The 17th-century dessert plants an isle of meringue in a sea of custard.

The pungent pickled cheese is a popular Czech bar snack.

Hungary's favorite chocolate bar is filled with cheese curd.

In the '90s, fruit burgers almost took over American school lunches.

A unique take on Szechuan dumplings is now a Montreal specialty.

Where the world's best pizzas face off.

Korean hodu kwaja is normally stuffed with red bean paste, but one bakery in Toronto slips in a delicious surprise.

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

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

These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.

The Brazilian tree gets covered by its tart purple fruit.

This German sundae masquerades as an Italian dinner.

In the 1970s, housewives stabbed their cakes and filled the holes with Jell-O.

The Belgian candy that sparked an epic vendor battle.

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

These French candies originally came in seashells.

So sweet you forget to cry.

Sour green sweets commemorate a victorious Scottish skirmish of 1337.

Don't think too hard about the name.

Thai red beans and rum combine in a winter warmer inspired by a South American specialty.

Outside Rome, a tranquil abbey turns eucalyptus into liqueur.

Royalty adored the Abbot of Priscos' porcine dessert.

The slow-smoked sheep is a Western Kentucky specialty.

The simple sweets welcomed Cornish fishermen after they returned with their catch.