Every year new Schmidt Lebkuchen tins, and special packages are created and released 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, but 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 a few times for my family, and it’s more than enough for our Christmas celebrations. In fact, I end up sending home extra packets with visitors. Or split the contents with my mother (We flip for the tin) You can also buy the contents in a regular box, if you don’t want to pay the premium for the tin.
Festive Chest Chest with our finest pastry specialitiesSchmidt Lebkuchen
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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, insuring a constant supply of pepper and other spices that gave a kick to these delicious cookies. Ginger itself was probably 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 1600’s, Lebkuchen was only baked by special a Baker’s Guild called the Lebkuchler from a well protected secret recipe. It was not something for the home kitchen.
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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 a payment for a debt. They got the idea to separate it into types, and sell it nationwide with advertising. It was so successful, that Otto Schmidt established his own Lebkuchen Bakery that 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.
Lebkuchen Schmidt Lebkuchen Flavor of the Year for 2023- Blood Orange Elise Gingerbread
This citrus forward Elisen Lebkuchen comes in an orange tin!
Blood Orange Elisen GingerbreadSchmidt Lebkuchen
You can Buy Lebkuchen Online from Schmidt Lebkuchen!
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 tin that I got years ago… and to this day I use it to store special letters from family in Germany. They make wonderful holiday gifts for friends and family. These start coming available in the fall of each year.
There really is a tin for every taste!
Shipping- Lebkuchen Schmidt charges by weight to ship, and they have both premium and economy rates. You’ll find the chart on the website, and each item has a weight listed on it, so you won’t have surprises. Shipping can be pricey, but it balances against the low price of the Lebkuchen.
Lebkuchen Schmidt Chests
The annual Collectors Chest may cost a bit, but the value you get from the contents make 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 loaded with treats.
Nuremberg Gift Chest Delicious Elise specialities and moreSchmidt Lebkuchen
Historical Nuremberg Chest 5 fine pastry specialitiesSchmidt LebkuchenExclusive gourmet chest Fine biscuit specialitiesSchmidt Lebkuchen
Smaller Collectible Chests
These smaller chests make fantastic gifts for lovers of Lebkuchen!
Christmas Market Elisen Chest High-quality metal chest with Christmas specialitiesSchmidt LebkuchenChristmas Chest 4 fine biscuit specialities in metal chestSchmidt LebkuchenThe Christmas Bakery Chest A beautiful chest filled with Christmas specialtiesSchmidt LebkuchenColorful Nuremberg Chest 6 fine pastry specialitiesSchmidt LebkuchenChristmas Chest 4 fine biscuit specialities in metal chestSchmidt Lebkuchen
Individual Cookie Tins
These special tins make a perfect hostess gift or little something for friends and family. There’s even one that plays music!
Small Elisen Tin Filled with Elisen LebkuchenSchmidt LebkuchenHexagonal Elisen Tin 2023 8 finest mixed Elisen-LebkuchenSchmidt LebkuchenGift Elisen Tin 5 Elise gingerbreads in a Christmas tinSchmidt LebkuchenMusic box with gingerbread With “Fröhliche Weihnacht überall” melodySchmidt LebkuchenKaiser-Elisen Tin 5 finest chocolate Kaiser-Elisen gingerbreadsSchmidt LebkuchenAdvertising Column Edition 16 Advertising Column Tin filled with mixed GingerbreadSchmidt LebkuchenTheater-Pfütze Tin 2023 Decorated with pictures filled with glazed and chocolate-coated LebkuchenSchmidt Lebkuchen
h3>Order a Box of Lebkuchen
Save some money…get all the wonderful treats that normally come in a tin, packed in a plain box. All the same great Lebkuchen and cookies. It’s quite a good deal!
Large Holiday Package Christmas specialties in a large gift packageSchmidt Lebkuchen
Schmidt Lebkuchen
Pick your favorites to make your own box!
Lebkuchen of the year 2021 Elisen-Königin without flour in the doughSchmidt LebkuchenGingerbread Roasted Almond chocolate-coated Elisen-Lebkuchen with almond brittleSchmidt LebkuchenChocolate Elisen less sweet Delicious Elisen Lebkuchen, less sugarSchmidt LebkuchenMarzipan Mini-Elise exquisite Lebkuchen with marzipanSchmidt LebkuchenElise Plum-Cinnamon Lebkuchen of the Year 2020Schmidt Lebkuchen
Shaped and Filled Lebkuchen
Fairytale House Fünf Schoko-Lebkuchenherzen mit Füllung und einem MärchenSchmidt LebkuchenKaiserlein 4 brown filled Lebkuchen with chocolate coatingSchmidt LebkuchenLebkuchen stars 4 chocolate and 4 glazed gingerbread starsSchmidt LebkuchenChocolate-Fruit-Pastry one bag of chocolate fruit pastry filled with cherry-fillingSchmidt Lebkuchen
Schmidt Christmas Cookies
The Dürer Brot is my absolute favorite!
Butter cookies 12 pieces with whole milk chocolate baseSchmidt LebkuchenNuremberg Vanilla Crescents One pack of buttery shortbread biscuitsSchmidt LebkuchenNuremberg Cinnamon Stars One package of cinnamon starsSchmidt LebkuchenSpeculoos 1 pack of finely spiced crunchy biscuitsSchmidt LebkuchenNuremberg Butter Biscuits One pack of delicate biscuits with a fine buttery tasteSchmidt LebkuchenNuremberg Nougat Buttons one bag of crunchy shortbread with a fine nougat noteSchmidt LebkuchenNürnberger Anis-Knöpfchen a bag of crispy shortbread with a fine note of aniseSchmidt LebkuchenDürer-Brot Ein Beutel Dürer-Brot mit Vollmilch-SchokobodenSchmidt Lebkuchen
