I am Italian and, living in Scandinavia, apart from being mostly disgusted by the other chocolate spreads, I am always very surprised to see the office managers, offering breakfasts on select days, defaulting to a teaspoon in the Nutella jar.
I grew up with a taboo for that and the only way I would ever have Nutella is by scraping some with a knife-side and spreading it thinly on a slice of bread.
It’s funny to see people do such things and then coming with the question: “you Italians have pasta, pizza and Nutella and you still manage to be so thin. How?!”
Yeah as a Norwegian I’ve always been a bit weirded out when thinking about chocolate spread for more than two seconds. Tbf, I feel like you’re making it out to be more normal than it is (but idk how it is in Sweden or Denmark). Among adults I very very rarely see chocolate spread on bread. Among children however… Not great for their nutrition. I think most parents think “better they eat something than nothing” but I’d argue maybe that’s not always the case.
On another note: holy crap the regional chocolate spread (nugatti) is like 10 times better than nutella. Nutella households are weird.
I can’t remember which one I used last but if you look up a “healthy” one it’ll usually give you a better ratio of nuts to sugar. There are tons of recipes out there for homemade Nutella, so it’s kind of a process of trial and error to play with the ratios to find what you like best
I find the homemade stuff tastes way better since it’s more like hazelnut butter with chocolate
There are more varieties of hazelnut chocolate spread in Germany than there are stars in the sky. Not all of them, but most of them, are better than Nutella.
I am Italian and, living in Scandinavia, apart from being mostly disgusted by the other chocolate spreads, I am always very surprised to see the office managers, offering breakfasts on select days, defaulting to a teaspoon in the Nutella jar.
I grew up with a taboo for that and the only way I would ever have Nutella is by scraping some with a knife-side and spreading it thinly on a slice of bread.
It’s funny to see people do such things and then coming with the question: “you Italians have pasta, pizza and Nutella and you still manage to be so thin. How?!”
Check your portions.
Yeah as a Norwegian I’ve always been a bit weirded out when thinking about chocolate spread for more than two seconds. Tbf, I feel like you’re making it out to be more normal than it is (but idk how it is in Sweden or Denmark). Among adults I very very rarely see chocolate spread on bread. Among children however… Not great for their nutrition. I think most parents think “better they eat something than nothing” but I’d argue maybe that’s not always the case.
On another note: holy crap the regional chocolate spread (nugatti) is like 10 times better than nutella. Nutella households are weird.
To be fair I definitely think Nutella used to have better ratios because it used to taste better.
I make my own now with far more hazelnuts
Never considered that possibility. Do you have a recipe? Would love to try.
I can’t remember which one I used last but if you look up a “healthy” one it’ll usually give you a better ratio of nuts to sugar. There are tons of recipes out there for homemade Nutella, so it’s kind of a process of trial and error to play with the ratios to find what you like best
I find the homemade stuff tastes way better since it’s more like hazelnut butter with chocolate
Big agree on Nugatti. It’s so much better. I feel similarly about kvikk lunsj over kitkat.
I liked nugatti zero, but apparently it doesn’t exist anymore?
There are more varieties of hazelnut chocolate spread in Germany than there are stars in the sky. Not all of them, but most of them, are better than Nutella.
some are also hilariously cheaper, i just checked and the store brand here is literally 70% the cost of nutella…
yeah, it’s more a “we finally got them to eat something. calories are calories dammit” on our end.
I’m pretty sure a little sugar is better than starving to death.
Yeah I mean I agree, and I don’t judge parents for “giving in”. I was a really difficult kid myself when it comes to food.
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Fuck no. That shit is vile
A jar of this would last years in my house as a kid.