Shoofly pie: A traditional Pennsylvania Dutch (Amish) dessert that's basically a sponge cake baked in a crust that contains a heavy molasses filling. It's gotta be made with molasses to be a true Shoofly Pie.

Yocco's hot dogs: Texas Wiener-style dogs on a bed of chopped onions and a heavy duty mustard with a coating of chili sauce. Yocco is short for Iacocca, as in Lee Iacocca, an Allentown native and related to Yocco’s founder.

Hershey chocolate: Begun in 1894, Hershey Chocolate was first to mass produce milk chocolate. It was strategically placed in the heart of Pennsylvania’s dairy country, where large supplies of fresh milk was available.