Aplets & Cotlets are chewy Washington fruit-and-nut candies made with apples, apricots, and walnuts, then dusted with powdered sugar.

Apple cider donuts are soft, spiced cake donuts made with apple cider, fried or baked, then rolled in cinnamon sugar.

Bananas Foster is a dramatic New Orleans dessert made with bananas cooked in butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, banana liqueur, and rum, then spooned over vanilla ice cream.

Beignets are square pillows of fried dough buried under powdered sugar. In New Orleans, they are best eaten hot with café au lait and zero concern for wearing black.

Benne wafers are thin, crisp Charleston cookies made with sesame seeds, butter, sugar, and a little Lowcountry history in every snap.

Bizcochitos are crisp, tender New Mexican cookies flavored with anise and cinnamon sugar.

Blue Moon is a bright blue Upper Midwest ice cream flavor with a mysterious fruity, citrusy, vanilla-marshmallow personality.

Boston cream pie is actually a cake: two layers of sponge filled with pastry cream and topped with chocolate glaze.

A Kentucky Bourbon Ball is a bite-sized chocolate candy with a bourbon-spiked creamy center, usually topped with a pecan.

Buckeyes are peanut butter candies dipped in chocolate, leaving a little circle of peanut butter showing so they resemble the nut of Ohio’s buckeye tree.

A custard-style pie made with simple pantry ingredients: buttermilk, sugar, eggs, butter, flour, and vanilla, all baked in a pie crust until the filling sets into a smooth, creamy texture with a lightly caramelized top.

Calas are Creole rice fritters fried until crisp outside and tender inside, then served sweet with powdered sugar or savory with dipping sauce.

Chess pie is a simple Southern custard pie made with sugar, butter, eggs, and a little cornmeal or flour.

New Mexican chicharrón is crispy fried pork, often with meaty bits attached, served in burritos, tacos, plates, or by the handful.

The chocolate chip cookie was born in Whitman, Massachusetts: buttery dough studded with chocolate pieces that stay melty, sweet, and irresistible.

Fried Coke is a State Fair of Texas dessert made from Coca-Cola-flavored batter that is fried, then topped with Coke syrup, whipped cream, cinnamon sugar, and a cherry.

An Oreo cookie coated in a batter, typically made from pancake mix, and then deep-fried until golden brown.

Frog eye salad is a sweet Utah potluck dessert made with tiny acini di pepe pasta, whipped topping, pineapple, mandarin oranges, marshmallows, and coconut.

Frozen custard is a rich, dense frozen dessert made with egg yolks, which gives it a smoother, silkier texture than regular ice cream.

Funnel cake is a Pennsylvania Dutch fairground classic made by drizzling batter into hot oil, frying it into a tangled crisp cake, and burying it under powdered sugar.

Georgia peach pie is a buttery fruit pie packed with ripe peaches, a little sugar, and just enough spice to make the fruit shine. It is summer in a crust.

Gooey butter cake is a St. Louis dessert with a tender cake base and a rich, soft, buttery top layer dusted with powdered sugar.

Happy Cake is a tropical Hawaiian fruit cake packed with pineapple, coconut, and macadamia nuts. It is dense, sweet, sunny, and built like a vacation souvenir you can slice.

Hawaiian-style Chantilly Cake is usually a chocolate layer cake filled and frosted with a rich, buttery, custard-like chantilly frosting. It is sweet, soft, nutty, and very different from the whipped-cream “chantilly” cakes found elsewhere.

Huckleberry ice cream is creamy, sweet-tart, and packed with the flavor of Idaho’s beloved wild mountain berry. It tastes like a summer road trip through the Rockies, but colder.

Irish potato candy is a Philadelphia-area St. Patrick’s Day treat made from coconut cream rolled in cinnamon so it looks like a tiny potato.

A classic American dessert originating from the Florida Keys, featuring a tart, creamy filling made from key lime juice, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk, typically set in a graham cracker crust.

Wisconsin kringle is a flaky oval Danish pastry filled with fruit, nuts, or sweet cheese and finished with icing. It is buttery, layered, celebratory, and Racine’s pastry pride.

Kuchen is South Dakota’s official state dessert, usually made as a German-style custard-and-fruit pastry with a soft crust and creamy filling.

Lady Baltimore cake is a grand Charleston-style white layer cake filled with dried fruit and nuts and covered in fluffy boiled frosting.