In Philadelphia, onions are getting more and more popular because a chocolate company turned it into a dessert, the chocolate covered onions.  Though it is a very unlikely match, experts say it has health benefits, too.

This unbelievably weird chocolate treat is very popular with tourists since the 80's, receiving reviews from food bloggers, local and foreign newspapers and even travelogues like TripAdvisor. Mueller Chocolate Co. is the home of the famous bitter-sweet onions. The onion dipped into dark chocolate.

Philadelphia tourists flock the chocolate shop to indulge in their tasty and colorful chocolate treats which are sure to excite the pallets of every chocolate lover out there. Within their typical display of some chocolate gift boxes, chocolate-covered pretzels and chocolate barks, rests one the old-time favorites, the chocolate covered onions. According to Philadelphia City Paper, it's a brainchild of the couple Glenn and Therese Mueller during the 80's. It was conceptualized during a TV show when the hosts asked the couple "to  dip an onion in chocolate" as part of the show.

In 2012, it has gotten really famous that the owners were prompted to open it's very own Twitter handle @muellersonion. In 2013, it was named as one of the "11 Seriously Weird Chocolate-Coated Food". And today, millennials continue to enjoy and entertain themselves with this unlikely dessert. Bloggers, tourists, and locals alike line-up to try the possibly-weirdest-chocolate-treat they will ever have in this lifetime.

Although it is not your usual dessert, health experts recommend eating onions raw. According to BBC' Good Food, raw onions are rich in natural sugar, folic acid, vitamins A, B6, C and E, minerals such as potassium, iron and dietary fiber. Enhanced with the antioxidants from dark chocolates, you can never go wrong with this dessert.

The taste, however, are what makes it more interesting. According to reviews, it tastes just like how you imagined it to be. Not many are brave enough to eat raw onions, what more if it's covered in an unlikely match of dark chocolate? So I guess there's only one way to find out, head to Philadelphia to get a taste of the chocolate-covered onions and to see for yourself whether this vegetable will make you cry or not.