If you have never tried this before, I am warning you….DON’T! My oldest son went to a friends house and when he came back he said he had tried Nutella and it was fantastic and please, please, please can I get some the next time I go to the store. Now, I have heard of Nutella, I knew it was some kind of hazelnut/chocolate spread, but obviously since I am in weight loss mode, I don’t usually pick these kinds of things up so they can start talking to me from the kitchen at 10:30 at night for me to come eat it! It must have been fate, because I went to a smaller local Fair Share store by my house to get a few things, and what is at the register? Jars and Jars of Nutella! My son said “Please???” It was only $1.99, so I reluctantly put it in my cart. We brought it home, and he immediately wanted me to try it. When he opened up the jar it looked like the consistency of peanut butter, but instead it is chocolate. I took a small spoon and ate some. It is fantastic! Now two tablespoons are 190 calories, and I don’t really have room for this in my healthy eating plan. So, we put it away, and I went on about my business. The next day, when my son asked if he could have a snack, I said sure, and he came back with a small dish of the Nutella and a dish of pretzels, and he is scooping up the marvelous chocolaty Nutella with the pretzels. “Can I try one?” And, let me just say, the combo is pretty awesome! All I could think of was that now this jar is in my house, and I know what to do with it! To make matters worse, my other son did the same thing, but instead of pretzels, he made little graham cracker sandwiches with the Nutella oozing out the sides! So, of course, I had to try that too! And, it was pretty much just as wonderful as the pretzel experiment… So, I just want to warn you, if you are ever in the grocery store, and you see Nutella and you don’t feel like piling on hundreds more calories you don’t need….just walk away, just walk away!
![Nutella](https://www.jenn-cooks.com/wp-content/themes/elara-pro/sample/images/1470x680/1470x680-3.jpg)
- 0 points
- 100 Days of Jenn – 2023 Summer Challenge
- 2021 Wellness Journey
- 3 points
- 4 Points
- 6 Points
- 8 points
- a day in the life of me!
- air fryer
- appetizer
- Ask Jenn Cooks! Answering FAQ's
- bbq
- bread
- breakfast
- cheese
- chicken
- cookbook review
- cookies
- Costco
- crock pot recipes
- dessert
- diabetic
- dieting
- dinner
- Dinner Idea
- eggs
- exercise
- family friendly
- farmer's market
- Food Finds
- fruit
- garden
- general ideas
- granola bar
- grocery store ideas
- grocery tips
- high protein
- holiday foods
- jam
- jams/jelly
- kid friendly
- lunch
- meatball
- Muffin of the Week
- News
- oatmeal
- one skillet dinner
- pancakes
- party food!
- pasta
- pizza
- potato
- potluck
- product review
- Recipe
- recipe make over
- restaurant review
- salad
- salad dressing
- salsa
- Side dish
- smoothies
- Snacks
- soup
- stir fry
- Successes!!
- super food
- Team in Training
- Uncategorized
- vegetables
- vegetarian
- weigh in friday
- Weigh-in Wednesday
- weight loss superstars!!
- Weight Watcher Questions Answered
- weight watchers
- weight watchers friendly
- What I Eat in a Day
- workouts
- yogurt
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 96 other subscribers
My recent posts!
Categories
- 0 points
- 100 Days of Jenn – 2023 Summer Challenge
- 2021 Wellness Journey
- 3 points
- 4 Points
- 6 Points
- 8 points
- a day in the life of me!
- air fryer
- appetizer
- Ask Jenn Cooks! Answering FAQ's
- bbq
- bread
- breakfast
- cheese
- chicken
- cookbook review
- cookies
- Costco
- crock pot recipes
- dessert
- diabetic
- dieting
- dinner
- Dinner Idea
- eggs
- exercise
- family friendly
- farmer's market
- Food Finds
- fruit
- garden
- general ideas
- granola bar
- grocery store ideas
- grocery tips
- high protein
- holiday foods
- jam
- jams/jelly
- kid friendly
- lunch
- meatball
- Muffin of the Week
- News
- oatmeal
- one skillet dinner
- pancakes
- party food!
- pasta
- pizza
- potato
- potluck
- product review
- Recipe
- recipe make over
- restaurant review
- salad
- salad dressing
- salsa
- Side dish
- smoothies
- Snacks
- soup
- stir fry
- Successes!!
- super food
- Team in Training
- Uncategorized
- vegetables
- vegetarian
- weigh in friday
- Weigh-in Wednesday
- weight loss superstars!!
- Weight Watcher Questions Answered
- weight watchers
- weight watchers friendly
- What I Eat in a Day
- workouts
- yogurt
Check out my new Merch Store!
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 96 other subscribers
Recent Comments
Archives
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- March 2022
- January 2022
- November 2021
- September 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- April 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- December 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- February 2019
- January 2018
- August 2017
- February 2012
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
Same thing happened to Rachel: had some at a friends house then wanted us to buy it. Happily, the infatuation didn’t last.
And I never had any!
Oh Jennifer….Bree has been eating this for years but thankfully I am not as fond of it as she is. She still takes it in her lunch. I know it’s surprising that I don’t love it (since it’s chocolate) but so far I have been able to steer clear. I am NOT going to try the pretzels dipped in it though — that sounds like it could be really good!
When we were younger my brother had it at a friend’s house, but never convinced my mom to buy it.
I’ve had it in crepes out at restaurants and it was to die for, but have never bought it myself. I always thought it was meant to be an ingredient for something I’d never be motivated enough to make at home (like crepes) so it never crossed my mind to purchase it.