This crunchy, sweet, and tart noodle sorbet is one of the world's oldest frozen desserts.

A rare orchid ingredient makes this ice cream stretchy and chewy.

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

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

Iceland's thick, chewy "hot spring bread" is just like regular rye bread, with one big difference.

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

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

These extra-cheesy potatoes resemble decadent fondue.

This German sundae masquerades as an Italian dinner.

The Belgian candy that sparked an epic vendor battle.

This Dutch-Indonesian cake contains up to 30 layers.

An unlikely pairing of honeycomb toffee and purple seaweed.

The seductively delicious Easter cake once made an entire convent neglect its prayers.

Sour green sweets commemorate a victorious Scottish skirmish of 1337.

For those craving intensity beyond black licorice, how about tar?

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

The fire-roasted cheese is the medieval precursor to Welsh rarebit.

The Irish bread comes with raisins and omens.

This cookie is found only in Rome's Jewish quarter.

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

This spiraled Balkan pastry requires painstakingly rolling dough into silky sheets.

This unusual take on a British comfort food hides two surprises inside.

Sicilian nuns once hung these sugary "fruits" from tree branches.

Bread so thin, you can read music through the dough.