These sweet hands come with stories of triumph and brutality.

Cooks in the Southern United States still whip up this spicy, seductively sweet condiment from the 1950s.

The Laotian street food is mildly sweet and surprisingly juicy.

One southern Indiana town cooks up this unique, time-honored dessert every September.

The rich, potato-filled dish nourished Catholics on meatless Fridays.

This sweet, caramelized dessert comes from curdled milk.

It's nicknamed “yumberry” for a reason.

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

This Canary Islands' specialty upgrades coffee with layers of condensed milk and liqueur.

This star-shaped fruit has been beloved for centuries.

The Detroit favorite is one of the oldest sodas in the United States.

This tangy fruit flavors everything from ice cream to cocktails.

This rustic cider's name derives from an English term for fruit thievery.

These dairy-based sculptures have been state fair traditions for more than a century.

Historians debate whether this dish actually originated with Italian sex workers.

Senegal's popular spring rolls tell a story of war, love, and colonialism.

Flower bulbs are the main ingredient of this quintessentially Dutch spirit.

Thanks to World War I veterans, a French liqueur has become the toast of a Lancashire town.

Orchardists use sticky stencils and the power of the sun to turn apples into art.

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.

Meet Japan's first milk soda.

The legend of these rum-and-molasses cookies leads to a New England tavern owned by a Black Revolutionary War veteran.

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

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