These “holy bones” taste like heaven.

The legend of these rum-and-molasses cookies leads to a New England tavern owned by a Black Revolutionary War veteran.

The town of Lambayeque, Peru, specializes in a seven-layered sweet named for Hollywood's towering ape.

Thank garbanzo beans for the melt-in-your-mouth texture of these Persian cookies.

The treasures are colorful fruits and nuts.

A Canadian pudding that's boiled in a bag and is interchangeably lunch and dessert.

The autumn event re-creates meals shared by French settlers and Native Americans at an 18th-century fort.

Folding and deep-frying pies is a beloved Neapolitan tradition.

Its deep-fried crust is part of a longstanding Neapolitan tradition.

These Neapolitan Christmas sweets double as decorations.

This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

Maine's top-selling spirit that almost no one else drinks.

This Canary Islands' specialty upgrades coffee with layers of condensed milk and liqueur.

Sweet sauce tops off buttermilk biscuits in the Appalachian and Ozark mountains.

Cooks in the Southern United States still whip up this spicy, seductively sweet condiment from the 1950s.

The Virginia treat can “make even your deepest-dyed Yankee start complimenting you with a southern accent.”

Tip your hat to whoever created this fashionable vegetable-and-spice-filled pastry.

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

This sweet symbolic figurine is a Sicilian holiday tradition.

Every autumn, Valencians celebrate their love by giving handkerchiefs filled with decorated marzipan treats.

Nothing says “happy holidays” quite like mulled wine and a flaming, rum-soaked sugar loaf.

This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.

The rich, potato-filled dish nourished Catholics on meatless Fridays.

Monks make this stunning, ephemeral art from yak butter and mineral pigments.