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Indian sweet shops display fantastical, neon-colored, silver-laced Indian desserts, known as mithai...not for the faint of heart—Indian cuisine is all about big, bold flavors, and their sweets are no exception. With few exceptions, almost all mithai are tooth-achingly sweet, and most can be boiled down to two main ingredients: some sort of sugar (raw, syrup, jaggery, etc.) and some sort of milk (liquid, solid, condensed, etc). While mithai vary across India, many boast flavors we've come to expect with Indian cuisine: mango, cardamom, rosewater, and various nuts. Indian sweets are a total steal: most are priced by the pound, which means you can sate your sweet tooth for a few dollars.