Lebkuchen vs Gingerbread

Josh came home from his annual Oktoberfest boy's weekend on Monday and he brought these fun Lebkuchen necklaces for the kids. They were so happy to have a treat BUT I'm going to let you in on a little secret. What nobody tells you is that Lebkuchen is absolutely, undeniably AWFUL. It looks like gingerbread, it smells like gingerbread but it does not taste like gingerbread. I believe it is an international joke played by German speaking countries. Kind of a ..."let's see if we can get all the foreigners to eat this..." sort of a thing. Trust me, stick with gingerbread. You'll thank me.