I try and rate German Christmas sweets

Hey, I'm Uyen. In my new video I will finally try all the German Christmas sweets. Have fun and make sure to subscribe to never miss another new video.

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Hi, I'm Uyen Ninh but please just call me Uyen!
I moved from Vietnam to Germany 3 years ago for studying. I make silly videos about how Germany looks like through the eyes of a Vietnamese - on my way to be your favourite Ausländer! :D

00:00 Intro
01:37 First sweet
02:57 2nd
03:43 3rd
04:37 4th
05:46 5th
06:41 6th
08:03 7th
09:01 8th
09:56 9th
10:44 10th
12:18 11th
12:55 12th

[Opa_Andre]

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

[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.

[CosmoDragons]

Germans during the year:

Spring: Bread
Summer: Bread
Fall: Bread
Winter: *Gingerbread*

[bojk]

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

[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. 😂

[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.

[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...

[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.

[cadoho]

I have a few things to comment:
1. I love Blätterkrokant <3
2. Baumkuchen was clearly missing
3. With Rumkugeln it's the same as with Zimtsterne: all the storebought ones taste like crap, but homemade they are really good (and I don't like Rum, so I would suspect Uyen would like those if she likes rum.)
4. If Uyen likes Anis she should try Anisplätzchen.

[beccibaum]

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

[bitterspice]

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

[ari-cuql]

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

[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😊

[TAS]

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. 🇩🇰🍪💙🎄

[yuvra]

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

[p.s.]

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

[steffidu]

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

[alexnosheds]

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

[suemurray]

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?

[thejazzpianist]

"they cosplay it as a tiny potato" 😭