Foods Auroratorealis Has Tried

This plant adds a hint of vanilla and a wash of brilliant green to any dish.

The first thing eaten off the Ark.

In the city of Celaya, goat's milk caramel tops everything from ice cream to cereal.

This sweet treat is so beloved in Hong Kong, it inspired an animated movie.

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

From postwar dessert to sweet slice of Canadian identity.

Armenians were making these sweet sheets of dried fruit centuries before the Fruit Roll-Up.

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

The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”

This layered pastry from Italy's Amalfi Coast may have origins in a 17th-century convent.

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.

Once made by monks, this candy spends 15 days rolling in sugar syrup to get its pearly-white shell.

The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.

Make like Jane Austen and sip from the fountain in this famed Pump Room.

The pungent, wind-dried white fish is a traditional Icelandic food.

Iceland's fermented, dried shark smells like urine and can taste like strong cheese.

Icelanders make a very, very good dog.

A Finnish treat that's sweet, dark, and herbal.

The first American doughnut chain used spuds.

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

Immortalized by “Anne of Green Gables,” the drink is a must-try for lit lovers on Prince Edward Island.

You can have your syrup and drink it, too.

Vermont's version of soft serve celebrates their local dairy and maple industries.

Popular in colonial New England, this “apple molasses” is now made by only a handful of commercial producers.