Pflaumentoffel

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Pflaumentoffel (etymologically probably going back to Toffel meaning "stupid, clumsy person"^[1][2]) is an edible figure made from dried or baked prunes and produced by bakeries, pastry shops and gingerbread makers for children for Christmas.

The sweet became known through its sale at the Dresden Striezelmarkt.^[3]

The Pflaumentoffel is modeled after a chimney sweep. It consists of about 14 dried or baked prunes, wooden sticks, a painted paper sphere as a head, a cardboard cylinder as a head covering, as well as a shoulder cape and a ladder made of paper covered with metal foil.^[4][5][6]