A 13-year-old girl from Costa Mesa, Calif., was crowned "The Kid With the Sharpest Taste Buds" for identifying flavors of ice cream and other sweets.

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Megan Riley out-tasted four other teen taste aficionados to win the national contest conducted by Arm & Hammer Fridge-n-Freezer Baking Soda.

The taste-off competition, held at Dylan's Candy Bar in New York City, featured AnnaSophia Robb, star of the movie, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

Riley won the overall title after emerging as the taste champ in several categories, including identifying different flavors of ice cream -- chocolate fudge vs. plain chocolate vs. fudge brownie -- as well as different jam sandwiches and ice pops.

Riley won a cash prize of $1,000, ice cream for a year and her own "honorary" office at Arm & Hammer's Good Taste Labs at the company's headquarters in Princeton, N.J.