Both a noun and an action, chili-bombing loads a pizza with tater tots, chili, and Cheez Whiz.

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

With extra-gooey cheese and a cracker-thin crust, some say it's more like nachos.

These entrails identified safe venues for Black musicians during the Jim Crow era.

A match made in heaven (and also Kentucky).

What began as an April Fools' Day prank ended in a testicle-spiked beer.

This Chicago specialty stacks three cakes into one monster dessert.

The original “nails” have disappeared from this cheese-smothered, horseshoe-shaped ham dish.

The South Side favorite is a cross between a meat-lover's sub and a gyro.

After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!

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

Pink or green syrup turns a historic German ale into a tart, sweet delight.

Spiced meat sauce meets spaghetti, shredded cheese, and beans in a Midwest cult favorite.

You eat the shell, too.

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.

This cosmic-colored flavor is a Midwestern mystery.

Battered and fried testicles make use of a cattle-country surplus.