Oktoberfest will be coming to close at the end of the week. There are many things I will always associate with Oktoberfest and one of them is the Lebkuchen. Lebkuchen is gingerbread, and at Oktoberfest, the gingerbread is made into heart-shaped necklaces with messages of love.

Lebkuchen, or gingerbread hearts, with many ways of saying “I love you” at Oktoberfest.

Of course, your sweetie should give you one, but I could not resist buying one for myself that did not have a message of love. It simply said, “Oktoberfest.”