Satisfy your midnight munchies with this Franken-feast out of St. Louis, Missouri.

Outside chapels carved from cliffs and caves, elderly women sell sweet, beautiful breads rooted in Armenia’s Christian traditions.

A tradition built around beef, beer, and the absence of napkins or forks.

Donkey milk was once so coveted that people used snails to make an artificial version.

Mexican and American Indians have a long history with this powerful cactus.

The Mesoamerican plant is used as a hallucinogen, medicine, and aphrodisiac.

Four centuries ago, Dutch dairy farmers made this spiced custard pie into a South African classic.

Across East Africa, these cardamom-flavored doughnuts are the perfect pairing for chai.

Pulling gobs of this handmade taffy yields strong arms and a sweet reward.

This dessert is roasted over a fire and looks like a tree.

The marshmallow-based candy is named for a delicacy just out of the ancient Greeks' reach.

For special occasions, Norwegians stack 18 rings of cake into a tower.

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

The Belgian candy that sparked an epic vendor battle.

These French candies originally came in seashells.

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

Sour green sweets commemorate a victorious Scottish skirmish of 1337.

This ricotta and marzipan pastry honors the Sicilian saint's most noteworthy body part.

Make yourself delicious jewelry with these sweet Italian biscuits.

These “holy bones” taste like heaven.

Armenians were making these sweet sheets of dried fruit centuries before the Fruit Roll-Up.

These Dutch doughnuts are classic New Year's treats.

One small Portuguese town celebrates a saint with phallic cakes.

A cake so gooey, it requires a spoon.