In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.

The Nova Scotia ice cream flavor is so beloved, women dye their hair to match its pastel swirl.

Everything St. Louisans love about this local specialty is in the name.

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

Made of candy and Cool Whip, this “salad” is a mainstay at Midwestern potlucks.

These clear cakes house intricate scenes of fish, flowers, and more.

Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.

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

The competition that shrinks shrimp cocktail to the size of your pinky and fits bento into a matchbox.

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

Japanese cooks riff on American diner food with this rice-and-ketchup omelet.

These sacred leaves taste like peppery soda.

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

The decadent pastry almost outshines the Slovenian lake it's named for.

No rodents were harmed in the making of this fried Canadian treat.

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

"As a vanquisher of men its equal has never been found."

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

Kentucky's melt-in-your-mouth treats date back to the 1800s.

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

These pink cookies are destined to be dunked in champagne.

This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.

A Thunder Bay bakery misnamed this berry-frosted cinnamon bun after General John Pershing.

These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.