For over 600 years, Schmidt Lebkuchen Nuremberg has been baking and selling its delicious Lebkuchen, a special type of Gingerbread. Travelers and Traders used to carry Lebkuchen with them to enjoy and sell; now we are lucky enough to buy Lebkuchen online! During the Holiday Seasons of Advent and Christmas, you can find various Schmidt Lebkuchen Tins containing a variety of Lebkuchen cookies.
New Schmidt Lebkuchen creates tins and special packages, releasing them every year just before October to get you excited for the holidays. The highly collectible tins make fantastic gifts because they contain a wide variety of cookies and treats. Still, you can also get simple boxes, bags, and Advent Calendars full of Lebkuchen to enjoy.
The Schmidt Festive Chest is a massive chest with a large selection of Lebkuchen, German Christmas Cookies, Stollen, and other treats (including tins within the tin). I’ve bought it a few times for my family, and it’s more than enough for our Christmas celebrations. I often split the contents with my mother (we flip for the tin) or my adult children.
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Lebkuchen History
Brief History of these Delicious German Lebkuchen Cookies
Nuremberg is in the perfect location for Lebkuchen. Spice merchants traveled through the city from Genoa, Venice, and the Orient, ensuring a constant supply of pepper and other spices, giving these delicious cookies a flavor kick. Ginger was most likely introduced to Germany by Crusaders returning from the Holy Land in the Eleventh Century. But spice alone doesn’t make Lebkuchen. Nuremberg is also close to the Reichswald, also known as the German Empire’s Bee Garden. Honey supplies essential sweetness and keeps the cookies moist over time.
By the early 1600s, only members of the special Baker’s Guild could bake the Lebkuchen from a well-protected secret recipe. It was not for the home kitchen.
Nuremberg became famous worldwide for Lebkuchen.
At the Nuremberg Christkindlmarkt
Otto Schmidt Lebkuchen
In 1927, Otto Schmidt and his brother stumbled into the Lebkuchen business when they received a train car full of Lebkuchen as payment for a debt. They got the idea to separate it into types and sell it nationwide through advertising. It was so successful that Otto Schmidt established his own Lebkuchen Bakery, which has been selling Lebkuchen worldwide since then. Today, they still use the same secret recipe and the same high-quality ingredients, ground nuts, spices, honey, and chocolate that made them famous all those years ago.
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You can Buy Schmidt Lebkuchen Online direct from Germany
Schmidt Lebkuchen Tins come in all Sizes and assortments. The tins keep the Lebkuchen soft and fresh, and even become collectors’ items after the Lebkuchen cookies have been eaten. I have a large chest that I got years ago, and to this day, I use it to store cards, letters, and old photos from family in Germany. They make lovely holiday gifts for friends and family. These become available in the fall of each year.
There really is a tin for every taste!
The New Overseas Package
When I was a child, my Opa would send a big box of German treats for the Christmas Holidays. This reminds me of that lovely assortment of goodies from Opa. Lebkuchen, cookies, Domino Steine, and even a Stollen.
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Lebkuchen Schmidt Chests
The annual Collectors’ Chest may cost a bit, but the value you get from the contents makes it all worth it. The HUGE tin box comes LOADED with treats. You even find other small tins inside the big box. And all of the tins are collectible, as well as useful (I’ve filled mine with old letters and photos, as well as special memory trinkets)
There are also other large specialty chests filled with an assortment of Lebkuchen and other cookies.
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Small Collectible Chests
These beautiful small chests make thoughtful gifts for lovers of Lebkuchen!
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Order a Box of Lebkuchen
Save some money! Get all the delicious treats in a plain box instead of the chest. In the packets you’ll find a selection of Lebkuchen, cookies, and other goodies.
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