Oktoberfest Desserts You Won’t Be Able to Resist

The Jungle Jim’s Bakery Offers German pastries year-round.

As a kid, my favorite fall tradition was spending the day at Oktoberfest with my parents and two siblings. I didn’t go for the food, certainly not the beer (though my interest in Oktoberfest beer has changed over the years!), and I definitely didn’t show up for the music. Do you know any eight year-olds that find German Oom Pah music especially exciting? Yeah, me neither. No, I was there for the desserts. Every year, we would walk the festival, enjoy a brat, and save the dessert tent for the very end of our day so that we could take our treats home with us. My mother loved the apple strudel, my father always had to have a slice of Black Forest Cake, but my sisters and I had our eyes on the greatest prize of them all: the cream puff. We savored that delicate pastry, and, more often than not, fought viciously over who received the more generous portion. Of course, each one of us thought the others had more, but that’s besides the point all these years later.

Nowadays, we don’t always have time to head downtown every year. Parking can be a hassle, the Cincinnati humidity remains undiminished even in September, and the crowds can be horrendous. Luckily, we live close to the famed Jungle Jim’s International Market, which has an in-house bakery that supplies German pastries, including cream puffs, all year round! Here are my three favorite Jungle Jim’s Oktoberfest desserts, ranked from pretty good to absolute best.

If you’re like me and you indulge in a cream puff every year during the Oktoberfest season, stop by the Jungle Jim’s bakery and get some to-go! You won’t have to fight the crowds, endure the heat, or pay for parking, and you still have access to a full selection of German desserts! Plus, with Jungle Jim’s Oktoberfest Takeover, there’s plenty to do in the store. Stop by, enjoy some fun activities, and leave with dessert. It’s the perfect way to spend a weekend afternoon!