This French wedding cake is a caramel-wrapped tower of pastry balls.

Why not fry a year-old leaf?

A rainbow of flavor that harks back to childhood.

Ever wanted to slide down a slippery tarp while wearing watermelons?

The meat that literally puts a smile on Australians' faces.

This classic Australian candy looks like pink toothpaste and tastes like perfume.

The adorable amphibian treats are South Australian icons.

It looks like an exploding planet and tastes like sugarcane.

Touted as the original energy bar, the bison-based mixture kept for months.

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

No rodents were harmed in the making of this fried Canadian treat.

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

Iceland's thick, chewy "hot spring bread" is just like regular rye bread, with one big difference.

Icelanders make a very, very good dog.

To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.

Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

The seductively delicious Easter cake once made an entire convent neglect its prayers.

A decadent dessert whose Italian name translates to “nipples of Venus.”

During Carnival, Neapolitans fill up on these fluffy potato doughnuts.