Pardubický perník is a baked pastry product made in the city of Pardubice and the municipality of Spojil in the Czech Republic since the 16th century, but the production really took off in the 20th century. It is a decorated gingerbread product made in two varieties.
One is a filled product where the filling is placed between two pieces of gingerbread and coated with sugar or chocolate, and the second variety are gingerbread figures cut in various two or three-dimensional shapes such as hearts, stars, animals, cars, boxes, sledges or Christmas trees, and coated with sugar or fat glaze.