Sweets
Sponge Candy
This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Sweets
This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.
Sweets
These deep-fried dough daisies outlived the Fort Erie amusement park in which they were born.
Drinks
A Prohibition-era flavor from a soda company beloved by Detroiters and Juggalos.
Drinks
The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.
Prepared Foods
This New Year's luck-bringer has a controversial contemporary taste.
Sweets
These detailed, dainty confections are made by hand with minimal tools.
Drinks
Brewers freeze their beer to make this high-octane, sweet style.
Sweets
After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.
Sweets
Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.
Prepared Foods
Chilies and cheese combine in Bhutan's incredibly spicy specialty.
Drinks
This dark, sweet refresher was born at a now-defunct amusement park on the shores of Lake Erie.
Sweets
A now-archaic Scottish breakfast paved the way for this popular dessert.
Sweets
They're a Baltimore-specific guilty pleasure.
Gastro
The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.
Drinks
The story of South Carolina's sweet-hot soda begins with a chance discovery during the Revolutionary War.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Gastro
Pay tribute to the poet Robert Burns with bagpipes, readings, and heaping helpings of haggis.
Drinks
A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.
Sweets
A crispy cookie from South Carolina, first introduced during the slave trade.
Prepared Foods
Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.
Drinks
The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.
Drinks
A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.
Sweets
The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.
Ingredients & Condiments
This varietal of rice is so good that it's compared to ice cream.