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This rare berry grows only in two Chilean towns.

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.

To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.

This Midwestern dessert salad draws on both Scandinavian immigrant and local Ojibwe influences.

This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.

Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.

This chocolate-coated confection's crisp, bubbly structure is well-suited to the even crisper Buffalo air.

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

An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.

Maine's top-selling spirit that almost no one else drinks.

The reddest of the red meat.

A candy made with chocolate, coconut and ... mashed potatoes?

Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.

A New Year's Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck.

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

Portugal's volcanic archipelago is home to addictively sweet and chewy muffins.

A completely delicious, nearly nutrient-free sandwich beloved by generations of New Englanders.

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

This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

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

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

These Neapolitan Christmas sweets double as decorations.

A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.