A now-shuttered Missouri drive-in brought local acclaim to patties topped in peanut butter.

This hot-pink sweet treat that bears only a notional resemblance to poultry is a Canadian Christmastime staple.

This sweet, silky Irish pudding has a secret ingredient: seaweed.

Mixing soy sauce, Creole spices, and spaghetti, this hybrid soup is the embodiment of New Orleans' melting pot.

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

Its pulp tastes just like the creamy spread.

All but absent from supermarket shelves, this heirloom peach is a sweet secret in Southerners' backyard gardens.

Bred by members of the Cherokee Nation, this heirloom American squash gets sweeter in storage.

This rare berry grows only in two Chilean towns.

At a subterranean Edinburgh bar, drinkers can assemble their cocktails via kitschy claw machine.

The dainty, cream-filled specialty is on the brink of extinction.

These tricky pitchers turned pouring into a complex drinking game.

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

Finnish immigrants brought these crunchy, cinnamon-coated slices to Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

These dairy-based sculptures have been state fair traditions for more than a century.

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

The annual feast invites local macaques to dine on towers of fruit and vegetables among the ruins of a 13th-century temple.

These Bavarian cookies are also intricate works of art.

The sweet, spiraled pastries were once a staple on cold days in the American South.

Not even the 17th-century nuns behind this Mexican eggnog could resist drinking it.

A motel restaurant in a tiny Utah town bakes this sweet and sour treat.

This summery parfait has mingled with British royals and literary elites.

This dark, sweet refresher was born at a now-defunct amusement park on the shores of Lake Erie.

Floridians baked this tangy treat before key lime took over the state's pie scene.