An der Weihnachtsecke, Des Moines, IA
Shop the Christkindlmarket Des Moines store for your favorite European treats.
Offering: Advent calendars, truffles, Irish whisky fudge, Mozart kugeln, marzipan, liquor-filled chocolate, assorted holiday cookies, limited-edition Toblerone, Lebkuchen, stollen, stroopwafeln, clotted cream, shortbread, tea, Swedish lingonberry jam, German mustard and German honey
Price Range: $3 – $38
Pre-Sale: Bottles of Glühwein, 2022 Glühwein commemorative mugs and select merchandise.
Glühwein and Kinderpunsch, Des Moines, IA
Support Iowa European Cultural Connection, the non-profit that produces Christkindlmarket Des Moines, with the purchase of warm traditional Christkindlmarket beverages:
Glühwein (“glow-wine”, from the hot irons once used for mulling) is prepared from red wine, heated and spiced with cinnamon sticks, cloves, star aniseed, citrus, sugar and at times vanilla pods.
Kinderpunsch is a warm beverage made from cranberry juice, apple cider, brown sugar and mulling spices.
Offering: Glühwein, Kinderpunsch, various liquor add-ins
Price Range: $3 – $6
Pre-Sale: Bottles of Glühwein, 2022 Glühwein commemorative mugs, select merchandise.
Support Iowa European Cultural Connection, the non-profit that produces Christkindlmarket Des Moines, with the purchase of various European Imports and Iowa Craft Beers. MENU CHANGES DAILY!
Offering: European imports and Iowa Craft Beers
Price Range: $6 – $7
Support Iowa European Cultural Connection, the non-profit that produces Christkindlmarket Des Moines, with the purchase of a German-style Brat or Czech-style hot dog.
Offering:
German-Style Grilled Bratwurst. This is a large, traditionally spiced bratwurst, produced by Edgewood Locker in Edgewood, Iowa. Served in a toasted bun.
Czech-Style Grilled Hot Dog. This medium-sized wiener with an all-natural casing, is made by Polasheck’s Locker Services in Protivin, Iowa. Served in a toasted bun.
Price Range: $5 – $6
Polish King – Chicago Style Fast Food
Offering: Polish, Polish with Sauerkraut, Currywurst, Gyro, Fries
Price Range: $5 – $12
At Pickle Creek, we use the herbs we grow on our sustainable Iowa farm to handcraft artisanal olive oils and vinegars, soaps, salves, and balms using our own original recipes.
Offering: Herb-infused olive oils and vinegars (including the Apple Strudel White Balsamic we created especially for this event and the Prairie Fire olive oil that earned the 2019 1st Place Scovie Award for a Chile Oil), soaps, salves, salts, and balms that we handcraft ourselves using original recipes and the herbs and other produce we grow in our garden.
Price Range: $3.50 -$27
Explore Amsterdam by experiencing Chocolaterie Stam celebrates over 109 years of true Dutch history in making fine chocolates and confections. Experience our housemade Hot Chocolate, freshly prepared Stroopwafels, and our delicious chocolates.
Offering: Hot Chocolate, Fresh made Stroopwafel, Packaged Stroopwafel, Pre-selected Assorted Holiday Chocolates
Price Range: $4 – $46
Ukrainian/European style delicacyies and gifts.
Offering: Perogies, cheburekie, Pelmenie, cabbage rolls, Ukrainian/European chocolate candys,gift Items, poppy seed rolls.
Price Range: $4 – $20
Sugarplums offers made from scratch Christmas Confections. We specialize in traditional German Gingerbreads and Cookies.
Offering: Made from scratch Christmas confections, traditional German gingerbread and cookies, Lebkuchen, Pfeffernuss, Spritzgebäck, Springerle, Gingerbread Houses, Sentiment Hearts with German sentiments, Cupcakes and Spicy Pretzels.
Price Range: $4 – $40
Delicious, hand-made, fresh-baked sweet and savory strudel and more!
Offering: STRUDEL (Apple, Strawberry Rhubarb, Reuben, Spinach Feta) Pulled Pork Sand. Pretzels, Hot Drinks, Cold drinks
Price Range: $8 – $10
Pre-Sale: thomas@thestrudelhaus.com
Offering: Original German Currywurst, German Bratwurst
Price Range: $5
Step back in time to our Old World Christmas market booth to experience an old fashion Danish Christmas. Featuring keepsakes for a lifetime. No Passport needed!
Offering: Scandinavian, Nordic, and made in Denmark Christmas items such as gnomes, elves, nisse, straw ornaments, cookware, glassware, stemware, books, sweaters, socks, shoes and prepackages foods and glogg.
Price Range: $1 – $350
Pre-Sale: www.Danishwindmill.com, 712-764-7472, sales@danishwindmill.com
Offering: Coffee drinks, Teas, Cider, Chai, Jaarsma pastries and cakes
Price Range: $6 – $10
Pre-Sale: www.TheBeanandLeaf.com
Serving delicious food favorites to the Ballard, Ames and Des Moines area. We offer catering, food truck and carry out services.
Offering: Jägerschnitzel, Jaeger Schnitzel, Kaese Spaetzle, Champignons, Belegtes Brot
Price Range: $6 – $12
The Kringle Man creates a light and flaky Danish Kringle using a puff pastry dough that is folded and buttered 81 times to give you a mouth watering experience. We add Almond Paste sweetly prepared and different fruits blended together to create an flavor explosion of sweet and flaky. A must have for coffee or ice cream or anytime.
Offering: Danish Kringle (2 sizes), Danish Letter, Cream Horns, Krispies, Danish Pastry
Price Range: $6 – $15
Handcrafted Gourmet Toffee
Offering: Toffee, Toffee Popcorn, Toffee Coated Carmel Apples
Price Range: $4 – $75
Swede Point Creamer’s Scandinavian Christmas. Locally produced goat cheeses, lotions and soaps, spritz cookies and Kringla. Come meet some of our “goaty girls” at milking time!
Offering: Goat Cheeses, Goat Milk Soap and Lotion, Krampus Socks, Apple Butter, Strawberry Jam, Knit Stocking Hat, Kringla and Spritz Cookies Christmas Decorations, Peanut Brittle, Mint Tins, Aronia Berry Jam
Price Range: $5 – $45
Pre-Sale: 515-231-5900, swedepointcreamery@gmail.com
Many thanks to our sponsors for their support of Christkindlmarket Des Moines. Be sure to visit their websites to learn more.