Anyone know where to buy Lebkuchen in the city?

Submitted by justneedausernamepls t3_zk0zws in philadelphia

So before the plague descended upon us, I used to get these treats called Lebkuchen from some Germans who came to the Christmas market at Love Park. Either all the people who worked for that company died or they just don't come to the US anymore, but whatever happened I still need them. So my question to Philly reddit is: do any of you know any seller of Lebkuchen? We're a worldly af city, someone has to sell these somewhere. Any help?

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joggle123 t1_izx7yhp wrote

Rikers market in fox chase

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Lizzardking666 t1_izy0sf0 wrote

This right here anything german import make fresh wurst n all sorts fresh meats their calfs liverwurst is the best in city

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striper_43 t1_izx7771 wrote

Haegele's Bakery in Mayfair

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CathedralEngine t1_izx6yqd wrote

I think there’s a bakery up in Mayfair that sells them around this time, I forget the name though

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watwatinjoemamasbutt t1_izxur90 wrote

Aldi!

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Lizzardking666 t1_izy0xh6 wrote

Sorry but Um no

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watwatinjoemamasbutt t1_izyhyf6 wrote

Lol no it’s not freshly baked obvi but they’re the same prepackaged lebkuchen you’d find at more expensive places. I’m not crazy about the ones with icing but love the dark chocolate ones. Well, I guess more for me!!

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fuechschen12 t1_izx838g wrote

I think DiBruno’s has them

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cultivars t1_j01ruhe wrote

can confirm the 9th st one in italian market does

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TooManyDraculas t1_j00eou6 wrote

In a pinch Lidl tends to carry this sort of thing. One of the things I like about them over Aldi. They carry more of their European products. They especially seem to get down on German Christmas foods.

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k_babz t1_j01oct2 wrote

trader joes and aldi have the legit ones. they usually have stollen too!

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smug_masshole t1_izxgp4y wrote

If it helps, these are also sometimes called Honigkuchen, although I think there's also a slightly different thing called that as well, and there's probably a bunch of people who will tell you they're nothing alike because no one outside their home city/village/region know how to make it properly.

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WeeSmallHours t1_izxk6rb wrote

Ouch, that's ... not right. Honigkuchen are a cake-like bread (made with dark beer, yum) and Lebkuchen are a firmer, heavily spiced, bar. I'd be really disappointed to buy Honigkuchen and wind up with Lebkuchen...

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smug_masshole t1_izy0xyh wrote

This is the thing-- like a lot of German food, the terms are not universal and there is overlap, so you can find different things under the same name and the same thing under different names.

Lebkuchen, Honigkuchen, and Pfefferkuchen can all be the same thing

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