Foods Johan SWE Has Tried

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

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

The pickled Baltic herring has an explosive reputation.

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”

On an island’s moon-like terrain, grapevines creep out of ashen volcanic soil and create extraordinary elixirs.

Journey into the Marrakesh Kasbah to find this lean, slightly sweet favorite.

Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.

Somewhere between butter and cream cheese, kaymak adds a fatty, creamy richness to everything.

This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

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

These French candies originally came in seashells.

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

These chocolate-covered peanuts got M&M's banned in Sweden.

Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.

These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.

This Danish rice pudding appeases wicked elves.

The candy is huge with Norwegian hikers and skiers.

Once steamed in shirt sleeves and pant legs, this sweet roll took on the nickname “dead man's leg.”

A small town is home to a beloved candy invented by one of Sweden's first female entrepreneurs.

Don your party hat, sing, and chow down at these seasonal Swedish crayfish feasts.

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.

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