Vermont's version of soft serve celebrates their local dairy and maple industries.

Bishop's Vineyard makes its products from grapes grown in California graveyards.

Each batch begins with an apple tree overlooking Samuel Morse's grave.

The sweet, spiraled pastries were once a staple on cold days in the American South.

These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.

These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.

This old American style is being resurrected by Indiana brewers.

This sweet, cheese-filled Norwegian flatbread keeps Nordlanders nourished during the long winter.

Soft young cones make a sweet jam believed to have health benefits in Russia and Georgia.

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

In an Ethiopian forest, a dying breed of beekeepers scales dangerously tall trees to harvest nectar from handmade hives.

These bird-shaped cakes once fueled miners in Japan's Fukuoka region.

These rare, hand-pulled strands of cheese are making a comeback in southwestern Georgia.

These buns from South Africa's Cape Winelands are traditionally leavened with the must used to make wine.

This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.

Bred by members of the Cherokee Nation, this heirloom American squash gets sweeter in storage.

Mixing soy sauce, Creole spices, and spaghetti, this hybrid soup is the embodiment of New Orleans' melting pot.

Elusive in its country of origin, this multilayer cake has found a home in Manitoba's “New Iceland” region.

The city of the Taj Mahal hosts another wonder: Crystallized pumpkin candy.

These deep-fried dough daisies outlived the Fort Erie amusement park in which they were born.

In Kochi, Japan, river laver gets deep-fried into an earthy, crunchy treat.

Behind a bare-bones concrete exterior and amid crumbling walls, a cafe serves what may be Ahmedabad's sweetest buns.

Near the exit of an old souk, a small shop has been making gourd-based goodies for generations.

In the mountains of the Philippines, nuns raise funds with a sweet spread made from purple yams.