Foods aember Has Tried

Spiced meat sauce meets spaghetti, shredded cheese, and beans in a Midwest cult favorite.

The Andean root once fueled Inca warriors.

A sweet regional alternative to the maple kind.

The Midwestern mock-poultry classic is fading away.

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.

This Pennsylvania specialty sometimes looks like Pepto-Bismol and smells like Bengay.

Mornings in Amish country once called for pie-cake and coffee.

Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

This French wedding cake is a caramel-wrapped tower of pastry balls.

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

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

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

So sweet you forget to cry.

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

This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.

This cosmic-colored flavor is a Midwestern mystery.

This sweet spud is neither made with tubers, nor of Irish origin.

In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.

Reach peak Americana with these deep-fried balls of Coca-Cola.

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

One of America's earliest candies is still available to buy.

A Victorian favorite is hanging on in Pennsylvania.

In this Dutch holiday tradition, Sinterklaas leaves good children sweet pieces of the alphabet inside their shoes.