3/30/11

This makes me completely nutty.

I know I sound like a current-day 16-year-old saying how cool the "new" band Nirvana is, but I must proclaim: Nutella rocks my world. Yeah, so, I'm a few decades late on the Nutella praise bandwagon. So I'm no breakfast spreads hipster. But it is amazing to me that I had managed to go through so much of my life without chocolate hazelnut spread to dollop on anything from toast to peanut butter pretzels. Oh, and apples and spoons. And sometimes butter knives. It started last November, when I was watching a random playlist of old Giada DeLaurentiis episodes on Hulu and saw enough to realize Nutella could be a staple of my diet while maintaining super-white teeth and a tiny waist. I bought a small jar so I could make her grilled Nutella sandwiches. Then, the two-packs of family-sized jars of Nutella were on sale at Costco later that month and I bought two, saying loudly, "This will be great for all Christmas cookies and desserts I have to bake for everyone." I really said that. And I truly believed it, too. But now it's March and the fourth jar is in my pantry, down to just a thin layer of beautiful brown with sad and desperate scrape marks marring the surface.


Too bad I didn't realize that saving the gold tops of Nutella jars could get me free Nutella stuff, like a handy plastic spreader that can reach the sides and corners of Nutella jars. Daaaamn yoooou, Ferrero! Now I have to buy at least three more jars of your evil concoction so I have something to show for it besides, perhaps an extra inch to pinch on my waist. (False advertising, Giada. Damn you, too.)
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1 comment:

  1. Oh. Em. Gee. I literally just tried Nutella for the first time about 2 months ago. Holy hell, that stuff is delicious. I haven't broken down and bought any yet because I'm afraid of the repercussions. I know damn well I will start putting it on EVERYTHING. But after reading your post, I might have to just go for it.

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