So this is Germany's version of Aunt Annies Pretzels. It's a chain of fast food pretzel kiosks they can be found at almost any train station or mall. They have the large standard pretzels but also all kinds of pretzel based snacks (like pretzel wrapped hotdogs) and other baked goods for you to grab to snack on when you're out doing errands or traveling.
Of course I had to try some authentic German pretzels while I was there and definitely recommend everyone gives them a shot, but it's not what I expected.
The pretzels here are a lot more bland than the ones I am used to at Aunt Annies. But I do think that it is due to us Americans not knowing how to take things in moderation ;). We tend to coat these pretzels with tons of sugar and sweet powders or season with a ton of the garlic salt so that the flavor is more intense (I also believe that we use more artificial flavoring and Germany tries to lean toward more natural as possible, but I can't be sure this is the case).
So the pretzels were not quite what I was expecting, but very good nonetheless. I mean at the end of the day, I do think they're the ones who have the right recipe and we need to tweak ours. read more