Foods smcrific Has Tried

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.

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

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

The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.

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

One of the world's least-loved liquors calls Chicago home.

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

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

After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

The world's least practical and most delicious edible straw.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

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

Quench your thirst with the refreshing taste of celery soda.

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.

This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.

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

Early 20th-century chefs used beaver musk to give sweets a vanilla-raspberry flavor.

The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.

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

A bland but storied soup is always on the menu in the U.S. Senate.

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

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

Smashing this pink candy pig with a tiny hammer is a Christmas tradition in Saratoga Springs.

The holiday tradition of hiding an ornamental veggie.