This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.

The anus-shaped fruit tastes like cinnamon applesauce.

These beloved New Zealand cookies have a mysterious past.

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.

In northern Scandinavia, cups of coffee get enhanced with cheese.

With this egg-based Christmas dessert, Portuguese pastelarias celebrate a bloodsucking fish.

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

These sweet and savory Japanese rolled eggs are sold in 6-packs.

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

You eat the shell, too.

This butterscotch-flavored fruit has a way with desserts.

Its pulp tastes just like the creamy spread.

The South American bean that looks like cotton candy and tastes like ice cream.

This tangy fruit flavors everything from ice cream to cocktails.

Kyrgyzstan’s fried dough marks special occasions and "feeds" the dead.

Portugal's volcanic archipelago is home to addictively sweet and chewy muffins.

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

A Finnish treat that's sweet, dark, and herbal.

Brie's dark, older cousin can only be found in one region of France.

Sweet-makers conjure up this light-as-a-cloud cream pudding on dewy nights in Lucknow, India.

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

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

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

The briny, refreshing ice cream acts as a cooling chaser to spicy meals.