UPDATE: Festivities are under way for World Nutella Day 2010 on February 5th! Make sure you check out the Hazelnut Macarons with Nutella and Spicy Nut Centers I made for World Nutella Day 2009!
I’ve seen quite a few people come to this blog by searching for “nutella virgin” for some reason, and then I thought as part of my duty as your World Nutella Day co-host, a Nutella primer is necessary for those of you who haven’t eaten it before, and just in time for World Nutella Day tomorrow! Make sure you visit the other World Nutella co-host Michelle today with her Top 10 Signs You’re Addicted to Nutella. And come back tomorrow for World Nutella Day!
Nutella is best served at room temperature, and a bit warmer if it’s a cold winter because you want it to spread easily. With the glass containers, you can take the top off and nuke it in the microwave for a few seconds if you really want to speed up the spreading process.
After a lengthy and empirical study out in the field, I’ve identified the main archetypes of what is A Nutella Lover. And they usually fall into one of these categories:
- The Spooner. This person uses a spoon, which not only is the most ergonomic utensil available, it’s also the most efficient in terms of excavating volume from the Nutella jar. This Nutella lover usually believes in a direct-to-mouth approach for the excavation.
- The Naturalist (aka using one’s Finger). Not only does this person not want anything between him and his Nutella, he truly believes eating it off the end of his finger brings him closer to Nutella-godliness. (Editor’s note: clean hand recommended.)
- The Lover Lover. Different from the Naturalist, this Nutella lover spreads Nutella onto body parts that are not his/her own.
- The Dipper / Dunker. This person avoids using pre-approved utensils to reach their Nutella for as long as possible, instead using pretzel sticks, breadsticks, and even fruit to dip, dip, dip away the Nutella through the jar opening until it becomes impossible to continue and they must change tactics.
- The Spreader. The weapon of choice is usually a knife, and the care which this person uses in spreading Nutella is tantamount to a religious experience, carefully covering all surface area and corners with creamy Nutella. Thickly or thinly spread? That’s their prerogative. Be sure not to interrupt them during the procedure as harm may befall you.
- The Stacker. This person stacks as much Nutella as possible onto the surface level available, trying to achieve as much height possible in proportion to the horizontal area of their chosen Nutella sidekick. The accompaniment is merely an afterthought and it’s Nutella which takes the main stage, though the cracker/bread/cookie is usually chosen for its strength and structural integrity at being able to bear a large load of Nutella.
- The Sandwicher (paninaiolo). Using a baguette or some simple white bread, this person prefers to lovingly surround Nutella with carbohydrates before surrendering to temptation, in the hopes the carbs will slow down further consumption of said elixir.
- The Chef (aka In Denial). This person has a high degree of self-imposed control and prefers not to eat Nutella in its natural form, but cooked or baked into other dishes. Not because they don’t like the taste of Nutella on its own, but because they like it too much and are afraid of themselves in the Spooner or Naturalist forms.
Which Nutella Lover are you?
Now are you ready to break the seal? Now that you know how to eat it, here’s what you can eat it with! Check our Nutella Day Recipes page for some more inspiration and we look forward to your contributions tomorrow for World Nutella Day!
5o Ways to Eat Nutella :
- with a spoon.
- between two slices of white bread.
- spread onto a crusty baguette.
- in a crepe.
- in a crostata.
- in brioche/cornetti/croissant.
- in a donut.
- on top of gelato.
- dip a banana into it.
- spread onto cookies or wafers.
- between two pizzelles.
- in an ice cream cone.
- on sweet ravioli.
- in a hamburger or hotdog bun.
- on a bagel.
- on a muffin.
- on top of a waffle.
- in a pita.
- on poundcake.
- twisted in challah.
- on strawberries.
- on sliced pear.
- stuffed in a cored apple.
- spread on celery sticks.
- stuffed in French toast.
- swirled into brownies.
- swirled into or topped onto cheesecake.
- dosed into your morning coffee.
- frozen into an icy granita.
- mixed with rice krispies.
- topped on a cupcake.
- injected into a cupcake.
- between layers of a cake.
- as frosting for a cake.
- as a twist on tiramisu.
- mixed with your favorite cream alcohol.
- mixed into a chocolaty martini.
- between layers of trifle.
- mixed in your favorite pudding.
- melted into hot chocolate.
- in creme brulee forms.
- in filled profiteroles.
- in tuiles.
- in babka.
- in tiny filo cups.
- on a sweet pizza.
- sandwiched between layers of pandoro or panettone.
- with peanut butter in a poor man’s peanut butter cup.
- in a N&J – Nutella & Jelly sandwich.
- with marshmallow fluff in a FlufferNutterNutella.
Did I leave any out? What about you? What kind of Nutella Lover are you?
51 responses so far ↓
Oh my goodness, is it possible that I’m all the types of Nutella lover? I like to mix things up you know….
Oh this is just brilliant! *slurp*slurp*
My son spreads it on pancakes!
My favorite way to eat it is with a spoon, though I do like it spread on top of rice crispy treats and in crepes with bananas.
all the above my friend.
I’ve never hear of it until this blog. Checking it out online, it appears to be a chocolate and hazelnut “peanutbutter” kind of thing. I’m not big on hazelnuts but it might be interesting to get some and see what its like.
Definately w/ a spoon. I have a continuous jar open in front of me at work. I’m sure my co workers think I’m nuts.
I love Nutella, not between white bread, but just on a really fresh slice of white bread, both of which I don’t eat regularly , but when I do, it tastes great :-)
where does Sante fit in?
You left out my favorite – Nutella with a side of vanilla ice cream. I just posted it on my blog for tomorrow’s wave of chocolate hazelnutty yumminess. :)
Had not heard of Nutella since my days in England at the University of Surrey, when I started my dancing day with it on toast or a scone and a hot cup of coffee!~
Did I mention the devonshire cream????
Yum! Yum!
Aloha from Hawaii….
Had not heard of Nutella since my days in England at the University of Surrey, when I started my dancing day with it on toast or a scone and a hot cup of coffee!~
Did I mention the devonshire cream????
Yum! Yum!
Aloha from Hawaii….
Either on a croissant, bagel, or just with a spoon. Or wait, even on ice cream!
I’m a spooner. I hardly ever put it on anything and end up eating whole containers all straight from the jar.
It’s great baked into Pilsbury crescent rolls… with or without raspberry jam. Mmm…
it wasnt an option, but i prefer eating my nutella off a knife, not a spoon. and straight is how i usually eat my nutella, but ill eat it with anything that could add to the experience. a list cant be made of this wonderful creation’s accompaniments. there are infinite combinations of nutella and what you can eat it with. the strangest food ive topped nutella with is probably italian sausage, but i havent been keeping track.
I had no idea it was World Nutella Day until about 5 minutes ago when I ran across your blog via David Lebovitz’s and I can’t believe it. I always thought I was alone in my Nutella addiction. :) How great. My favorite nutella vehicle is sour green apples and nutella on a spoon. Use the nutella as dip till you run out of apples and then lick the spoon. Yum.
i didnt know there was a day dedicated to one of my favorite spread! yes you guessed it, im either a spreader or a sandwhicher!
thanx for the great pictures!
Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it: Nutella & Jerkey
Sweet & Salty Nutella Paradise!
personally, i believe any other way of eating nutella besides with a spoon or a finger and prehaps from another’s body is a sin against The Substance. i mean, show some respest to The Substance! to ruin it by adding lesser tastes like bread and fruit!
i like it from the fridge. it’s cold and firm on the inside and melts wonderfully once inside my mouth.
i am dreaming of ferrero making a nutella-filled chocolate, perhaps a nice 55% of cocoa solids in the shell, filled with real nutella…
I’m a Nutella Chef and it really is because I’m frightened what may happen if I get my fingers in the jar!
Katie xox
#3 is my absolute favorite way to eat nutella! Oh the joy! Thank you for a delightful post about one of my favorite foods. :)
I love the suggestions in the comments – maybe next year I’ll have to get up to 100 or even 1000?
I was used to eating it with bread and then dip the knife again by itself in the jar to get a bit extra.
now i stopped using the bread but i still like the knife!
on the edge a bit..but carefull always. hehe
Cracks me up that the official Nutella, USA site can only come up with 9 ways to eat it!!!!!!
Graham cracker (using the dipper/dunker technique), esp. the oatmeal graham crackers.
I love Nutella.
I spread it on my Zebra Cake!
where can I get white nutella from! It is addictive but I cannot get it anywhere?! x
I eat a flavor of ice cream called Hazelnut Brownie (Selecta brand in the Philippines) along with Nutella!
The absolute BEST way to eat nutella ( to my mothers displeasure of course =D)
take 2 chocolate ripple biscuits and slather one with nutella- the more the better- and the other with whipped cream.
now place together and enjoy…
MmmmMmmm *drool* =D
I put nutella on one half of a slightly-toasted English muffin and creme cheese on the other half. Put them together like a sandwich and enjoy! The German and Swiss have the best Nutella–the US version has too much sugar for my liking.
with a lollipop
These are alot of weird ideas but personally I like nutella on toast :) im thinking of combining it with whip cream and something else I find yummy in the kitchen!
Nya~
i have finished entire jars of nutella like people eat tubs of yogurt. i know, im good.
Oh my..it takes me back to my childhood when Mama would spread frosting on graham crackers…so that’s how I like it best!
A recipe for the best oatmeal in the world:
Quantities specified serve 1, multiply by integer coefficients as necessary. Cook time remains constant.
3/4 c. oatmeal (not instant!)
1/4 c. spiced apple cider
5/4 c. H2O
1 “handful” of pecans and almonds
1 “shake” of an equal mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, ginger
1 tbsp. Nutella.
Combine all solid ingredients (except Nutella) in bowl while bringing liquids to a boil. Add solid ingredients to boiling diluted cider solution, return to boiling then immediately reduce to medium heat. Add Nutella, stir frequently. From this point, cook for 7-10 minutes to desired consistency.
Mmmm on waffles !
justin: just a tbsp on Nutella?!?! …. awe man, i would totally put like a whole cup on that :P its so good. haha.
I just found nutella this weekend, I immediately went to the pretzel dip, yummers!
I’m a spooner for sure.. -unless I get too eager and go natural-
I cook with it whenever I can, tho oftenly takes me a little too long and I reach for a spoon instead :P
Best Nutella food ever?
This italian candy with, wait for it,
Nutella filled figs, dipped in chocolate. Chills.
I LOVE nutella like this:
spread a thick layer of nutella on toast and get a banana and put it right in the middle of the toast (whole) and fold like a taco. then spread some nutella on top of the banana and some skippy peanut butter!! chunky!!! or creamy. SOOOO good!!
dipping pretzels and eating it with apples and just eating it from the jar. I just tried Nutella this past weekend and im officially addicted to it
mixed with Ricotta and eaten with a spoon (then licked from the bowl, until the bowl is CLEAN)
The tastiest way to eat this awesome Nutella is to mix in into a fresh snowball, then hurl the snowball at someone’s face, hopefully a clean face, then lick off the cheeks, the ears, and especially the nose since you victim’s tongue can’t reach those parts.
Ahhh– am I the only weird one here? I tried Nutella back in high school and I didn’t care for it at all! It tasted really chalky to me… I was hoping for a chocolate fudge taste and definitely didn’t get one. Maybe it had expired– does it expire?
-Sylvia
WOW! i love NUTELLA SMORE”S they are very very very good, but most of the time i just eat it with a butter knife straight outta the jar, and i tried it on a few other things and thought it was ok but the grossest thing i ever tried it on was probably a banana not a good flavor! ick…..there should be a white chocolate nutella OMFG! im a genious…maybe there is one but o well..!
Nutella in vanilla ice cream! It’s awesome! :)
dip Peachy O’s in it! works best with a few friends all sharing a jar :)
the candy may be a bit weird but when dipped in nutella it is simply delicious, I swear!
Hey guys, look at this, a little video to celebrate nutella day !
http://www.bombe.tv/videos/La-journee-mondiale-du-Nutella-le-5-fevrier
I like to spread my nutella on graham crackers, make a sandwich, and then lick my knife when Im done :) most often, this is accompanied by some strawberry milk, and eaten like any other cookie. Dipped in milk until slightly soft. mmmm….
I’m definitely the spreader–but oh the things I can spread it on! The crazy thing is, I had NEVER heard of Nutella prior to 1999 when I moved to a TINY FARMING VILLAGE near Spangdahlem (close to Trier) GERMANY! In Europe, Nutella is a breakfast staple much like jams and jellies! The restaurants and coffee shops around here (at least in the southern U.S.) have NO IDEA what they/their customers are missing out on by failing to provide Nutella as much as they provide ketchup and sugar!
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