Nutella – have you tried the stuff? It’s a chocolate hazelnut spread that’s been around for 50 years. Yep, I had no idea they’d been around that long either, but this past weekend I found out that they’re touring the country to celebrate their anniversary and “spread the happy” with all of their fans. Of course, when I learned that they were coming to a city near me I had to go get my own fill of happy.
I could basically eat this stuff right out of the jar (spoon optional).
Nowadays, people are putting this chocolate hazelnut spread on everything. But since it’s back-to-school season and I know most of us are looking for quick and easy ways to fuel our kids, and ourselves, in the morning, I thought I’d show you some great ways to use this tasty treat.
For breakfast, I thought I’d start with Chocolate-Hazelnut Banana Bliss. I got this recipe from Easy Home Meals, which has a bunch of deliciously simple recipes that use convenient ingredients from the frozen and refrigerated aisles.
Of course, you can leave out the chocolate syrup and whipped topping if you want to make this a little healthier!
For lunch, you can try swapping out the peanut butter in our recipe for Grilled PB & M with chocolate hazelnut spread. I’m pretty confident that this sandwich can put a smile on anyone’s face.
One of the goals of Nutella’s “spread the happy” tour is to encourage people to share how they love to enjoy Nutella. You can see some of the crazy concoctions on Nutella’s Tumblr page. I wanted to try something a little different too, so I found this recipe for Dessert Grilled Cheese.
Believe it or not, this flavor combination is actually pretty good!
If you’re looking for a traditional dessert recipe to treat yourself (or the kids) to after a long day, I recommend our No-Bake Chocolate Cake or Chocolate Hazelnut Torte. Neither of them require any baking, which makes them the perfect easy dessert to enjoy.
Irresistibly good!
Back-to-school season affects all of us. Whether you’re Mom, and you need to make sure the kids have everything they need to get through the day, or you’re me and you just need to get out the door before school traffic holds you up, we’re all looking for quick and easy recipes to fuel our day.
For even more quick and easy recipe ideas, be sure to check out our free eCookbook, Cool Fuel for School: 30 Recipes for Kid-Friendly Meals. In this cookbook you’ll find over 30 recipes that kids of all ages will love!
There are so many different ways to enjoy Nutella!
Do you like spreading it over frozen waffles in the morning, or are you more of a “grab a spoon and dig in” kind of person? Have you tried it on fruit slices?
Let us know in the comments below for a chance to win!
GIVEAWAY:
We’re giving twelve (12) lucky readers a chance to win two (13oz) jars of Nutella!
Giveaway Rules: Giveaway is open and offered only to legal residents of the forty-eight (48) continental United States and the District of Columbia. Only one entry per person. Readers must comment on the blog for a chance to be entered. Open from August 12, 2014 at 5pm EST to August 19, 2014 at 4:59pm EST. Twelve (12) winners will be selected at random using a Random Generator. Winners will be notified on the blog, as well as by email.
EDIT: Giveaway is now CLOSED.
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Thank you for all the creative ways to enjoy Nutella. I usually just stick my spoon in for a glob but will definitely try the dessert grilled cheese.
I favorite sweet and salty treat is Wheat Thins crackers dipped right into the Nutella container…heaven!!!!
I am obsessed with chocolate and use Nutella constantly. I’ll put it inside of crescent rolls, on bananas, or enjoy it with a spoon.
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I love this stuff,I am a Nudella Addict.I don’t waste my Nudella on anything anymore ,just with a spoon.oh so good!lol
My life is complete!
I just spread it on bread and that’s amazing.
I can’t wait to try other different ways to use Nutella
I just need the jar and a spoon. 🙂
My son loves Nutella with his animal crackers!
I love it on apple slices!
This is a great way to eat it! In fact, as part of their tour, they’re doing regional fruit pairings with Nutella! I believe they paired it with apple slices in New York. 🙂
The dessert grilled cheese looks awesome!
It’s a combination I never would’ve thought to try, but it actually works!
Great stuff. Love it. the other brands are just imitators.
I love Nutella anyway that I can get it! Thanks for the opportunity to win! Sure would be nice!
I love Nutella on toast. It’s great on bananas or on Ritz crackers with a little marshmallow fluff and peanut butter. I haven’t tried it on waffles yet but that’s a great idea.
I like Nutella on toast and apple slices.
I love Nutella on everything! It is great on frozen waffles!
I’m not a waffle person, so that option is out! But I WOULD put Nutella on a warm croissant and I might even be brave enough to try the Dessert Grilled Cheese!
On breakfast crepes, is the way we eat it!
Thanks!
This stuff is awesome on waffles, Pretzels, graham crackers. My family Loves it.
The best is dried apricots dipped in Nutella, but my husband is a big fan of pretzels with his.
I love to eat Nutella by the spoonfuls.
Nutella is great on waffles but my favorite is on toast. I will have to try it on fruit slices.
Yes, I have tried Nutella on apple slices, but I prefer to use it on hot toast-Texas style.
I never knew that there were so many ways to enjoy it. Thanx for the ideas.
My family and I love Nutella.
I really enjoy it on fruit. Slice apples, banana’s or even on pineapple slices.
I use Nutella as a frosting for white cake. Comes out to be the best cake frosting I’ve ever used.
Hope to win!
My favorite way to eat Nutella is with pretzels! During our 8 day power outage from Sandy, I ate a whole jar of Nutella with pretzels.
Thanks for the giveaway…like Nutella on a toasted whole wheat bagel for a quick breakfast.
I’ve had it several ways. I usually eat it on toast and I’ve dug into the container & ate it with a spoon. Yum!!
I like it on fruit like bananas.
I can actually say I’ve never tried Nutella. If I were lucky enough to win, I could try some of the suggestions here on ways to try it out.
My daughter and I adore Nutella. My favorite way is right out of the jar. I have been known to eat a jar in one sitting.
I like a dollop in the center of hot oatmeal.
I like to dip my strawberries and bananans in it truly the best ever~with a little powder sugar
I like it right off the spoon
I made a pound cake that came out a little dry, and a smear of nutella on each slice saved it.
I love Nutella on waffles or toast in the morning, although I do have some really interesting recipes bookmarked for when I’m feeling adventerous!
Wow i could really use these
Those Nutella recipes look lovely! I like Nutella on toast or with fruit!! Just digging in is good too!!
I like a little Nutella on a bagel or toast in the morning.
I could eat this stuff on anything……….
I’ve never tried Nutella, but would love to after checking out the suggestions for using it.
sounds delicious!
I like it on crackers
WOW the dessert grilled cheese looks so yummy.
For me what we do is cut up and apple and put the nutella on them –Goodness all around.
Definitely grab a spoon and dig right in! 🙂
Definitely, with a BIG spoon, sitting in the middle of the floor, daring anyone to try to take it away from me. Lol. 🙂
The grilled cheese sounds amazing – but im usually a grab a spoon and dig in!
I’m a grab a spoon full person!
Grab a spoonful and dig right in!
i like it on strawberries
I like to dip pretzels into the jar.
I like to spread it on tortilla shells and add sliced bananas.
I spread it on Pancakes, Waffles & Scrambled Eggs.
Im a grab a spoon person, never tried it on fruit.
I’ve used it while backpacking…spread it on a bagel.
I spread it on graham crackers for a quick snack.
I love eating it with fruit like strawberries and I love to bake with it.
I love Nutella on strawberries and apple slices. But my favorite way to eat nutella is to spread peanut butter on a graham cracker top it with nutella and then add another graham cracker.
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I like my nutella with bread sticks!
I like my Nutella just as a sandwich
I love it with chunky pb on toast. tastes like melted reeses.
I have not tried it on fruit before but I like to use it with peanut butter on sandwiches.
Nutella and bananas sandwiches are the best! Thanks.
I love Nutella on crackers and on sandwiches!!!
I am definitely a “grab a spoon and dig in” kind of person. But I have tried it on bananas!
I usually eat it straight from the jar.
yes I am a *grab a glob & go* person- I need my own jar because I double dip
but I do also like smearing it on apple slices
Kathryn C
A jar of Nutella with a spoon is perfect for me.
most times i just get a spoon and go with it or mix it with peanut butter
I definitely like spreading it on things, but I have a wide range of what I am willing to spread it on.
I especially love Nutella on warm bagels & English Muffins! Thank you for the recipe ideas too!
I’m mostly a grab a spoon guy but I do spread it on pancakes for the kids.
I love spreading it on a piece of toast. Such good stuff.
It also makes a great frosting if you mix it with butter, shortening and powdered sugar.
If there was a snack heaven on internet it would be definitely this blog! 😀
I am ridiculously relieved to see so many comments about just dipping in their spoon for a taste! my husband makes fun of me because i do that but i’ll have to tell him that HE is the odd man out. i do enjoy when he makes us a snack plate with apples & pretzels to dip in the nutella, though.
definitely going to try the nutella grilled cheese. i love nutella & i love grilled cheese, so quirky it just might work! thanks for the tip 🙂
No need to feel alone! Look how many of us like Nutella straight out of the jar! I’d love to hear how you liked the Dessert Grilled Cheese. 🙂
I like it spread on something especially waffles.
I like to grab a spoon and dig in.
I like it on apple slices and bananas
My son loves ‘choclate’ sandwichs!
My Swedish Grandmother used to make us Swedish pancakes spread with Nutella. Great memories.
I like nutella on bagels
I love Nutella on apple slices, bananas and strawberries as well as swirled into vanilla ice cream. So good!
Nutella is AMAZING!!! We love to dip our bananas in it.. So yummy!!!!
I am a spooner here!
Grab a spoon and DIG IN
never tried it with fruit.i would like to try it spreaded on waffles
I’ve never tried it.
I like to cut up a banana and put a layer of peanut butter and then a spoonful of nutella on each little piece. Delicious!
I spread it on so many foods. I love how Nutella gives my food a special taste to it, especially when I spread it on my pancakes.
I’d love to try it with fruit….I’ve only had it on bread.
Im more of a stick my spoon in and go but I have spread it on a banana before and it was deicious 🙂
I really love it on toast!
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i love it on my waffles and in my S’mores!
I like dipping whole almomds or pecans in it!
I love on Cinabons
We love Nutella in my house! I grew up loving it too, back in the 1980s it wasn’t easy to find around here though, but luckily when we went to Germany my mom would bring lots back, I remember one time the customs people questioning about hte Nutella, toothpaste, and salami we had packed. I was so scared they were going to take my Nutella, but they let us keep it. Now I can find it almost anywhere. My 2 youngest have a favorite treat called “a special” it is Nutella on a spoon with some type of cereal ( it varies which kind) crushed or placed on top then put into the freezer. They just love eating “a special” 🙂
“The special” – I love that!
I enjoy it on bread,
Before seeing these comments, never would have thought of putting it on apples and bananas!
I grew up in europe, with nutella, all of my life lol, and i love it straight from the spoon and spread on bread of bagels or “pfankuchen” equally 🙂 However, one of my favorites ways of polishing of a jar of nutella, is by heating up some milk, and pouring it into the jar of leftover Nutella…..this makes the best hot chocolate, and hey, there’s not even the tiniest little bit of nutella wasted 😉
That’s a great idea Melanie! What an easy way to make hot chocolate. Now I’m going to have to finish a jar off, just so I can try that. 🙂
I just grab a spoon and dig in lol. I eat it plain
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I have not tried it yet but I would spread it on muffins
Would love to try these ideas! great prize!
Nutella is really delicious as a filling for stuffed french toast. I use it a lot for breakfast. spread on toast, with granola & fruit or just a spoon I LOVE it all
I really Love Nutella . It’s Great With Toast. I have Three Nephews who always love it as a Snack.
Our household LOVES Nutella! We love it for dipping fresh fruit in but we’ve also found lots of scrumptious recipes, using Nutella, on the web.
I am a “grab a spoon and dig in” kind of person!
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I like apple slices just dipped right into the jar….and spread on cookies…and on toast…
I love it on saltine crackers- the sweet and salty combo is delicious!
I love a good sweet and salty combo, too!
I have to admit that I still have never tried nutella. But I think I would like it spread on some fresh rolls!
Once you try it, you’re probably going to love it as much as the rest of us. 🙂
A nice nutella sandwich is good for me
I like it on bread for a snack
My grandchildren love nutella on their toast. We also make wonton wrappers with nutella and bananas folded up in the wrappers.
Yum! That sounds like a great idea!
I have only tried it on crackers and bread
I rarely eat Nutella but my mother does. If I did it’d probably be by the spoonful.
Love Nutella on toast with bananas! Mmm
I have never tried Nutella, would like to though.
We like the little packs that have the crackers in it
The “Nutella & Go!” packs are great! Perfect for on the go!
My favorite way to eat Nutella is on toast with a side of strawberries. Sometimes I just dip the strawberries in Nutella for a quick, healthy pick-me-up! Can’t wait to make the no bake cake!
We haven’t tried Nutella yet! Thank you for the cool giveaway!
I like to grab a spoon and dig in.
i am a dig-right-in with a spoon kinda person
delish on graham crackers and English muffins.
I have not tried Nutella yet.
I like Nutella spread on toast. It’s pretty good on waffles, too.
I love Nutella on toast in the mornings, but I do grab a spoon and dig in sometimes too! My kids eat it with apple slices and pretzels for a snack! We are huge fans!
I love it on toast
Thank you for the chance of winning this great product! My boyfriend and I love Nutella.
Thank you in advance if I win Nutella or not! I eat Nutella and peanut butter sandwhich every day.
I love on my Pancakes!!
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Our favorite way to eat Nutella is in crepes! Yummy!!!!! Or, by the spoonful!
My entire household lives Nutella. My youngest would have pancakes and Nutella every morning if he could. They put them on Eggo waffles and my husband eats it with granola bars erinnsluka@gmail
I love it with apples!
I grab a spoon and dig in! In fact, I did it yesterday. 😉
Nutella is good on ANYTHING from toast or crackers to fruit.. I LOVE IT!!!!
i enjoy nutella on my banana. it’s my favorite treat.
I have never tried Nutella. I would like to try it on apple slices.
I spread it on doughnuts! Krispy Kreme that is.
I’m more of a grab a spoon kind of girl!
I do like to eat it off a spoon! Yum! I haven’t tried it on fruit, yet. My favorite way to eat Nutella is in crepes.
I spread it on my homemade zucchini bread.
All these recipes look so yummy! 🙂 Thanks for the chance.
I love it spread on toast.
My daughter loves nutella I catch her eating it out of the jar often!we love making cookies with it.
I have never actually tried Nutella! Seeing all these yummy looking recipes though has inspired me to add it to the grocery list!
I have collected many recipes and ideas for using nutella – but honestly, I never use them, I just use the spoon. though I do LOVE crepes with strawberries and nutella, it’s a lovely savory/sweet snack!!
I grab a spoon and dig in. I put it on toast with peanut butter. This makes a delicious sandwich.
I love it on toast!
AHHHmazing! I spread it on everything, I stir it into coffee, I eat it straight off the spoon!
What a great way to make hazelnut flavored coffee!
I love it on frozen waffles!
I usually spread it on toast or on sliced apples. Never thought of putting it on my waffles, but think that’s a great idea.
I am an “PUT IT ON EVERYTHING!’ kind of person.
We love to put Nutella on pancakes. it is a yummy start to the day!
I dig into Nutella and eat it with a spoon!
I like to eat Nutella straight out of the jar.
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I like it on a spoon, but also love it on apples!
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My daughter is a “put it on everything” kind of person. She loves to dip pretzels in it for a snack.
I love it best on my bagels!
We like to eat it on PB sandwiches
The first time I tried Nutella,I was hooked and goes great with pretzels.I like it as a dip for veggies too.
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Nutella is fantastic with pretzels! #BestSnackEver
I love it on graham crackers with bananas
I like it on toast.
I like to just dig in! I love adding to a bowl of ice cream too, it’s yummy! my son loves it on his toast in the mornings..sometimes with banana!
I am a grab a spoon and dig in and then get to my toast 😉
I love this stuff,I am a Nutella Addict 🙂
nutella and sliced banana on toasted raisin bread, yummy!
My daughters love this on toast and waffles.
I love nutella with peanut butter and fluff on a warm toasted bagel. Yum!
My youngest son would eat an entire jar by itself in one sitting, if I would let him. Thank you
we are dippers so we always dip our pretzels in nutella…such a tasty treat 🙂
I like it on crackers!
Hiding my head in shame….I have never tried Nutella. Okay, now that I have admitted that I would love to try it as a spread for fruit or on toast.
My mom loves Nutella. She eats it every night for snack. She loves it on toast. she has it during the day with her fruit like apples or bananas.
I love it on soft, white bread!