Foods msfortune Has Tried

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

A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.

This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.

This bird comes with a brew inside.

This style of fried chicken is pressure-cooked while it fries.

This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.

This sweet treat has been cool for more than 1,000 years.

Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.

This savory seafood condiment is named after the finest cognacs.

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.

Pennsylvanians come out in droves for this pre-Lent delicacy.

The first American doughnut chain used spuds.

These portable pancake sheets have a crispy, hollow side and a sweet, doughy side.

These buns artfully resemble peaches and represent immortality.

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

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

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

A crispy cookie from South Carolina, first introduced during the slave trade.

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

No rodents were harmed in the making of this fried Canadian treat.

This thick, jet-black soup is an amazingly fragrant and nutty Chinese dessert.

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

This candy rarely ventures beyond Canada's borders.

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.