Grittibänz are sweet little men made of bread. They are made here around Christmastime and they're awesome. They are Switzerland's version of gingerbread men except they're much doughier and not made of gingerbread but instead of sweet buttery bread.
The one below is smoking a pipe (which is not edible) but they also come holding bunches of twigs or a block of chocolate. And when you eat the chocolate with the sweet bread it's the most delicious thing on earth. Sometimes they have bits of sugar sprinkled on them, like the one below, and sometimes they don't. It's not really sugar, it's like the frosting on a cinnamon bun ... so it's sugar mixed with something that's really bad for you but tastes really good.
Here's the one I brought home today, and I would like to note that this is the first time I've gotten one home intact! I almost always eat at least the head off on my walk home from the store while it's still fresh.
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