This taste bud befuddler is a signature Baltimore sweet.

Birmingham's sinus-clearing soda was a popular way to enhance bootlegged hooch during Prohibition.

A sailor's stew that's come to define Liverpudlians.

Not even the 17th-century nuns behind this Mexican eggnog could resist drinking it.

A few Baltimore bakeries still serve this cheesecake named after 19th-century cottage cheese.

This decadent cheese has frugal roots.

These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.

The story of South Carolina's sweet-hot soda begins with a chance discovery during the Revolutionary War.

Early American settlers invented new tools to harvest a new crop.

The St. Louis creation earned the "best use of the worst cheese" award.

In Tibet, sweet mac and yak cheese makes a hearty dessert.

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

Saffron, rose water, and pistachios combine in a fragrant, sweet-savory treat.

Slice one open for some citrus caviar.

A now-archaic Scottish breakfast paved the way for this popular dessert.

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

This traditional dessert commemorates the country's sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.

This is one seriously polarizing pie.

Utah's favorite nonalcoholic beer got its start more than a century ago as a German brew.

Goa's signature baked pudding cake is multicultural and multilayered.

This ancient, spreadable cheese is disappearing from Scottish cuisine.

During Christmastime in the Philippines, purple reigns with this colorful sticky rice snack.

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

The legend of these rum-and-molasses cookies leads to a New England tavern owned by a Black Revolutionary War veteran.