On Tibetan New Year, deep-fried cookies take the form of auspicious symbols and festive snacks.

These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.

Don’t worry: This sweet, creamy Mormon potluck staple isn’t actually made of frogs.

This hand-pulled cotton candy treat from Iran looks like threads of unspun silk.

This sweet sandwich celebrates Georgia's favorite crop.

On one small island, this golden liquid is both a local delicacy and traditional medicine.

This Midwestern dessert salad draws on both Scandinavian immigrant and local Ojibwe influences.

Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.

Iran’s annual celebration of its signature flower makes this desert region fragrant.

Layers of flavored tea combine to create a drinkable rainbow.

These eerily bone-like candies come with bumpy “joints” of nuts and chocolate “marrow” inside.

This stick-to-your-ribs Scandinavian dumpling is a favorite at Midwestern fundraisers.

Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world.

This unique soup of chicken drippings, vinegar, and cayenne pepper has been a Bradford, Tennessee, favorite for decades.

Apples are red, blueberries are blue / But these pommes d’amour are red inside, too.

These cake-laden tables fueled community meetings that helped bring Southern Jutland back into Denmark.

In the 19th century, Chinese immigrants developed an early New England fusion sandwich that is divisive as it is salty.

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

These deep-fried dough daisies outlived the Fort Erie amusement park in which they were born.

Though its home region has been split by war, love for this hearty pastry transcends borders.

Four centuries ago, Dutch dairy farmers made this spiced custard pie into a South African classic.

Arkansas' unofficial state treat doesn't contain marsupials, but it does have several sweet layers.

A custardy twist on apple pie finds delicious use for fruit reaching spoilage.

These French candies originally came in seashells.