Germany

A tin of hard candy always sat in grandma's purse, pulled out on long car rides or in church when things got quiet. Haribo's Air-Drops in Fresh Cas...

Milka Alpenmilch Alpine Milk Chocolate Santa is a 50g chocolate Santa Claus figure from Milka — the Alpine milk chocolate brand with origins in Blu...

Semmelknödel like these are what showed up alongside the Sunday roast, soaking up every drop of gravy on the plate. Mecklenburger Küche packs 6 sem...

Funny-Frisch is a snack-aisle name straight out of German supermarkets, the bag of crunchy rings kids grab on the way out. This is Funny-Frisch Zwi...

Bechtle Spaetzle — Schwäbisch German egg-noodle tradition since 1880. Bechtle's Schwäbisch Hall house presses the soft egg-rich dumpling pasta in t...

Erika's Pantry Medium Hot German Mustard — diaspora-pantry German register. Medium-hot mustard in the German Senf tradition, packaged for the diasp...

Herring on dark bread was the after-school snack in half the households across the old country, straight from a tin kept in the fridge door. This i...

Christmas markets, spekulatius cookies, and a spiced mug of tea to warm your hands are a small package of winter memory. This is Teekanne Winterzei...

A hot mug of punch was how you warmed up after playing outside in the winter cold. This is Krüger You Glitzerista Punsch, a German drink syrup with...

Gut & Günstig Delikatess Red Cabbage is a jar of sweet-and-sour braised red cabbage from Gut & Günstig — the Edeka supermarket chain privat...

A hot mug of punch was how you warmed up after playing outside in the winter cold. This is Krüger You Glitzerista Punsch, a German drink syrup with...

Spezi is the cola-orange soda from the corner store fridge, the drink kids picked because it was sweeter than plain cola and fizzier than orange so...

Elderflower syrup mixed into a glass of water was the taste of a hot afternoon in a German or Balkan garden alike. This is Mühlhäuser's elderflower...

Perwoll has been the trusted name for keeping good clothes looking new in laundry rooms across Europe for generations. Henkel makes this Perwoll Re...

The box of Persil powder in the laundry cupboard was a constant in every household back home. This is Persil Universal Detergent Megaperls Excellen...

Nivea has sat in Balkan bathrooms for a hundred years — the brand your whole family trusted is still the one you reach for. This Micellar Purifying...

The smell of Jacobs Krönung brewing in the kitchen every morning is as familiar in Balkan homes as it is in Germany. Jacobs Krönung is a German roa...

The Persil box sitting on the shelf in the laundry room is instantly recognizable to anyone who grew up in a European household. Henkel makes this ...

A bag of Lorenz Pomsticks was the go-to snack for road trips and movie nights, and the Hot & Spicy version was always the first one gone. Loren...

Peach and strawberry drops always got passed around when cousins visited for the summer, one tin making the rounds at the table. Kalfany's Fruit Se...

Christmas markets back in Germany always had a Lambertz stand selling Aachener Dominos by the box. Lambertz double-fills these dominos with dark ch...

These bite-size merci Petits are the pieces that disappear fastest from the candy bowl when family comes over. Made by Storck, this vegetarian Dunk...

Elbrauer Das Bock — a German strong lager in the centuries-old bock tradition. Rich malt character, deeper alcohol warmth than table lager, and the...

Schneckli German Egg Noodles — Bavarian-tradition snail-shape pasta. The small snail-curl egg-noodle shape from the Schneckli German pantry line — ...