In Catalonia, the fortified wine has its own weekend ritual.

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

The Netherlands' most famous treat now comes in a bottle.

These sweet hands come with stories of triumph and brutality.

For some students at the University of Oxford, the end of the year means getting covered with eggs, shaving cream, and champagne.

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

In Wales, midwinter is the right time to look a gift horse in its gaping skull-mouth.

Outdoor festivals in Valencia call for traditional fare made in gargantuan pans.

The sweet-and-sour soda almost disappeared with the collapse of communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia.

Slovakian winters call for a honey-and-bacon hot brandy cocktail.

This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.

Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.

Five producers in one English seaside town use historic chimneys to cold-smoke salmon and haddock overnight.

This regional Russian delicacy once called itself Parisian.

In Spain's Extremadura region, local sheep and a touch of thistle make for an ultra-creamy, slightly bitter cheese.

By the 21st century, one lone woman held the recipe for what might have been da Vinci’s cheese of choice.

To eat the world's rarest pasta, you must first complete a 20-mile pilgrimage.

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.

Developed by Spain's elite military unit in the 1920s, this cocktail is a favorite among Barcelona's college students.

The aging process of this formaggio begins in a barrel of wine.