I tasted it. Meh.

what does MEH mean?

I've never eaten it either.

Glenda, you can eat it spread on toast, kind of like peanut butter.

Some folks use it in desserts.

I've never eaten it and I don't want to start as it's not a healthy product. If I like it, I'd eat too much, and if I don't like it, I've wasted my money, so it's better just not to go there.

The Italian Centre near me makes Nutella filled croissants.

‘ Meh‘means that the object of discussion is just so-so, nothing wonderful to be praised.

I've never had it either.

Annie, you can buy 99 cent stocking stuffers. 😉

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There are healthy versions available, WFM has a version made with sunflower oil. Of course this falls in the dessert category, as it has loads of sugar.

It is lovely on baguettes, crepes with sliced banana, or just a nice piece of sandwich bread.

https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/product/nocciolata-organic-hazelnut-spread-with-cocoa-milk-b0016ll5ds

Nutella is a riff on Gianduja a Piedmontese chocolate cut with hazelnuts to stretch the chocolate. Hazelnuts used to be cheap and plentiful in Piedmont (the region around Turin at the feet of the Alps), once upon a time.

Never had it. I dont need another bad habit.

It's delicious. I love it on toast or smeared on a banana. As with anything, if you eat it in moderation it's not unhealthy.

Have not had it in years. Like it on toast or graham cracker.

I tried it, but I didn't like it particularly. I'm not a big fan of chocolate so it makes sense that a chocolate hazelnut spread wouldn't become a craveable snack for me.

I bought my first jar yesterday to use in.ain.a cookie recipe-

Nutella/peanut butter crinkle.

I had better make them soon.

I love eating Nutella with a spoon.

Used to buy it for my first two exchange students but I don't like it. I think they ate it on toast.

Never had it either. I might like it - I love hazelnuts and chocolate. I've just never been interested in trying it.

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I tried it in 2005 in Paris, walking back to the "hotel" room after a late night walk to a grocer for beer and there was a crepe maker street stand on the way. tt was a delicious sugary treat that night, and subsequent nights. But I've never eaten it since. Too much sugar.

I tried it decades ago, but I'm not a big fan of chocolate so it wasn't a big hit. I'll stick with peanut butter.

With a spoon or smeared on a banana. Also good on toast. I stopped buying it a few years ago because it was so good

I tried it once and was totally underwhelmed. I don't understand the love. I love chocolate, I love hazelnuts, but together in this formulation was a big miss for me.

It's okay and I feel the same way about Trader Joe's cookie butter in a jar. I can live without both.

It's typically eaten on toast. I met a diver who said she got fat on it, it became an obsession. I'm with Elizabeth...Meh...that means I don't hate it...but I'm NOT loving it either. I'd rather be obsessed with eating "healthy" low fat....vegetarian dishes. I DO like hazelnuts ground down to a flour for a cheesecake crust....or I like Ferrero Rocher's candy.

Have you tried almond spread? Or almond butter? It's ok.

I dip pretzel sticks in it!

I love chocolate, like hazelnuts okay, but didn't like Nutella's texture -- all gooey-sticky. No depth of flavor -- whipping the nuts and chocolate made it uniformly sweet. Not worth spending calories on.

That said, if a nutella crossaint were the only choice on the dessert bar, I'd take it!

I've never had reason to try it, but then I'm not much of a peanut butter fan either. It's commonly eaten by family in Europe - who are not peanut butter fans either. Nutella a frequent treat for them and I've bought it when stocking the beach house close by where they often stay when here. I don't think I've ever been there when the jar has been out and opened ;)

My sister and I just commented at Thanksgiving that neither of us remember having peanut butter in the house when we were growing up. If we were having sandwiches, they were more often cheese, or a lunchmeat of some kind. It wasn't a health thing because mother did feed us bologna...:)

I tried it once and found it sickenly sweet. Without looking it up, I think that sweetness comes from high glucose corn syrup which I’m not allowed to eat at all.

Back to the peanut butter for me!

Melt it into warmed heavy cream for a dessert sauce to top cakes, ice cream or cheesecake. Yum!

I've tried it a time or two, I love hazelnuts ad I love chocolate, so it seemed like a winning combination. And it almost is, in my book, anyway. But would be so much better if made with dark chocolate. Probably a good thing it's not, I don't need another bad habit.

Rusty

Kali loves it on toast. I don’t buy it often..

Oh never! The palm oil content mixed with all that sugar? BUT: I am Dutch and this is what I grew up on and it's the only chocolate spread I'll put on bread or toast. It's not hazelnut (ew!), it's chocolate and comes in both milk and dark chocolate. Nutella will never be in my house.

I haven't eaten it for years and would probably find it too sweet now but I ate a lot when I lived in Germany and I loved it. I adore hazlenuts. It's not fair to compare it way cto pnb, being sweet and chocolaty, not savoury and salty. Completely different products. It's quite possible there is a different recipe for the US Nutella versus European. afaik it does not contain high glucose corn syrup.

I looked up the ingredients on Nutella’s website. Thet say is has ”Sugar” as the sweetener.

I tried it, didn't like it, don't understand why some people love it so much.

I’ve had it. Hated it. I expected to like it as I very much like hazelnuts and chocolate, but this particular combination doesn’t work for me.

Yes. I like it in limited amounts. It's very popular in Continental Europe, I don't know about the UK. It's not exactly a like for like substitute, but I've always thought about it as a bit of a substitute for peanut butter (not commonly eaten in Europe) supplemented with the chocolate flavor that in turn seems to be more common there than here. .

I loved chocolate hazelnut spread as a child. I don't remember the brand. Perhaps it was Nutella and it has changed. The Nutella sold today is like a disgusting creamed candy. I don't care for it one bit. I have heard that Nutella in other countries is different. Maybe that's why. Perhaps what I remember from my childhood was an import. It wasn't a staple in our home but we loved it.

There used to be a cinnamon spread we had at times also. It was similar to creamed honey and came in a tub. I believe it was simply called cinnamon spread. Perhaps it was honey based but the cinnamon was the dominant flavor. I've tried products labeled cinnamon honey and they do not come close.

Being Italian , grew up on it. plain bread and spread it on. As an adult i dont care for it.

I like chocolate and I like hazelnuts but I do not like Nutella. Tried it and other chocolate hazelnut spreads and have found neither of the flavors are more than a whisper in any of them. The only thing I consistently eat of the combination are the rolled wafers filled with the mix.

Tried it, I like chocolate but not Nutella….

A spoon or on a Club cracker or HiHo. Yummy.