Foods CaveVex Wants to Try

The guinea pig is both food and pet in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

During Lent in Venezuela, the world's largest rodent becomes a “fish.”

The South American bean that looks like cotton candy and tastes like ice cream.

This hearty kelp has been feeding Chileans for at least 14,000 years.

This rare berry grows only in two Chilean towns.

The adorable amphibian treats are South Australian icons.

The sweet Kiwi treat that represents a token reward.

These tightly coiled ferns also serve as a Māori symbol for unity.

Slice one open for some citrus caviar.

These delicious strands of juice-coated nuts look like colorful candlesticks.

These French candies originally came in seashells.

An unlikely pairing of honeycomb toffee and purple seaweed.

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

The dessert that's also a meal.

For those craving intensity beyond black licorice, how about tar?

This ricotta and marzipan pastry honors the Sicilian saint's most noteworthy body part.

This gooey, sweet treat was a Soviet staple.

Soviet cafeterias whipped up this chocolate “potato” to use leftovers.

The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.

These ornately decorated spice cookies developed alongside a Russian city's gun industry.

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

This beloved Russian dessert is the brainchild of Soviet-era housewives with meat grinders.

These detailed, dainty confections are made by hand with minimal tools.

This traditional dessert commemorates the country's sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.