The Haitian peanut butter first tastes creamy, then the peppers hit you.

The briny, refreshing ice cream acts as a cooling chaser to spicy meals.

On the riverbanks of Oaxaca, cooks make “stone soup” with hot rocks and fresh fish.

Oaxaca's favorite morning beverage is an ancient blend of cacao, corn flour, and water.

These beloved New Zealand cookies have a mysterious past.

This slightly sweet dessert is a staple in some Black American Muslim communities.

This palm fruit has a surprisingly meaty flavor.

This hallucinogenic honey can sell for over $60 a pound on the black market.

A cake as dark as a city hiding from enemy bombers.

Indiana's unofficial state pie was once a desperate measure.

The caffeinated wine is made by British monks and loved by Scottish criminals.

After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

This fruit can also count as dessert.

Royalty adored the Abbot of Priscos' porcine dessert.

This cosmic-colored flavor is a Midwestern mystery.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!

Recycling comes to dessert, with delicious outcomes.

To celebrate Chinese New Year, vendors sell skewered, sugar-coated berries.

This fruit either burns your throat or tastes like a tropical medley.

Beneath a layer of spines, this cactus sprouts asparagus-flavored buds.

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

Behind a bare-bones concrete exterior and amid crumbling walls, a cafe serves what may be Ahmedabad's sweetest buns.

The little-known fruit tastes like peanut M&Ms.

Its pulp tastes just like the creamy spread.