American Tries GERMAN CHRISTMAS SWEETS

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[@linabam5509]

It's so funny to watch this when you're German. Greetings from Germany ♡

[@headofathousandsheepswool]

Greetings from Nordrhein Westfalen :3

[@hannahxx04]

+Lina Bam Rheinland-pfalz!

[@badischerheuler5997]

Baden-Württemberg!

[@HerrBuno]

+Maxi Mustermanny Greetings from Saxony :D

[@se1j114]

+Lina Bam greetings from Sachsen ^_^

[@blutwigknochensense3750]

you have to try "zimsterne" and "rumkugeln"

[@MortimerFolchert]

+Blutwig Knochensense And “Kokos-Makronen“

[@blutwigknochensense3750]

***** and spritzgebäck

[@fishytails6639]

+Blutwig Knochensense spritzgebäck beste :D

[@blutwigknochensense3750]

MLG ILLUMINATI and they are a wonderfull gift for her married friend after the dickmanns xd

[@Busgeisterei]

+Blutwig Knochensense "Hallo ich möchte Rumkugeln!" - "Aber hier ist doch gar kein Platz!" sorry

[@kulot84]

Gewürzspekulatius is much better than Butterspekulatius. My favorite german christmas sweets are the Nürnberger Obladen-Lebkuchen and Marzipanstollen.

[@tigerh6578]

Ja, da stimme ich Dir zu.

[@HippieInHeart]

yes, gewürzspekulatius are definitely the best. i hope she will try those as well one day. in my opinion, the only thing better than gewürzspekulatius are the self-baked cookies from my grandmother.

[@fischercustombaits]

When the snow falls wunderbar and the children happy are, when the Glatteis on the street and we all a Glühwein need, then you know, es ist soweit: she is there, the Weihnachtszeit! Every Parkhaus ist besetzt, weil the people fahren jetzt all to Kaufhof, Mediamarkt; kriegen nearly Herzinfarkt! Shopping hirnverbrannte things, and the Christmasglocke rings. Mother in the kitchen bakes Schoko-, Nuß- and Mandelkeks. Daddy in the Nebenraum schmückt a Riesen-Tannenbaum. He is hanging auf the balls, then he from the Leiter falls.Finally the Kinderlein to the Zimmer kommen rein, and es sings the family schauerlich "Oh, Christmastree". And then jeder in the house is packing die Geschenke aus. Mama finds under the Tanne eine brandnew Teflonpfanne. Papa gets a Schlips and Socken. Everybody does frohlocken. President speaks in TV - all around is Harmonie! Bis mother in the kitchen runs, im Ofen burns the Weihnachtsgans! And so comes the Feuerwehr with Tatü-Tata daher, and they bring a long, long Schlauch and a long, long Leiter auch. And they schreien: "Wasser, marsch!" Weihnachten is now im A. . ..!

[@NK-ph4ot]

good altes Denglish

[@1412mariLU]

This is grossartig! 😂 Have you geschrieben it?

[@fischercustombaits]

+1412mariLU Hello, unfortunately I did not. My Freund in the USA did. I am happy dass du es magst. Do you speak German ? Denglish ? mfG Jan

[@1412mariLU]

+xxxmirekxxx1 I'm Swiss, so my Muttersprache is Deutsch. Aber ich also speak englisch. And du?

[@fischercustombaits]

Ich spreche German, Polish, English, and Russian. Ich helfe meinen Freunden in Polish and Deutsch. Einige von meinen Freunden sprechen bereits fliessend. Ich habe gehört , die Schweiz ist sehr schön. Gruss Jan

[@Bapana6a]

Dresden is the german city which is famous for its stollen. Nürnberg for the lebkuchen, Aachen for the Printen and Lübeck for marcipan. By the way, my favourite christmas sweets are homemade vanille kipferl, they are so much better than the ones which are sold an the supermarkets (zimtsterne are also delicious 🙈)

[@WantedAdventure]

+hannah käser oh yeah, homemade is usually the best...except for the Lindor chocolate balls. I don't think I could do those better at home lol I'll stick to the store bought ones :D

[@iradeorum4288]

My grandpa live in Dresden and i became Evelyn year Stollen (I'm a German)

[@hosnkrocha]

+Wanted Adventure They are easier to make than you think, but again, why go through this trouble if you just have to walk to the store?

[@AtheistDD]

+hannah käser i tried to make a imaginary list of the most important german citys when it comes to chrismas-food. but i forgot lübeck, how on earth that could happen... i love high quality marzipan.

[@RustyDust101]

+Wanted Adventure lol, I just saw you bouncing at 6:20 eating one of the Lindor chocolates, with your absolutely sincere delight reflected in your 'mmmmhhhh'. Everyone can see you really love those. Sooo adorable... aaaaww! :-) Yepp, they are great... but, err, trust me, when they were released for the first time somewhere around the mid-90's they were even better. Somehow... fresher, and even creamier on the inside. Not that the current ones are bad, oh no, they are still delicious. If you can, try to go to a Confectionerie somewhere, either in Munich, or wherever you live, and try to find some of the local Pralinen or Trüffel (not the mushroom, the Truffle praliné). If you can find some milk-chocolate truffles you might consider giving up the Lindors... nah, just kidding.

[@jensgoerke2863]

Gruenkohl with Kassler, Kochwurst and Bratkartoffeln - a hearty alternative to all that sweet stuff.

[@DBoyAnimations]

xDDD

[@jensgoerke2863]

+Luisa Kühn Not all that healthy, but after lots of sweets, cookies, chocolate, cake, marzipan,... you're going to want something more substantial. It's also one of the traditional winter dishes in most of northern Germany.

[@BassaSelim]

+Jens Goerke I don't like Kassler, but a Pinkel is nice. Although the name is quite... eeeew. And Grünkohl is healthy, I guess. Well, maybe the next video is about christmas or winter meals instead of sweets.

[@XxJoachim56xX]

I would prefer Birnen, Bohnen and Speck for a traditional german meal

[@jensgoerke2863]

+XxJoachim56xX I don't really like Speck, so I'd put the fatty bits aside, but other than that I'd join you. Or perhaps some properly made Labskaus.

[@fischmensch5059]

I think it was a Bad idea to watch it in the middle of Summer ._.

[@WantedAdventure]

hahaha yeah maybe xD now are you craving all the Christmas snacks?

[@dani-dynamite]

I think it was a bad idea to watch it on a day where I dicided not to eat something until 6pm... It's 2pm and.. jetzt würde ich für Spekulatius töten! :)

[@chewbacca8979]

yeah I saw it too in summer and now I wan to eat "Lebkuchen". and if you're the next time in Germany when it's x-mas, go to a bakery and buy a "Dumbedei" it tastes really good

[@aphexart]

Why a bad Idea? Christmas starts at the end of August anyway... or at least thats when you start to buy the christmas sweets in the store ... :-D I don't really get why... and then when its christmas eve, you cant buy them anywhere! Logic?

[@michagrill9432]

Geeraard V. Nur weil Dominosteine in den Regalen stehen heißt es noch lange nicht dass es Weihnachten ist XD

[@xXxFallenLilithxXx]

You have to slice the Baumkuchen :D like cake

[@WantedAdventure]

+Sarah Rabenstein hahahaa oops :D now I know, thanks!

[@Moehre01]

the green and orange stuff in Stollen is 'Citronat/Orangeat'. some kind of fruit jelly. I dont like it.

[@Sandra-xq3ur]

I thougt I'm the only one who don't like Citronat/Orangeat.

[@WantedAdventure]

+DecemberSun aaahh okay, thanks for the info. Well, glad to hear it is, in fact, supposed to be there at least :D

[@boydiv]

I'm also don't like it

[@gepee3654]

+Wanted Adventure Zitronat and Orangeat is candied lemon and orange peel, it is used in many things you bake at christmas. For example, it is often used in Lebkuchen, but much more finely chopped, so you don't notice it, it only gives flavour. It is also sold around christmas for baking at home. But it is not fruit jelly like in the Dominosteine. I love Niederegger Marzipan, it is sooo much better that all the cheap marzipan that is sold. My favourites, I think, are Vanillekipferl and Zimtsterne. I'd love to see a video about American Christmas sweets also

[@WantedAdventure]

+gepee 365 Thanks for the info! If I go to the U.S. for Christmas next year maybe I can do a video on American Christmas snacks then...or I'll just have to ask my parents to ship me a bunch :D :D yum yum!

[@buciallstar]

I'm not a particular fan of Butterspekulatius. I much much much prefer Gewürzspekulatius. They are far less buttery and much more tasty. I'm also not a fan of the jelly part of dominosteine. Anyway the best part about christmas time is that it also is Marzipan time *in heaven*

[@Welteninsel_K]

+buciallstar Yes Gewürzspekulatius are definitely better, but I have to look around for them much longer than for the Butterspekuklatius.

[@buciallstar]

***** really? normally they are next to each other in the store.

[@Welteninsel_K]

buciallstar Not here :(

[@fynn3978]

+buciallstar I baked Baumkuchen, and I found out something SO divine while doing it: Take 200g of marzipan and 75ml of milk, cook it, let it sit and you have it, a gift from th godness of marzipan

[@Safra62]

+TimeToDraw Ah, nope, that's easy, try Penny.

[@Serena2412]

My favourite is Lebkuchen or Gewürzspekulatius. When I am on a christmas market I can't leave without gebrannte Mandeln and Mutzen.

[@BassaSelim]

+Clara Oswin Oswald You impossible girl :)

[@crystaltv2090]

I LOVE gebrannte Mandeln!!!

[@emile1271]

Everybody loves äh... 'burned almonds'

[@marcusgriese5966]

But "gebrannte Mandeln" are not a specific Christmas sweet, I guess. On German funfairs you can buy them all over the year.

[@nillewenne2934]

they are called pfeffernüsse although there is no pepper in them, because in the past, pfeffer was just a word for all spices

[@WantedAdventure]

+Herr Nilson aaah interesting to know! Yeah, I was expecting them to taste more peppery!

[@nillewenne2934]

+Wanted Adventure most germans don't know this either, I think

But, eat like 20 of them and your Mouth will burn :-)

[@WantedAdventure]

+Glenn Müller - EDV Sounds like another interesting video... lol

[@sweetcanada17]

Glenn Müller - EDV - I love that burning feeling and the teary eyes that come with it. Quite the adrenaline rush! XD

[@whatareyoudoing3023]

It was a bit funny to see how you ate the baumkuchen, Dana. Just seems wrong to me. ;) Normally you cut it in pieces, to see the the layers. The baumkuchen is kind of a "masterpiece of the backkunst", its really elaborate to produce one (there are some videos of it on youtube).

[@DBoyAnimations]

Sie hatte einen Minibaumkuchen, den muss man vllt. nicht aufschneiden xDD obwohl man dann die Ringe nicht sieht xD

[@WantedAdventure]

+WhatAreYouDoing Thanks for the tip! I know it has "Kuchen" in the name, but it didn't even cross my mind to cut up! Next time, next time :)

[@FredFromJupiter]

I miss the homemade cookies (Plätzchen), like Spitzbuben, Kokos-Makronen, Zimtsterne - but you had Vanillekipferl.

[@Riegelx]

Dana, I just love your videos! Baumkuchen is my favorite (it's called "Baumkuchen" cause when you cut it, you can actually see rings .. like "Jahresringe" in a tree :) ) ... and the cake that you were mistaking it for was probably a "Baumstrietzel" which they do sell at many christmas markets (on Wittelsbacher Platz in Munich for example :D) ...Happy Holidays to Mr. Germanman and you! Love from the Chiemsee area and all the best for 2016!

[@WantedAdventure]

+Riegel x aaaah okay, makes sense about the Baumkuchen, thanks for the info. And thanks for your nice comment! :) I'm happy to hear you're enjoying the videos. Wish you a lovely time as well!

[@marcotrosi]

I think I watched almost all of your videos, but this one made me laugh loud several times. It made my day. Thanks. Frohe Weihnachten to you and Mr. German Guy.

[@WantedAdventure]

+Marco Trosi :D I'm happy to hear you're enjoying the videos!!! Thanks a lot and Merry Christmas to you too :)

[@LaySongTV]

you either love or hate dominosteine 😅 I could eat about a million of them a day 😂

[@WhiteBlueBavaria]

You gotta try Gewürzspekulatius instead of Butterspekulatius, that's what you really get addicted to :D

[@WantedAdventure]

+Chevron9 oh no, then maybe I shouldn't!! ;)

[@WhiteBlueBavaria]

Wanted Adventure It's definitely recommended to share them with some friends since they often come in 600 g packages and you can't stop eating once you started ;)

[@stefanpuschel3958]

+Chevron9 I wanted to recommend it as well :D I really do like it with milk :O

[@gretahinz6981]

Ich liebe Gewürzspekulatius😍😂 Die Butterspekulatius sind voll langweilig haha😂

[@Dante1282]

+Chevron9 i dont like them through i preffer the butter ones.

[@kluntrum]

Dana, never stop making videos. Its allways fun to watch :) Merry christmas!!

[@WantedAdventure]

+peter patzig haha thanks Peter!! I'm glad you're enjoying them :D :D Merry Christmas to you too!

[@mortusanteportas86]

Hi Dana, thanks for another video. Always fun to watch. You can kinda feel that you have started to do TV lately. Your presentation feels more fluent and polished. The last videos fell to be at an even higher level of quality. I enjoy watching your videos even more. Cheers!!!

[@WantedAdventure]

+mortusanteportas86 Thanks so much! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the videos and thanks for the positive feedback :) :)

[@antrazitaj5209]

My absolute favorite christmas treat are Baumstämme (Nougat, covered in Marzipan covered in chocolade)

[@Belgarion2601]

+antrazi taj Never heard of it, where's it from?

[@antrazitaj5209]

I don't know where it is from, but it's a classic german christmas treat

[@Belgarion2601]

+antrazi taj Gotta be something from the east

[@Belgarion2601]

+antrazi taj or from the very north

[@pupnoomann7866]

Aus dem Osten ist es nicht.

[@WormyMaster]

Elisenlebkuchen is probably my favourite. I have a friend in Nürnberg who sends me some of the originals every year (And if you haven't been to the christmas market in Nürnberg yet, you HAVE TO go there. It's amazing.)

[@lcephoenix]

Psst, you can also order them online, just fyi :)

[@elenaschneider1964]

I absolutely LOVE watching your videos! I'm a German exchange student living in Kansas, USA, at the moment. It is so much fun to see the other side of it, how life is comming from the US to Germany as I am experiencing it the other way rn. Greetings from Kansas, Elena

[@WantedAdventure]

+Elena Schneider Hey Elena! Thanks for your nice comment :) I'm happy to hear you're enjoying the videos and the swapped perspective. Wish you all the best for your time in the U.S.!

[@MrSabachtani]

Yeah! MAroni FTW! Also I wish you merry chrisstman! Förhliche Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr!

[@Finesnarl]

Homemade Vanillekipferl are way better than the ones from the supermarket! There is a huge difference!

[@skmel28]

You should also try Windringerl and Kokosbusserl (In Munich they call them Kokosmakronen as I remember)

[@BassaSelim]

+Thomas Mohr Wo nennt man die denn Kokosbusserl? Hier im Ruhrgebiet habe ich auch nur von Kokosmakronen gehört. Aber vielleicht ist das ja was anderes als in München? ^^

[@skmel28]

+BassaSelim Tja, Kokosbusserl ist ein österreichischer Ausdruck.

[@emilywerner3409]

kommt du aus München ?😊

[@kelgit21]

Here in Hungary we have a specific Christmas sweet called szaloncukor. I can’t translate it, it has no English name, but basically it's usually jelly covered in chocolate and wrapped in shiny paper. But it can be almost everything: coconut, strawberry cream, chocolate cream, maybe some kind of alcohol, nougat. The most common is definitely jelly.

[@xmorgaine]

I love the waffles with nougat from the christmas markets! Also I recommend Gewürzspekulatius to you, in my opinion it is way more christmassy than Butterspekulatius which tastes like a normal "Butterkeks". And something you can't buy but bake is the so called "Bratapfel", an apple filled with cinnamon, jam and raisins...soooo delicious..

[@da1maista]

My favorites are "Zimtsterne" - Cinnamonstars. I love them.

[@Sanyaenyenwa]

You are right, Dresden is famous for its Stollen, Aachen for Printen and Nürnberg for Lebkuchen in general. There are all kinds of different Stollen, by the way: With or without raisins or other fruit, or Marzipan... As the avid baker you are you should try making your own Lebkuchen! It's not a difficult recipe. During the Christmas season you can find Lebkuchen spice mix in most super markets.

[@Liv-eb9yv]

Oh and I hope you and Mr. German man have a very very very merry christmas!!! :)

[@WantedAdventure]

+Liv Lowry Thank you!! :) Merry Christmas to you too!

[@lagggoat7170]

Mozartkugeln (not too christmas-y, but still great), "Marzipanbrot mit Nougat" (just sooooo delicious) and those "Schokokränze" (flat chocolate rings with colourful sugarpearls on top, I just love them)

[@DemTacs]

Baumkuchen! Yummy. Maybe I try to bake one myself. And after I tried one, I will mix it up. Because I also like Pinienkerne (specially roasted ones), I will add crunched ones to my second one.

[@sushi523]

You have to try the white lindt lindors they are the best

[@Kumquats83]

Stollen and Lebkuchen are my favorites. We eat a Champagne Stollen. It's an award winning Stollen in my Region. And ofc, I was helping my mother bake the Christmas cookies last week. Zimtwaffeln (Not waffles, they are just formed like Waffles) and Spritzgebäck. All family recipes. ^^

[@rosesandgold]

I laughed so hard when you just bit into the baumkuchen like that without cutting it up! great video though :)

[@WantedAdventure]

+Rosalie Clara hahhaaa it never even crossed my mind to cut it because it was so small! I've since learned they are usually bigger, and yeah, that you're actually supposed to cut it up like a cake :D

[@paulhee8559]

I like your American-German. It sounds real cute : )

[@januspatrick]

Im a German, and I hate Dominosteine, they are so jelly :D

[@user-nw7up6hc7y]

Wenn man sich die Mühe macht die dinger aufzuschneiden und das gelee wegmacht sind die voll lecker :D

[@Max-bz8ev]

+Vivian_02 Mörder!

[@pajome3071]

I love Dominosteine and hate Marzipan to the death D:

[@user-nw7up6hc7y]

+PaJoMe seriously? it's impossible to hate marzipan!

[@pajome3071]

Vivian_02 Not for me, sorry XD

[@joachimd.5915]

in France there are small sweets, which are called papillotes. They are fine dark, or white chocolate covered pralines. and they contain always proverbs. In Bremen there is also a special bread for Christmas, which is called Klaben. The taste is a bit like Stollen, but there is no iced sugar.

[@WantedAdventure]

+Joachim D. oh, that's nice with the proverbs! And the sweets sound delicious too :) Just looked up Klaben -- looks good. I think I would like that more than the Stollen, because the super sweet top was actually the only thing I didn't care for on it.

[@Gat2muve3464]

You should taste the Stollen of the "Café Kreutzkamm" in the Maffeistrasse right behind the Rathaus in Munich! It's one of the best in Munich! Btw: In "Stollen" are mostly raisins and candied peel (candied lemon and orange peel), that's the little green and yellow chunks inside! But there is also "Butter-Stollen". Therein are then usually no raisins.

[@HighFiveOfficial]

Pferffernuesse! You see how hard it is beeing german??? And the Baumkuchen... dip it your coffee! Merry Christmas to you...

[@WantedAdventure]

+High Five (Official) hahaa nice tip about the coffee dipping! :D Merry Christmas to you too! :)

[@mandlerparr1]

We had a cookie like Pferffernuesse when I was growing up, but they were Danish, and they were small, and I don't remember ever covering the cookie in anything. pebernødder, that is what they are called, but ours used anise instead of pepper. I don't know if that is an american change, or a regional one.

[@edoppelle]

You can't buy Vanillekipferl and (Kinder)Punsch at the super market. They are verry verry horrible. You should make them by yourself or buy them from a christmas market or Christkindlmarkt. *Easy Punsch recepie: Russian herbal tea Orange nectar Sugger It's very tasty* What you should cost are Regenschirm Schokolade (choclate umbrellas). The most hang it up on the christmas tree.

[@nillewenne2934]

we always make punsch with tea, apple juice and Christmas spices.

[@edoppelle]

Herr Nilson Apfel Punsch ist auch sau lecker, aber Waldbeeren Punsch und Orangen Punsch sind besser, finde ich^^ xD

[@pudo1312]

Alles zusammen is gut

[@pupnoomann7866]

Ich finde den Kinderpunsch aus'm Supermarkt gar nicht mal so übel. Außer dass ich nach der zweiten Tasse Sodbrennen kriege bis ich nicht mehr atmen kann.

[@edoppelle]

Horst Kevin von Goethe Die sind anscheinend Gift pur. :D

[@annalaufersweiler6957]

I really love Lebkuchen and Vanille Kipferl. Buuut, I'm German and I've never heard before of this 'Baumstamm' thing, haha. Fröhliche Weihnachten, your videos are great fun!

[@WantedAdventure]

+Asnasnas - Apparently Baumstamm is also called Marzipanbrot. Thank you!! I'm glad you like the videos. Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!!

[@lhkraut]

Since Aldi is now in Georgia, we have been having the best Christmas foods! Thanks for the great videos!

[@JustThinkCrazy]

Baumkuchen is the best!

[@jasminstich1376]

Lindor Kugeln is Swiss Chocolate =)

[@Filtertuetchen]

And you can get Lindor all over the year, it is not a special christmas sweet.

[@Str4vv]

+Jasmin Stich Most of the Lindt/Lindor products are made in Germany (Aachen, i guess).

[@nna2341]

+Str4vv :) word!

[@Polschinski]

+Str4vv yes you are right they are made in Aachen

[@Spatr5]

+Str4vv So what? Coca Cola is (mostly) produced in the country in which it's sold. But would you say Coca Cola is German or French? No, of course not, Coca Cola is American regardless of where it's produced.

[@SweetPeachteaX]

Halloween on on Monday, but now I'm all pumped for Christmas.

[@serfranke5744]

My mother used to make a lot of christmas sweets on her own (mainly cookies). I have never ever come across something better than her home made Vanillekipferl.

[@WantedAdventure]

oh yeah, I bet!! homemade are usually the best :)

[@CptBlm]

Esskastanien. *-*

[@WantedAdventure]

+Blm oooh yeah, those are really good. I love getting fresh, hot Maroni downtown at the little stands.

[@peterpain6625]

No clue what you do for christmas-dinner but we almost always have goose filled with rasins, apples, "esskastanien" and spices. Bet there is a receipe for that somewhere.

[@andi080470]

Ich will Weihnachten. Sofort !

[@hubschab]

You are great. It is so funny to see a nongerman person taste our stuff :) And you really got such a nice way to deal with it :) love your clips :)

[@Andy_from_de]

As you mentioned Dresden: THE original Stollen is Dresdner Stollen. And Gewürzspekulatius beat Butterspekulatius hands down. And totally agree on Vanillekipferl having to be home made or at least from a good bakery. An interesting foreign treat I once tried was British Christmas Pudding.

[@SV-fc3px]

LINDOR!!!😍

[@vikablackout5931]

i love lebkuchen & Gewürzspekulatius ^.^

[@vinnimann8101]

Dominosteine are the best 😍

[@pajome3071]

I agree, even though I hate Marzipan :D

[@DBoyAnimations]

Habe davon komischer weise noch nie etwas gehört xD

[@manuelar2567]

+DBoy Animations wtf wie geht das :D

[@DBoyAnimations]

Manuela Remy Ja gut xD keine Ahnung

[@nagelstudio-tellingstedt]

So funny watching this from Germany, knowing all the products :-)) Nice video, go on! Greetings from the high north, near Danish border

[@WantedAdventure]

+Diva_Fee Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video :) :) Thanks for the nice comment!

[@AnnaHandle]

Never heard of Kräuterprinten...Northern Germany here!

[@elodie.silver547]

Sind die einfachen traditionellen Lebkuchen, die man haufenweise auf jedem Weihnachtsmarkt findet in Form eines Herzens oder Stern. Da scheinen sie es einfach nur anders zu nennen oder so...

[@Sammyy2006]

Gibt's in jedem Supermarkt zu Weihnachten.

[@jackdaw634]

Yes, I know that I'm watching this at the completely wrong time, but next time you must try the Stollen with butter. You must.

[@AnnaLee33]

Nicht dein Ernst...! Kalorien-Atombombe, lol!!

[@AndreasAndreasAndreas]

or with nutella :)))

[@elli2915]

Great Video, Dana! :) I loved your thought of Aachen as one of Germany's christmas headquarters since I'm from there :) the "Printen" were created in Aachen and are sold in beautiful little stores. Plus the Lindt chocolate is produced here, you can even smell the chocolate when you walk through different streets ;)

[@WantedAdventure]

+Leelovesmakeup oh wow, smelling the chocolate as you walk through the streets!!! That's sounds amazing and very tempting :D Here in Munich in certain parts of the city you can often smell them brewing the beer, which also smells delicious, but I think I'd go for the chocolate instead :D Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video :) :)

[@ItsNadine71335]

Stollen is like my favourite of all the Christmas Sweets. And my Swiss Lindor of course. ;) Happy...or in your case Merry Christmas! :)

[@Sochilinda]

First of all, you can not have those treats out of a bag!!! they'll taste like processed shit. You need to buy it in a bakery, and then they'll taste as they should! Vanillakipferln are the best cookies of life!!!

[@emilywerner3409]

i agree😂

[@andystevens2800]

+Sochilinda totally agree !

[@fedupnow61859]

+Sochilinda I have to agree with you as well.

[@anniehallmartin995]

I agree!!!

[@FloIstMoep]

One of my favorite christmas cookies are Springerle, they're made from thick sweet dough, dipped in anise and you need wooden forms to make them. Other yummy "christmas" sweets are Apfelstrudel and Bratapfel. They will taste even better if you prepare them yourself :)

[@evakonen9975]

As my parents come from the north of germany, I know some special sweets from there. My favourite candy is "Neujahrskuchen". They are not really for Christmas but New year. They look like the waffels in wich they put the ice cream, but they taste like very sweet normal waffels. In the past children did something like on Halloween nowadays: they went from house to house and shouted: "Glück seins nei joar!" what means something like "Happy and blessed new year!". After that, the people gave them some Neujahrskuchen, and sometimes they were even invited to come inside and drink something warm. Althought this tradition is not practicated anymore many still love to make and eat them together. My grandmother was able to bake Neujahrskuchen with 3 waffle irons at the same time! It was always fascinating to watch her doing it!

[@WantedAdventure]

+Eva Konen I just did a Google search to see what the Neujahrskuchen look like... *sigh* looks soooo delicious!! In the U.S. we have waffle cones for Christmas as well but they're not always fresh...I think I have to visit the north of Germany next year :D :D Thanks for sharing the tip!!

[@evakonen9975]

+Wanted Adventure oh yeah you'll have to! They are awesome ♡ you could visit me, too :'D

[@FrozenFruitAddict]

Printen are from Aachen :) You should come visit, we have the best christmasmarket in Germany (No. 3 in all Europe) :D It's close to the dutch and belgian border and about an hour from Cologne. But we have Printen here all year long, it's not just a christmassweet for me.

[@sofiesusi]

My grandma always makes "Spritzgebäck" and "Terassen plätzchen" ( normal cookies with marmalade between two cookies) also very delicious are "Zimtsterne"

[@SkiddooBavaria]

you must! try "Springerle", which is my favorite Christmas cookie. These are common in Baden, Schwaben and as well in Switzerland.

[@WantedAdventure]

+SkiddooBavaria ah yes!! some other people recommended this to me as well now. Next year! :D

[@rachelamber8311]

My dad loves to cook or bake and is pretty good at it so today we made many "Zimtsterne" and "Vanillekipferl".. they just taste like nuts mixed with sugar and some other ingredients, but soo yummi :)

[@accidentally0]

oh my gosh, can't wait for christmas time

[@citpanys]

Kudos on picking the best Marzipan brand (Niederegger). Having lived in Luebeck for many years and living in Munich now (since 2010) this made me somewhat proud. :)

[@WantedAdventure]

+cit panys hhaha nice! Glad I did well by you :D

[@toxicteri]

When I was a child, we had this christmas-tree-sweets only out of jelly like the one in the domino steine, covered in chocolate. Until now, they are my favorites! I also love the chocolate-bananas we are also hanging on our christmas tree.

[@user-jz7vp7kg1u]

And one of my grandmas bakes some cookies called "Husarenkrapfen" They're round, with some almonds and in the middle is some apricot jam. Really delicious!

[@vinnimann8101]

Really enjoyed watching this video, please more eating videos in the future haha

[@WantedAdventure]

+vinnimann Yay! I'm glad you enjoyed it! :D Thanks for the nice comment :)

[@charleneahlers5184]

I love the Domino-Steine and Lebkuchen. That are my favourites🌼 I'm from Brandenburg(Germany) and love your Videos so much😄 Good work Dana👍

[@WantedAdventure]

+Charlene Ahlers Thanks Charlene!! :) :) I'm happy you're enjoying them.

[@charleneahlers5184]

:)

[@Anni9910]

Aachener Printen sind soooo lecker! Schön, dass du die probiert hast:)

[@dorisnussbaumer6122]

If you come to Austria, look out for "Kletzenbrot". Kletzen are dried pears, there are other dried fruits in it, so it's a rather chewy issue, but worth a try.

[@sams.6167]

i love your videos they make me so happy greetings from hamburg :)

[@OliverKnittel]

You could say there are local/regional specialities, and the famous cross regional specialities. It´s like having american style Pizza, and italian Pizza, or having New Yorker style pizza in Florida. Those cross-regional specialities have often "industrialized" products sold "out of region" wich are in my opinion, often inferior to those made and sold, where they are famous for beeing produced are. In Example: there´s a BIG difference between an "Nuernberger Elisen Lebkuchen", an "Nuernberger Lebkuchen" and a "nach Nuernberger Art" one. The first two are produced in Nuernberg, the latter is not) Elisen Lebkuchen must have at least 25% nuts ( almond, hazelnut, walnut ) and are capped at max 10% flour or 7,5% starch. The bakery made ones often pride themself to be made without flour and starch, and are much richer in taste. Try for yourself, buy Nürnberger Lebkuchen from the store, compare them to Elisen Lebkuchen from Lebkuchen Schmidt www.lebkuchen-schmidt.com ( one of the best industrial ones ), and compare those to bakery made Elisen Lebkuchen from Eckstein www.lebkuchen-eckstein.de Those are just examples, there are certainly bakeries with just as good or better Lebkuchen, but they are often without an online store. Same goes for Dresdner Stollen, Aachner Printen, Baumkuchen and Spekulatius etc. The store bough industrialized stuff is also kind of tasty, but if you ever had the handcrafted goods on your palate, you´d only go for the store bought stuff in an emergency of life and death ;).

[@marcexner1631]

The chocolate covered versions of Printhen are usually soft. What you ate there looked a lot like the wall coatings of the Witch's Pfefferkuchenhaus from Hänsel und Gretel.

[@WantedAdventure]

+Marc Exner hahahaa yeah, true! I couldn't have made a lovely little house out of them! Maybe next year :)

[@patricksadivj]

Nürnberg is really famous for Lebkuchen (original Elisen-Lebkuchen, they're my favorite) and it's also the place with the oldest Christmas market :)

[@Himmelsfeger]

Lindor is also made in Aachen, we have a big Lindt factory here. Printen are similar to Kölsch, only made near Aachen they can be called Printen. Due to the fact that we produce a lot of Marzipan as well Dominosteine are made here (Zentis has it's main office here.) So no matter where the wind comes from you may smell something sweet here in Aachen

[@makisek1696]

I was surprised when you mentioned these vanilla Christmas cookies that you know lemon version of it. As a Czech person the only version of these vanilla cookies (vanilkové rohlíčky in czech) I know is nut flavor (wallnut or hazelnut usually). And Stollen (I don´t know how it´s spelled) we bake as well. It´s called vánočka (Christmas bread cake) but we leave it as it is with no glaze or a frosting on top of it. Great video!

[@rachelrogers7212]

I live in Texas but have a very close friend in Germany. He sent me a Christmas package of gifts and had these amazing hazelnut gingerbread stars! He said they are very popular in Siegen and was excited for me to try them:)

[@nonamesonemo]

Everything with chocolate and marzipan is good ;) I love the chocolate balls from Lindt too and you really should try Zimtsterne! They are not hard and taste much like cinnamon + almond and they are coated with icing sugar (no lemon).

[@LBerti96]

You have to cut the Baumkuchen! It has laiers just rings, just like a tree but you can't see them if you just bite into the whole thing.

[@stefanvalder4556]

Chocolate Santa, Adventskalender (advent calendar), Spritzgebäck (spritz cookies) are typical too. And all sorts of pastry containing seasonal food, hazelnut or walnut cookies e.g. You have introduced Adventskalender already two years ago and mentioned it was meant for kids. But I know many grown-ups who buy themselves those calendars too ;) Nice video! :)

[@henrilovescimorelli3737]

"Marzipankartoffeln" are my favorite Christmas sweets 😍😍😍

[@user-jz7vp7kg1u]

In the Vogtland (that's in Saxony) we have a snack called "Schweizer Wurst". It looks a bit like Stollen, but it's with chocolate and almonds.

[@NikuKashi]

The real Baumkuchen is pretty expensiv (because it's hard to make) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoC7XqOLhqiqo68#t=02m13s

[@paulpetersen3764]

Konditorei Kroenner in Garmisch makes a really great Baumkuchen...cut into it and see the "tree" rings. Pirker Hoeniglebkuechen is a favorite, but the closest outlet to Munich is on Linzergasse in Salzburg.

[@tigerh6578]

Honigkuchen... Das fehlt mir hier in Amiland. Alles andere bekommen wir hier auch.

[@Xklamottengirl]

my fave s the lebkuchen and gebrannte mandolin you can get them at any weihnachtsmarkt

[@mitchell32584]

If you prefer your Printen softer, you can store them in a tin with a cut apple! I'm living in Aachen and you get Printen year round in every bakery because they originated here. I guess with the Printen one thing led to another and now all kinds of baked christmas goods are produced around here and sold nation wide. I really learned to love Kräuterprinten since I moved here, I think they are my favourite of the bunch :)

[@WantedAdventure]

+Shrewd Wit oooh thanks for the tip about the apple! Interesting to hear that in Aachen you can get them year-round, but other places they seem to pop up just for the holidays.

[@SaraSmiles29]

well my all time favourite since beeing a kid is the normal "austecherle" how we like to call it. its just a basic cookie fudge (flour, eggs, sugar and butter) and then we roll it and cut them out with cookie cutters. after baking it comes to decorating which in my case takes soo much time :D

[@WantedAdventure]

+SaraSmiles hahaa yeah, I also like to take my time decorating the cookies :D :D

[@brigidderbrodlich7961]

My favourite for christmas, are the Schokoladina. I normally don't like the taste of alcohol, but in a Schokoladina it is delicious.

[@vharcas5006]

I live in Aachen and Printen are just glorious. There are soft ones, hard ones, different toppins. There are whole stores only selling Printen.

[@ninchiru9225]

I love Anis Plätzchen for Christmas, but Zimtsterne are also very nice.

[@laurak7247]

I looooove Baumkuchen!!! There are actually bigger once where you can cut little slices of. So you can see the layers in the cake. Thats why it is called Baumkuchen, bacause it looks like the rings in a tree

[@WantedAdventure]

+review on everything Yeah, I had no idea about this when I bought it! I guess I could have cut open the little one too. Oh well, it's gone now. Next time :)

[@mattstern293]

Rothenburg, especially when it's a snowy year, is the most splendid for Christmas. Schneeballs are their specialty....and yes the best ones have either rum or Grand Marnier.

[@WantedAdventure]

+Matt Stern Someone recommended I try Schneeballs, but I couldn't find then at the store! After I already filmed this video I did see them at a Christmas market, though. So you recommend I try them? :)

[@mattstern293]

Absolutely. Especially the rum ones.

[@pieniaurinko]

The Cookies taste so much better when you make them yourself - and even better made with family and/or friends! ^^ I don't like the jelly in dominos either, just like the Orangeat in Stollen. My favorite is Nuss-Nougat; you'll have to try those next year!

[@arthurbregrr5187]

I am from Austria. What i like most is "Kletzenbrot" with butter and "Raukas" (soft smoky cheese).

[@ellabrkovic]

my favourite are the brown/white 'Favorina Lebkuchen' but those with the chocolate on the bottom only. I tried candy canes (or 'stick of rock' as the british call it) which are not thaaaat typical here and it surprised me! They were really hard in consistency but good to suck the sweetness off. I liked them!

[@WantedAdventure]

+Claire Flint haha I didn't know they call them stick of rock in the UK! I really like candy canes..."normal" peppermint candy canes are standard during the holidays in the U.S., but there are also other flavors like strawberry and orange, but the blueberry are my favorite. The fact that they dye your tongue and lips blue is just and added bit of fun lol