Host of Food Network's Kid in a Candy Store, Adam Gertler is on the hunt for the coolest twists on cake and a trip to Kickass Cupcakes, a cupcake shop in Somerville, MA, leads to a decadent deep fried cupcake sundae.

On Food Network's Kid in a Candy Store, host Adam Gertler finds a tiny treat worth talking about at the NECCO factory in Revere, MA, where they make the classic Valentine's Day candy, Sweethearts Conversation Hearts.

For more than 35 years, Melville Candy Company has been strolling down memory lane with fanciful handmade lollipops. Today that includes lollipops made into the shapes of vegetables, bacon or a replica of Adam Gertler's face. For a real treat, try the maze lollipop that's a game and candy in one!

On Food Network's Kid in a Candy Store, Adam Gertler tours the Airheads factory in Erlanger, KY, where they are making the new rainbow colored Xtremes Sweetly Sour Belt.

Ever tried Lavender Honey-flavored ice cream? How about Sweet Potato Sassafras Praline? The only place that has unique flavors like these is The Creole Creamery in New Orleans. Guy called Head Chef Bryan Gilmore a wizard, and it's easy to see why — he's made over 400 flavors of ice cream.

When it gets hot in New Orleans, locals flock to Plum Street Snoballs for the chilly shaved-ice treats. The menu sparkles with a whopping 72 flavors like Strawberry Shortcake, Lemonade and even Bananas Foster, which Adam Gertler thought was ''outrageous'' on Kid in a Candy Store.

Host Adam Gertler visit the Peeps & Company store, in National Harbor, MD, where a local artist is creating tasty, candy art using the classic marshmallow confections, on Food Network's

Host Adam Gertler gets a behind-the-scenes look into the Hostess' factory in Biddeford, ME, to see how one of America's classic snack cakes, the Hostess Sno Ball, is made, on Food Network's Kid in a Candy Store.

The trick to Aunt Sally's pralines is all in the wrist. Each praline is laid out by hand, making these Creole pralines a true taste, and treasure, of New Orleans. As Adam Gertler learned on Kid in a Candy Store, these "sugar and spice" pralines also get an extra jolt from the addition of Tabasco.

Host of Food Network's Kid in a Candy Store, Adam Gertler visits the Dippin' Dots factory, in Paducah, KY, where they make billions of their famous ice cream beads with the help of liquid nitrogen.

Adam Gertler, host of Food Network's Kid in a Candy Store, visits Ferrara Pan Candy Company for bright yellow, sour Lemonheads.

Adam Gertler, host of Food Network's Kid in a Candy Store, discovers Bleeding Heart Bakery, a bakery in Chicago, IL, where the radically colorful cakes look like they were decorated in a tattoo parlor.

Adam Gertler came to Alliance Bakery in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood to witness Pastry Chef Peter Rios’ exceptional sugar art and towering cake design skills. Those skills also come in handy with the variety of European tarts and chocolate bars that many consider works of art.

The star of the show at the Lutz Café in Chicago is the Baumkuchen (tree cake), a 3-foot-tall tower of a cake baked in a rotisserie oven and coated in vanilla or chocolate frosting. On Kid in a Candy Store, Adam Gertler was impressed by its flakiness and buttery flavor.

iCream in Chicago serves classic treats with a hip twist: The ice cream is made with a blast of liquid nitrogen. When Adam Gertler visited the kitchen in Kid in a Candy Store, he was blown away that the ice cream in his PBOMG Sundae took less than a minute to freeze, thanks to this sweet science.