I try and rate German Christmas sweets

[@Opa_Andre]

Uyen: "Why are these open?" BF: "Qualitycheck" 🤣

[@ivylovesrunning]

Half the packet is gone is a good and through quality check. Must make sure Uyen won't get sick. Also, German boyfriend, you must have eggnog that I know you don't like. 😂

[@andylee7862]

Haha😂

[@galeparker1067]

🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻🥰✌️🇨🇦​@@ivylovesrunning

[@ewhitmo1]

😆

[@korstiaanakse1]

You know it is really good when someone dud a quality check after buying😅

[@Silthria]

Oh my gosh, I'm Polish and the stuff you bf said about his parents' christmas and how getting an orange was special for them, it was the same for my parents.

[@lianagheorma92]

Same here - I was born in Romania but left when I was a teen in 2005. My relatives still gave me Oranges for St Nicholas on Dec 6th when I was little.

[@pippiponczoszanka5708]

It was special for me too when I was a kid in Poland. Born in 1982.

[@tangledcharlotte]

We always had an orange in our Christmas stocking, but since we lived in Florida, I think it was mostly for the sake of tradition.

[@jodiegatz4191]

Ok I wonder how many European cultures gave an orange for Christmas. I remember when I was a small child, every Christmas my brother and I would leaves our shoes outside our bedroom door and in the morning, our shoes would be filled with small oranges and money. I never knew where that came from.

[@GiliGulu1969]

Yes, same for my parents growing up in the UK. They'd get an orange in their stocking too. Though this was the 30s and then the war time.

[@dawnlizreads]

1:44 "Quality check" - not only does German BF go out and buy the sweets but he also tastes them to check they're OK for you to eat. That's dedication for you...

[@Cancun771]

Yeah he was totally _NOT_ stuffing his face while riding the tram back home or nothin!!1

[@arnodobler1096]

He had to make sacrifices!😂

[@kainosuke1740]

qualitätskontrolle

[@mjrdainbramage]

I appreciate that GBF made the effort to explain why these traditional sweets became popular, in spite of the limited variety. We have the same thing with traditional holiday food in Norway. It is often rich in fat, and/or sugar as this made it special, and during the winter it wasn't a bad idea to pack on a few extra pounds for insulation. 😄 Salty food is also very common as that was one of the most reliable ways to conserve food when cold storage was limited. So even though it can't compete with the variation available to a food culture that has almost unlimited access to herbs, spices, fruits, and vegetables for most of the year, it was/is special to us. And although we currently have other options available to us practically all the time, we still go back to our roots in times like these.

[@CosmoDragons601]

Germans during the year: Spring: Bread Summer: Bread Fall: Bread Winter: *Gingerbread*

[@rairei]

sorry, I have to correct it: Winter: Bread + Gingerbread LOL

[@zatrisha]

Laughed way too hard at this 😂

[@dieechtemissmarple]

Nein, nein. Kletzenbrot ist das weihnachtliche Brot. Allerdings zusätzlich zum normalen Brot, nicht stattdessen. Ich backe jedes Jahr vier davon für uns und noch ein paar zum verschenken. An jedem Adventssonntag wird eines angefangen. Es ist ein schweres dunkles Brot in dessen Teig ganze Haselnüsse, gemahlene Mandeln getrocknete Früchte und (am besten selbstgemachtes) orangeat und zitronat geknetet werden. Am besten schmeckt es einfach mit Butter bestrichen

[@Leshantra]

Well... We have so many different types of bread, that it never gets boring.

[@insouciantme6015]

The "gingerbread" is called Lebkuchen. It has no ginger and we never claimed it had. Blame the translator

[@noortjewolters]

I'm dutch with a german grandmother and I absolutely love blätterkrokant. It is not made in the Netherlands, so every christmas I look forward to this treat 😊! Also the Aachener printen are supposed to be quite chewy, so I fear you might have gotten some stale ones.

[@barbarasieverding1754]

They are hard and dry when they‘re fresh from the oven. Leave them out and they suck up humidity and get wonderfully soft. Some recommend storing them with an apple or orange for extra nice flavour.

[@w.vangaal1077]

Or like the Dutch do with taai taai. put it into a tin with a piece of bread. It will moisten the cookies and make them softer!

[@The_Rizzler_uwu]

Mmh as someone from Aachen there are multiple different ones sold 🥰 The best ones for me personally are the hard and chewy ones but there are also really soft and chocolatly ones , watch out for the white chocolate ones those are the best if you seek out more sweet ones

[@cadoho]

I have a few things to comment: 1. I love Blätterkrokant

[@Melanie_T]

Baumkuchen. I missed it too!

[@Arasarcan]

Yes!!! Baumkuchen! Such a blessing to eat 🤤

[@Litschi-s9c]

Absolutely, Baumkuchen!!!!

[@NevelWong]

Vanillekipferl. Wo sind meine Vanillekipferle?!

[@mrbqkc]

Ok time for a part 2! I also would love to see a "bakery edition"

[@bo8jk]

For the non germans: Our "gingerbread" is actually nut based. The most premium ones are called "Ellisen Lebkuchen" and from Nürnberg if you want to google them

[@persephonekore7738]

The Lebkuchen is my fav part of the lidls&Aldi’s Christmas stuff over here in the UK 😂 I eat waaaay to much of it

[@AF-wf6vo]

​@persephonekore7738 the chocolate covered one is so good, too

[@MollyMalone1983]

If they want to google it, it's *Elisenlebkuchen 😉

[@sydneyyelity-paul1563]

Really? Why are they so dang good???? I love them!

[@AF-wf6vo]

@sydneyyelity-paul1563 they are not overly sweet and the bottom thing makes it chewy. I love them

[@Kenzalina_]

Every country has the Danish butter cookies in a tin can. It’s always used as a sewing kit, once the cookies are gone. I swear that Denmark’s biggest export is those butter cookies. 😂

[@lynnbean7200]

Possibly used to be. Now it's Ozempic.

[@undeadsatan3317]

ohh i never knew they were Danish😮thankss!

[@tashaposlaniec8009]

You mean Future Sewing Kit.😂

[@angela_aubrams]

Every single house in Spain used it as a sewing kit too!

[@jeanmartin963]

it is LEGO !

[@beccibaum8228]

There must be a second “bakery edition “ especially Christmastreats are a specialty in soo many bakeries in Germany and they taste vastly different to the store-bought stuff❤ And Blätterkrokant is heaven!! It is a caramel+nougat mixture and I could eat tons of it

[@schmakibaki]

Ich liebe Blätterkrokant auch! Hat nur leider gefühlt 1500 Kalorien pro Stück 😂

[@emilyjackson1289]

Bakery edition - yes to this idea

[@Asphodelon]

I live in Austria and I love Lindt Blätterkrokant! Not many people buy it so there's always more than enough for me 😁

[@dandanjordan]

Agreed. Bakery addition

[@bitterspice]

German BF: talking about his dad getting one orange for Christmas because fresh fruit in winter countries was special Uyen: 🥺☹️

[@Reismiilch]

i think she might have heard similar stories. My mom received a hard boiled egg for her birthday back in china.

[@sapphire22011]

She probably finds it hard to believe ss coming from a tropical country they have fresh fruit all year around

[@brittanymccracken9959]

Yep my Norwegian Great grandmother had the same tradition with her parents and siblings.

[@CologneCarter]

I remember the times as well, when it was common for us children to get oranges, tangarines and the like only for Christmas and we got only a few of those. A typical Christmas plate (every Person got their own on Christmas eve with their present). It contained the most exotic and rare things available. And I bet they weren't cheap back then. So we found some tangarines, an orange, dried dates, dried figs, nuts (brazil, hasel, walnut) and some of those dark chocolates filled with alcohol (Mon Cheri and the like). And the usual sprinkling of Spekulatius. Later there was an addition of those chocolate rings dipped in sprinkles and fondant rings dipped in chocolate. As a kid I didn't like any of it except the fruit. The dates had a papery skin and a bloody pit, the figs were full of those seeds, I don't like any nuts in general (never have, never will), the chocolates were bitter and the filling terrible, the Spekulatius were dry and didn't fair well laying open for days or weeks. I ate the fondant rings and the chocolate rings with sprinkles, but I wasn't fond of them either. Things never improved over time. Most of the stuff that was offered on the Christmas plate never was to my taste. So I decided to never put any of that stuff on my childrens Christmas plates. Instead I put all the sweets they liked but only got in moderation during the year.

[@BradKandyCroftFamily]

It's easy to forget how much weather really effects culture. The things we love are effected by soooo much beyond some vague social construct idea.

[@suemurray286]

I love the video. Brought back wonderful memories. My MIL was German. She baked and baked and baked just for Christmas time. Nothing bought in a store could possibly compete with her homemade delights. Stollen, cookies, whatever. She was fantastic baker. Imagine a whole hazelnut wrapped in marzipan and a hard a cookie shell, As a plus. she would travel to Germany and Switzerland for the chocolates. Yes, she spoiled us with Christmas delights. There is a particular dark chocolate she brought back to USA, filled with liquid cognac. Two of those, you better sit or lay down and enjoy a good nap. Sorry, don't remember the name of the candy. Oh, the hot wine with oranges and cinnamon, we called Wiezel (sorry about the spelling) In English, pronounced "Vah Zel". How I miss her and her baking skills. (BTW, my father is native american and my mom is scot!!) Yeah, I married a German. How cool are all these gene and cultural pools?

[@yuvra649]

Now do one with bakery Christmas items! I bet they must be much better than store bought!

[@ashaeerie]

Yes, please, make one with real good quality snacks! or make one of them homemade!

[@neverrr]

Exactly what I thought! She would just hate the shitty supermarket versions 😂

[@derelinque8064]

yeess, especially "Linzertorte" is a christmas must taste :D

[@hwbartels-ss2lg]

The best stuff is already gone for this season, alas. It's difficult to find good Stollen now in my region.

[@TeeBoyd88]

There is a popular Meme around Christmas time, about the blue tin Danish butter cookies being bought as a sewing kit. 😂 I've been eating these cookies since I was 12yo and just moved to Australia (35 years now). I buy them every year! It's not Christmas until they are in my house. 🇩🇰🍪💙🎄

[@DrQwertz]

1. good blätterkrokant is smooth and a bit crispy, because it is mixed caramellised sugar with nougat. But the cheeper ones are hard and way too sugary. 2. some of the dry stuff is ment to dip in hot choclate or coffe or tee. They were so dry so they last longer without getting moldy. 3. clearly the baumkuchen is missing, or at least the baumkuchenbites and aniscookies and glühweinbonbons

[@ari-cu6ql]

As a german, Dominos are my absolute favorite christmas snack. I love marzipan and the layers are so cute. But you have to eat them with dark chocolate to even out the sweetness. They're the best

[@nos_astra1878]

They are so good, I don't even like Marzipan, but I love Dominosteine. Don't put an open package near me and leave me unsupervised. I'll eat them all with no restraint or common sense.

[@SouffleGirl2]

The best Dominosteine are from Lebkuchen Schmidt, they are crazy expensive, but the "Bruch" is also perfectly okay 😉

[@JudyReadsCards]

Yes! This is what I commented - dark chocolate! 🍫😋

[@Lou.Cypher]

The tin cookies, i know, as danish cookies. Its a blue tin, but they have special xmas ones. And when you finish the cookies, you put your sewing stuff inside it😊

[@magdolyn]

I was all, "What are cookies doing in the sewing kit? 😂

[@queencleopatra007]

Lol I can't believe this is a worldwide phenomenon 😂

[@MackenzieNerdyEMT]

That is so funny, my grandma and mom always did this. I've never seen the actual cookies.

[@ashaeerie]

of course you put your sewing kit inside. Hi from Spain!

[@Inbirman]

as a kid I was actually surprised to find cookies inside 🤣🤣

[@lunarebeccaada4191]

I don't know if it was mentioned before,so here it goes: if you smear butter on the Stollen,it tastes much better and as you are not a fan of marzipan,you should try a Butter Stollen next time😊. For the Aachener Printen,please enjoy them with tea or coffee,you will love them,after dipping them in. Thank you for the funny video and merry Christmas to you and yours🎄🥰🙋🏻‍♀️

[@Inked_Bee]

Germany really does have a VAST variety of spirit. My step mom is German and when I was dragged to her family gettogethers, it was actually really fun food wise, and candy wise (which I do not like, usually). Germany knows how to Christmas spirit.

[@ztheo2280]

but we do mostly have sweet stuff for christmas. not much other flavours

[@nwilson7768]

Really enjoy watching your posts

[@skeelatheskink8724]

Makes sense. Christmases origins are from Germany.

[@melbapeach162]

For a second I thought that was some traditional German word.. 'gettogether' then I realised it was just a typo lol

[@TheAayize]

@@melbapeach162lol im gonna use that now when I meet up with my ghetto friends.. my ghettogethers

[@Vancha136]

Someone from Aachen here: We also don't really eat the hard Printen (some people like them, majority I know doesn't :D) There is a trick though, which Uyen already suggested with Christstollen: Just leave it in the open for a few days and they get much softer and better :) Weichprinten are also a thing, they come softer already. And the ones covered with chocolade are also a delight ^-^

[@acenixton]

Wanted to say the same thing, thanks for explaining for the non-aachener people out there ^^ My dad also sometimes put the Hartprinten in a lunch box with half of an apple, that way they also get nice and soft and vaguely apple-y. Weichprinten wich chocolate and almond sticks on them are the best, tho. In my completely unbiased opinion ;)

[@mediagirl]

Yep, Aachen here too, these Kräuterprinten are really just for the "doesn't really like too sweet-types in the family", mostly these go into delicious sauces for meat roasts, or Sauerbraten. Try the chocolate-coated Honigprinten (best, when freshly opened!). Totally different thing!

[@aliceiduna5573]

Hartprinten are also great if they are dipped in some hot drink, like hot chocolate :)

[@fraukealexander-morrell3695]

I absolutely love Blätterkrokant!!!

[@jannirian2164]

Whaat, I loved getting the hard Kräuterprinten when I visited my uncle in Aachen because it's hard to get proper hard ones outside of Aachen :(

[@yoboipanda2363]

I love uyen's reactions to foods, this will be a fun one ! You guys should do more long form content !

[@p.s.224]

I love Blätterkrokant! It doesn’t just taste like sugar, it tastes like caramel and nuts!

[@TeeBoyd88]

I would love to try this.

[@ClaudiaThur]

Me too. But as kid I really was not happy, when I found it in my boots. Maybe you have to grow into the taste, to love it?

[@p.s.224]

@@ClaudiaThur I don't remember ever not liking it. I first remember having tried Blätterkrokant in an easter egg at like 8 to 10 years old and I loved it at that point. I really also liked the dry flakey texture right away!

[@andrekubasik3988]

You are supposed to open the package some time before you actually eat the Aachener Kräuterprinten so they can soften by taking up moisture from the air. It might need a day or two for that. If you are too impatient for that, get the ones coated in chocolate, Schokoladenprinten.

[@german.boyfriend]

Thanks for the Tipp! 😊

[@l1277]

So a few years ago I discovered Lebkuchen (live in the UK, Lidl have them at Christmas) and I'm so glad I don't live in Germany because I would make it my mission to try every single type of Lebkuchen available!

[@Delphiris]

Hehe, me too. Lidl trip has to do. I actually love the first one best. Have you ever managed to taste the "proper" Nürnberger Lebkuchen? Difference between day and night. Here in Cornwall Lidl stopped the cinnamon stars but like in this video mentioned, I also make my own, can't beat it.

[@l1277]

@@Delphiris I haven't managed to try the "proper" ones yet, but I'm aiming to one day!

[@alexnosheds]

Vanillekipferl (homemade) might be another addition- it’s christmasy but not the usual suspects of spices :-)

[@karenneill9109]

No matter how busy I am, if nothing else gets handmade there will be vanillekipferl!

[@starlinguk]

They're the best Christmas cookie/biscuit hands down. Weird it wasn't on the list.

[@youremakingprogress144]

I loved this video. I laughed from start to finish, and both Uyen and German Boyfriend brought so much fun to it. Terrific job, both of you.

[@AlaskanTiger23]

German BF, you should do another taste test video with the various delicious German bakery treats. I feel that would go over much better. :) I'm an American who lived in Germany for 2 years and Italy for 3 and the food in both places was amazing....except for most of these Christmas treats. :) My issue with both country's sweet snacks in the grocery store was how dry so many were. Going to a bakery was easy and the treats there were so much better!

[@Calgal76]

I just moved to Germany. What are you favorite bakery treats?

[@maartjedemeerr]

​@Calgal76 any Kuchen! And now in Christmas time, make an effort and go to a really good bakery, to get Zimtsterne, Biberle, indeed Lebkuchen, and so much more. I love Schwartz-Weißgeback also (available year round!) Enjoy enjoy (also what bakeries have varies regionally!)

[@zenpie5093]

@@Calgal76please try Vanillekipferl from a bakery and Zimtsterne ✨ they are some of the best Christmas cookies but don’t taste good when store bought.

[@voyance4elle]

you have to try fresh Baumkuchen!!! @@Calgal76 It's the best :D also Vanillekipferl are these cute little half moons and you should definetly try Spekulatius (those that Uyen tried and gave to Santa). From where did you move here?

[@sadorow]

@@Calgal76 Try to get some real hand made Dominosteine at a bakery - they are awesome! You can't compare them to the ones Uyen ate.

[@-Reagan]

I really enjoyed this and hearing a little about the history and the childhood memories from your fiancé was so nice. That was heartwarming and informative. I love seeing more of both your personalities. We need a Vietnamese New Years version for German BF to try! P.S. If you’re going to send marzipan Stollen to your distant family, I’ll happily be your ^distant family^!! You have no idea how excited I was last year, when they finally opened an Audi’s in my tiny little town.

[@AgrestisAnima]

I LOVE krokant covered in chocolate! The texture during chewing is amazing! I never seem to find them, only during easter 😑

[@GiaGwendoline]

I love it, too! And yes, can only find it for easter and Christmas.

[@antonost5055]

Yes me too. Probably because on video she couldn't handle something so special.

[@inesmanui]

Love it as well 🤗😂

[@madei9031]

Blätterkrokant is the only sweet i want during easter and christmas! it's the best

[@gracetow]

Blätterkrokant is really one of my absolute favourites!!

[@rg1whiteywins598]

Over the past year or so i have seen the two of you starting to adjust and adapt to each other. Very good 👍.

[@thejazzpianist25]

"they cosplay it as a tiny potato" 😭

[@WayneWBishop]

This was the best line for me!

[@anniinglucksdorf960]

This was a wonderful video! I love you dynamic! Loved the ranking system and background information German boyfriend added to this. And as a German myself I enjoyed you tasting and hearing your opinion, Uyen!

[@FangToh]

I really appreciate the history and context German boyfriend provides!

[@WendyLemontree]

They opened a Lidl near my house earlier this year, so I recognize a lot of these exact packages sold at Lidl here in the US. My kids and I LOVE the little Christmas shapes Lebkuchen that have the sugar icing or chocolate coating that come in a bag. They are SO GOOD. Americans don't use anise or cardamom in their sweets. My boyfriend hated them, but my kids and I loved them. I'm from Pennsylvania though, and my grandfathers both had German ancestry and the one with the newest always asked us to make anise cookies for Christmas. The only recipe I could find in the 80's when I was a kid was soft anise drops, which he said wasn't what his mom made, but that was ok because they were very good. Now with the internet, I'm sure he was wanting Springerle, but unfortunately it's too late to make them for him. I also learned from my German friend that in Germany they also made tons and tons of Christmas cookies weeks to a month ahead and stored them in tins with apple slices down in the cellar like my family did. I've learned that's considered really weird to most Americans, but fairly normal in Germany where so many of the traditional cookies are too hard to eat until they've aged--and the apple slices help soften them. So funny. But it's too warm here in North Carolina where we've lived the last 15 years to do that anyway. Plus we don't even have a cellar where it would be cooler.

[@KiryubelleKazuma]

I wanted to complain about Vanillekipferl, Marzipanbrot etc. missing but then I heard her saying she hates almonds. Not good to dislike almonds when it comes to christmas sweets. At least she had the Marzipankartoffeln. The cookies with the marmelade eye in the middle are also quite important since every grandma likes to bake them. I recently learned they have a name. Engelsaugen.

[@Hammerbruder99]

Engelsaugen? Interesting, didn't know that either. ^^ The name is kinda gross if you think about it. :D

[@Dani-lc9hq]

We call them Hiladabrötchen! All of what you mentioned is my favorite stuff! 😊

[@kitiko]

I know them as Linzer Plätzchen

[@starlinguk]

But she loves Zimtsterne made with almonds.

[@starlinguk]

​@@kitikoThose are two tiered. Engelsaugen are different.

[@Mondhase2000]

Uyen, you should try the Christstollen with a healthy amount of butter on it, or with butter and jam. That's a game changer and usually the way we eat it 😊and most of our Christmas sweets is eaten together with a hot drink like hot chocolate, coffee or a hot egg nog, the Punsch and not the pure liquor 😊

[@d3eikob]

Store bought gingerbread in Poland also tends to be this hard. Unless it’s coated with chocolate or hard icing, you can soften them by putting them in a jar with pieces of fresh apples (1-2 days and they will be nice and soft).

[@czechowa]

I never had a hard gingerbread in Poland xD What are you talking about

[@tymondabrowski12]

​@@czechowa The sugar coated ones are usually hard. The chocolate coated ones, especially the pretzels, are soft if they're fresh, but can get stale. And you can buy intentionally hard thin gingerbreads, I love the bells you can buy in big round containers with red lids in Carrefour for example. They usually have more spices, I think.

[@zagrych]

@@czechowaI have seen hard girngerbread in poland, but agree most is soft-- or rather most is similar consistency to torun --not quite hard or soft

[@marta1799]

In Silesia we use the hard one, dried fruit and various nuts for traditional Christmas dessert - Moczka. You can surely check it out somewhere in the Internet. It's deliciuus even if looks like crap (literally) :D

[@zagrych]

@@marta1799 In usa we call it fruitcake! it actually is very good fresh, but it has become famous for not being good, because people seem to always find stale loaf in the back of the cupboard from three years ago christmas haha.

[@carlycharlesworth1497]

Uyen, I am from the UK, and I still remember getting an orange for Christmas for a few years in a row. This was of course a very long time ago. My mother told me that it was better to get an orange than to get sweets but because I was a young child, I just wanted sweets. My mother told me that when she was a little girl, a man came to see her mother, and he gave my mum something he called Chocolate, which she had never tasted before. She said it tasted like heaven, and the man that gave it to her was her father who had returned from the war. She didn't recognise him, as she has been just a baby when he went to war. Anyway, thank you for making these interesting videos. You and German boyfriend are really fun to watch. God bless you both. Have a great week!

[@AischaSabra]

Uyen, you literally put all of my absolute favorites on the naughty list 😢😂

[@uyenninh]

🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈

[@trailofdebris]

mine as well! but she liked the stollen and i'm here like, wtf who likes stollen and puts dominosteine on the naughty list

[@alinasoandso]

I like the grading scale: simple and understandable.

[@Jayjay_07]

The macadamia covered in chocolate from Lindt is probably one of my favorite sweets in general. They are expensive though, so every year the day after christmas I run to the store and buy all that are left with 50% off 😂❤

[@handsomeavocado14]

Facts I love macadamia

[@davidecaroselli758]

“I love RUM, that’s why I love Tiramisù so much”… right there, it’s right there that my heart skipped a couple of beats. I survived thankfully 😅

[@elisacarow]

You must be Italian, then. ❤

[@FindingMorgan]

I was searching for this comment 🤣

[@PollettoDanger]

I just felt the same thing. Yes, I'm italian

[@lenn939]

Explain for a non-Italian please

[@UweGerman]

Tiramisu is usually made with Amaretto and Espresso

[@luvanea873]

You should try Rumkugeln from the bakery! The are originally made from leftover dough+cocoa, rolled in chocolate. They are usually also a little bit larger from the bakery and soft. Love them! I also missed Baumkuchen - please make a second video! Thanks for the cozy video 🎄

[@mariomoser2280]

SPEKULATIUS!!!!!!selten so gelacht!

[@naomilangevin3944]

Oh my gosh those second treats. The chocolate rings with sprinkles on them. That is like a treat we used to have as children. They were cheap chocolate but somehow that made them better. And German people can get whole packages of full sized ones? Amazing!

[@imajinallthepurple]

Ugh, I can't stand them but we always buy them for christmas because to my mom it's not christmas without them. She basically has them to herself though so maybe that's why. 😂 Btw, how do you buy them if not in full packages? 🤔

[@anna-ranja4573]

These rings with sprinkles you can find with gummibears etc. on the gingerbreadhouses/ Lebkuchen-Knusperhäuschen.

[@naomilangevin3944]

@@imajinallthepurple Usually they are little drops of chocolate with sprinkles on one side. They come in bags of usually 100 or so. (They are actually sold by weight not count so I don't know actual amounts) Nowadays, you can get them at old fashioned candy stores, or sometimes at dollar stores that sells cheap or unusual candy.

[@imajinallthepurple]

@@naomilangevin3944 Thanks. We have those too. Didn't know the bigger ones were more of a German (well, Danish for me 😅) thing though. We also use them for cake train wheels. 😄

[@richheruk]

We call them Jazzies in the UK, but they're smaller and just a circle rather than a ring.

[@lisastenzel5713]

12:29 Interesting that you brought them up after the story about Christmas and fruits and everything. I was waiting for them! And I just learned this Christmas: Those were the first poor-people pralinés! They were shaped originally like dominos and they didn't had the Marzipan. It was a german chocolatier who thought of them, cos he felt sorry for the poor folk who couldn't afford the good chocolates.

[@steffidu1984]

Es wäre lustig, wenn german boyfriend mal eine Auswahl vietnamesischer Süßigkeiten probieren würde

[@zauber-wortck4571]

Jaaaaaa! 🎉

[@YukiSatagawa]

Yeaaaa! :D

[@handsomeavocado14]

Ya 👍

[@Juneessary]

Maybe for Tet (Lunar new year)

[@norabea3552]

Yes, Asian New Year edition 🎉

[@Mila_1968]

I'm Ukrainian leaving now in Germany. I do love Elisenlebkuchen, Zimtsterne, Baumkuchen and Stollen (only without marzipan filling, which are too sweet for me) 😊. Great video, danke! 👍❤️

[@lenawrites9484]

as a german living in canada, i miss these sweets so so much!! so watching you eat them is a joy for meee

[@JadeCanada237]

Try searching by province or city. There are quite a few online and physical German/European stores that ship products across Canada.

[@twentysix6477]

I feel like I've had the sprinkle chocolate circles before I would have found them at the bulk barn in ontario

[@c0d3_m0nk3y]

As a German living in the US, I was about to comment the same ;( Here you only get chocolate bars like Mars and Snickers all year round. On special occasions, you get variety packs with combinations of them, that's all. And they are super expensive too - like $20 a pack.

[@mimimimz6719]

I'm 1/4 German 3/4 Croatian ( born and grew up in Serbia), been living in Canada for over 30 years. I live in Toronto and during the Christmas season I've been able to find ginger cookies and my favourite of all lebkuchen herza in a lot of grocery stores. It used to be that you would have to go to specialty delicatessen stores to find imported food items from Europe but now I find more and more 'regular' grocery stores have them.

[@melissatunca5336]

As a German living in Thailand this is very relatable

[@carleaa]

I absolutely fucking love the German accent. Its SO satisfying. The pronunciation is just 🤌🏼

[@Suoubi]

I looooove Blätterkrokant! 😂 It’s my favorite christmas candy by far. Well… I would not ne surprised, if they only produced this stuff for me, judging by the amount I consume. 🤣

[@evi6784]

we are the same person😂🤝 i love them

[@Suoubi]

⁠@@evi6784 Team Blätterkrokant for the win! 🥇🤭

[@agnieszkapilot-bambynek8025]

As a Pole I can tell that I know a lot about Lebkuchen! They're really big thing in Poland at Christmastime. I like especially home made ones, every year I bake those with a dough which is prepared in Oktober and sits in cold for a month or so. In '80s and '90s German sweets were very popular in Poland - to this day I love Spekulatius, Dominos, Zimtsterne (I know different ones that you're eating) and gingerbread coated in chocolate (Sterne, Herzen und Bretzeln). ❤ Merry Christmas from Poand! 🎄

[@vitamin.CC_]

I am a long time watcher but first time commenter … just wanted to express how much I love you Uyen! You are such a gentle sweet soul and you always make me happy. Watching your videos feels like I am getting a warm hug ❤ thank you for being you!

[@pinkwinterprincessEri]

"I think the cookie heard me complaining about it" That's so adorable

[@miridroge6043]

A lot on the Lebkuchen (ginger bread) that is Not covered with chocolate is very dry, that's true, but it tastes 1000 times better when softened in your hot drink of choice, I like hot cocoa :)

[@beeandbear]

"Cosplaying as a potato." 😂😂 My German friend sent me a big box of Christmas goodies and I had many of these reactions. Haha. Sooo sweet, so much "gingerbread", and... Surprising textures. But some goodies in there.

[@Orycal29]

Oh this was fun! From BF's " Quality check?" To "the real winner is the naughty list!"- we smiled the whole time! Thank you both so much!

[@TheThailightZone]

Uyen you are obviously a highly educated person. Your English language (and I imagine German) is advanced. What amazes me most when I watch your videos, and something that cannot be learnt like a language, is your knowledge of Western norms, memes, humour, antidotes. For someone from Vietnam you have learnt and adopted these aspects of Western culture so quickly and thoroughly.

[@TheThailightZone]

except for opening packaging 🤣

[@pinstripesuitandheels]

Uyen, never ever let an Italian know you make tiramisu with rum. They will have a conniption fit.

[@bdgrlaw]

Conniption fit!

[@Scarlett.Granger]

Whaaaat! I love the Schokoladenkränze! Those are the absolute best! We will get our revenge!

[@ellenschmieg2247]

We in our family love Blätterkrokant! That's why they make them. 😉

[@michellevanmalsen7603]

As a dutchy, I see a lot of ‘dutch’ sinterklaas treats haha, speculaas, pepernoten (pfeffernuts), marzipan kartoffeln, the ‘gingerbread’(I think it could be similar to Taaitaai here). we all eat those for Sinterklaas on 5 december, fun to see! 😊

[@Overwijn01]

And don’t forget the stol! 😁

[@czechowa]

Oh wow, the story about tangerines and oranges! I didn't know it was the same in Germany, we also view these as very special.

[@Bella-Seasons]

So does my Italian family!

[@fairgreen42]

And in Austria! People were poor past WW2.

[@90charmedndangerous]

Ive heard stories about My grandfather who was born in the 1920s on a small island in Estonia and sometimes on christmas the father would go to the mainland and do trades with ship workers from other countries and come home with oranges,tangerines,those sugarcrystalcandies etc and it was the most luxurious things they'd ever had.

[@meredithjohnson2843]

My dad (we’re black americans) grew up in a family of 13 during the civil rights movement and oranges were what they got for Christmas. Even though we were well off he still put oranges in our stockings.

[@nimue325]

We get a tangerine in the toe of our stocking every Christmas. (Northeastern US, near the setting of Little Women in which they got citrus as legit historic holiday treats.)

[@sophiejansen5511]

I am from Aachen and i was a Printen-seller so let me tell you some stuff about Printen 😂 so there are the plaint print, the ones you tried and they are in deed very dry and also very hard. There is a dish call „Sauerbraten“ and the sauce for it tastes really good with Printen inside. But there are moist, soft Printen as well which are completely covered with chocolate and can have nuts (Almond or Haselnutt) on them. There are all kinds of Printen covered with white, dark, milkchocolate or without. And you should (like with the cinnamon stars) buy them in a Printen-store since they are way better there. Your video was really fun to watch, thank you so much !! Love your content :)

[@Mallowolf]

I love the apricot jam filled ‘ginger’ cakes! They are flavorful and not too sweet. Thank you for tasting so many almond things for us even though you hate them, lol!

[@Idyllicnic]

I’m from Chile and even when December approaches the only thing that makes me excited is to go to the supermarket and buy Lebkuchen Herzen 🤤 they’re sooo good.

[@B_g651]

My not really Christmas sweets was this hard strawberry candy with a liquid center. It was wrapped like a strawberry. I'd only see them at my great grandma's on Christmas when we visited her for Christmas. I'd stay up all night picking and eating them out of the mixed candy. I've found them around a lot more now a days. I have a little bag of them sitting on my TV stand as a memory of her. She passed during early covid. 7:54

[@jasmirris]

They were always in dried fruit and nut gift baskets! I loved the apricots and figs when we got them though the strawberry candies were a plus. :)

[@laurailie9602]

You make me laugh with your hate for marzipan. I love it. 🥰

[@Manners18000_.]

Love his ranking system! So adorable and yet so true! 😊

[@blackberrybunny]

It's nearly the end of July, 2024, and yet this was still so much fun to watch! Christmas in July! Now, ask GB about the sugar cone they melt over a flame, and the sugar drips into the Glühwein drink (mulled warm red wine) below, and it is a BIG tradition over there. You'll love it. It is a rum soaked sugarloaf, called Feuerzangenbowle. Ask him about it! I'd love to see you make a video about this neat tradition.

[@gluttonikitty]

Spekulatius are my favorite! I always grab some from aldis as soon as they are available. I love dipping them in my coffee

[@Ch3rryT3a]

Spekulatius 😍😍😍😍😍

[@aliceputz3183]

That is why in America Spekulatius is called Biscoff (coffee biscuits). And the Belgian brand Lotus have renamed their original Speculoos to Biscoff.

[@alil8270]

I love this ranking system. Very original and classy and most importantly...very Christmassy!

[@mone582]

Uyen doesn't want the kids to be hungry just because they were naughty. She's such a gentle soul 😉

[@annabelle1642]

I had so much much fun with you two! Thank you. Would be great to see him grade vietnamese treets.

[@user-xg9tv4vu3k]

This video was absolutely adorable! You guys are SO CUTE! ❤

[@andreaswilmers8331]

The way, you say Spekulatius made my Day 😄

[@lc7798]

You two are magic together! Love your videos!

[@jengoodwyn2715]

Even if these are traditional, nothing beats fresh baking from home or a very good bakery. This was fun!

[@AuskaDezjArdamaath]

In Quebec, during the holidays, we have these meat pies we call tourtières. Beef, pork and veal with onion, celery and spices. Most use cinnamon, my family uses mace and nutmeg. It’s amazing and not Christmas unless it’s on the table!

[@Bella-Seasons]

J’adore tourtière!!

[@solomonisms9000]

@@Bella-Seasons Moi aussi. Avec un peu de sirop d'érable! Délicieux!

[@PotooBurd]

I enjoy this so much! Amazing content, best wishes to you and your future projects! 🌻

[@darlouthia5153]

Watching you struggle with opening the packages 😂 so relatable !!

[@Claudia-u4z9p]

You have forgotten the most important sweets for Christmas: Plätzchen. We prepare them at home weeks and days before Christmas with friends and family. It´s the strongest tradition before Christmas. And you didn´t mention the Adventkalender full of chocolate :-(((( Anyway FROHE WEIHNACHTEN, love you.

[@TheLeaveTaking]

Those nuts covered in chocolate, in the copper-colored packaging, are one of my favorites! So gut!

[@weirdokate8840]

+1, my mom always gets those for herself, when i was a kid iused to sneak them so she wouldnt find out

[@katiequimby5576]

Luv how well u 2 get along! Similar humors. And kind people u are…genuine. Happy New Year!🎄✌️

[@vanessasiegel7118]

Honestly, the "Blätterteigkrokant" are my aaabsooolute favorite! But I eat them for easter 😁

[@MollyMalone1983]

It's Blätterkrokant not Blätterteigkrokant 😉

[@jennitogo]

As a person from Aachen, I have to say that Aachener Printen from the bakeries here are way more moisturized and fancy than these store-bought ones! There are hard but also soft Printen, they can be filled with and without nuts and can also be coated in chocolate. So if you are ever near Aachen you should go to Nobis and try some fresh ones! 😊

[@odessy0000]

My dad brought us a Desdner Christollen from Germany in the 90’s. It was the most decadent thing I ever tasted! So far, I have not come across a christollen that yummy as of yet. I wish they sold those online!

[@pirlie]

Oh but they do! Just the shipping can get expensive depending on where you live. Like up to 36€ for shipping of 1 kilogram of Stollen if you do not live in the EU.

[@Hanna-zg2sq]

Blätter Krokant is my absolute favourite Easter treat!!!! Best Lindt eggs ever ♥️

[@myrtheengeman4787]

Omg I always go to germany for those potatoes and not covered marzipan. Prefer the german ones over the dutch ones. And those Kränze 😍 Oh, besided that I hate those soft gingerbread cookies covered in chocolate, they taste like dry "ontbijtkoek" (dutch thing). But your raw reactions are priceless!! Nice video, keep on going ❤️✨ Have great holidays together.

[@pia_n]

Uyen, your pronunciation of Spekulatius was really good and it kept getting better🏅😊

[@PodoHelmer]

I'm excited to watch this video because I love sweets and Uyen and it will be fun to see her try German sweets 😂❤ ill go watch now 😊

[@cheyannesilvers9311]

Your videos make me so happy❤️ when I need a serotonin boost I watch you!

[@TheJadeFox]

Would love to see you sharing some of the Vietnamese holiday foods we should try!

[@lisastenzel5713]

Uhhhh❤ I love that idea...I am excited to see which of my favourite ones are in there. Btw, that gingerbread in the beginning: wrooong oooones! There are the ones with sugar coat on top and thin chocolate underneath! So best of both and they are the most amazing!!! But you picked the right hearts!!!😊 The one without filling are a Christmas crime!!!

[@comfymaruu]

ur festive nails are so so pretty !! 💕

[@cosimavanborne3017]

I love blätterkrokant. Its always sold out here so I think more people like it. 😊 Merry Christmas 🎄😊

[@scooterllm4398]

Thank you German BF for all the entries presented for rating! You did good! Great video!

[@nooperspism]

Loved the ranking categories and to see the plates at the end. That's a sad chrismas party. lol

[@heathernicole9358]

Aww her face when he told her that German dad was excited by an orange for his stocking.

[@mallbratgirl_3005]

I love how your accent when speaking english has a mix of vietnamese and a little german in it it's so cool