When I was growing up, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were the way to go. We usually had the Welch’s Concord grape jelly and many varieties of peanut butter. It was usually Skippy’s or Jiff, which looking at today, I am surprised that my body hasn’t given up a few years ago. Have you seen what is in those? Well, my wife, bless hear heart, woke me up. Since we were first married she would only buy Adam’s peanut butter, the kind that has the oil at the top when you buy it and you have to stir it into the peanut butter and then you store, it has to be in the refrigerator. The reason is doesn’t have preservatives in it, like the other brands. Those you can keep out or put in a shelf in your cabinets for an unknown time and it will never go bad…when maybe not unknown. I remember it wouldn’t last long at our home; we had five kids and two parents that were PB&J aficionados when it came to that favorite staple. I remember eating it for dinner when I was running solo (bachelor). It had it all, the fruit, (ha-ha more sugar) and the protein, peanuts… Sometimes we would add margarine to the mix. Can you imagine all of those preservatives? Laughingly, I told my brothers and sister, that when we go to the “far beyond” if they would ever dig us up, they would find perfectly preserved human, just looking at them with a big smile on our face and a dab of peanut butter on the corner of our mouths. (That doesn’t sound to eye appealing)…but I think you get the point. It is sort of funny when you think about it. Well back to the topic of this post. Nutella, here is what is in it. (sugar, palm oil, hazelnuts, cocoa, skim milk, whey (milk), lecithin as emulsifier (soy), vanillin: an artificial flavor). They says you can tell you how healthy the food products is by the first few ingredients…in this case...pretty bad. But, at least there I can see it…hazelnuts, is that anything like peanuts?

Well now that I see them, I remember them. I use to love those at Christmas time; because they were the easiest to open…where’s my hammer…you must remember to take off a little piece of the outside of the nut, because it is very bitter. So that’s one of the main ingredients of Nutella. That tells me a lot. The only part I don’t like is the first ingredients of Sugar and them Palm Oil. (Talk about cholesterol). At least it has some redeeming value in it…skim milk. What is lecithin as emulsifier mean again? Oh yeah and the famous “artificial flavors”, that tells me a lot. I think I am being set up for a disaster. But, we will see. I have a few Nutella recipes and some Peanut butter recipes. You tell me which one you like the best. . I think they both have it going.

The 15 Best Nutella Recipes Ever

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1. Nutella S’mores Pizza

S’mores recipes are a dime a dozen, but a s’more pizza infused with Nutella? Now that’s a homerun. S’mores are one of our favorite dessert treats, and pizza is our favorite food group (yeah we know, it’s not a real food group). This is a recipe for success any way you slice it. [View Recipe]

2. Nutella Hot Chocolate

What better way to spend those cold evenings in the upcoming holiday season than a mug filled with Nutella hot chocolate? The homemade whipped cream is icing on the cake for a classic recipe enhanced by our love for hazelnut. [View Recipe]

3. Nutella Swirled Banana Bread

Banana nut bread is something we’ve always enjoyed, but elevate that typical recipe with some dark swirls of Nutella, and now you’ve got a real mouth watering loaf of bread on your hands. [View Recipe]

4. Sweet & Spicy Bacon Coated with Nutella

We have constantly professed our love for bacon in the past, so it goes without saying that this was easily the most exciting recipe on the list – and it lived up to the hype. After cooking up a solid batch of bacon, we were a bit hesitant to smother it in Nutella, but it was well worth it.

5. Nutella Donuts

If we had to pick one breakfast food to eat for the rest of our lives, it would probably be donuts. For that reason we included several donut recipes on the list. This particular one sees a kickass donut recipe finished off with a Nutella frosting. [View Recipe]

6. Chocolate Nutella Stuffed Pancakes

If you like chocolate chip pancakes, you’re going to love chocolate hazelnut pancakes. The Nutella is added to the batter, which makes these pancakes great even without the pictured butter, syrup, and bananas – but who eats pancakes without butter and syrup? [View Recipe]

7. Nutella Freezer Fudge

In just 5 minutes you can transform that creamy jar of Nutella into these frozen blocks of chocolate hazelnut fudge. Add some coconut oil, natural cocoa powder, pure pumpkin puree, and Agave nectar, and you’ve got yourself a batch of fudge worthy of feeding 20 people. Well if each persona only eats one piece . [View Recipe]

8. Nutella Banana Crepes

Personally we prefer sweet over savory when it comes to crepes. They’ve always been more of a dessert food in our eyes, so this recipe was a match made in heaven. It’s worth noting that these are best served fresh. You can store them away for later, but don’t – you’ll thank us later. [View Recipe]

9. Nutella Sticky Buns

It’s almost as if every recipe gets better than the last, and seeing how delicious cinnamon sticky buns are, we knew this would be a tough one to beat. We were right. Finished off in Nutella, nutty caramel sauce, and a bit of glaze, these sticky buns are some of the best we’ve ever had. [View Recipe]

10. Nutella Filled Sugar Donuts

We warned you that we had an affinity for donuts, which means we had to find a standard donut, and a “cream” filled one. Here’s the latter. Instead of packing the sugar donut with cream or jelly, these have been filled with Nutella. Definitely not part of a balance breakfast, not that we care one bit. [View Recipe]

11. Nutella Instant Iced Coffee

If you prefer iced over hot coffee, this recipe is for you. This cold brew features generous splashes of Nutella and a bit of milk to jump start your day. [View Recipe]

12. Nutella Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate cookies are an absolute classic when it comes to dessert, and this recipe does the iconic cookies justice. If you have a chocolate addiction, this is the recipe for you. If you don’t have a chocolate addiction, you will after this. [View Recipe]

13. Banana & Nutella Stuffed French Toast

Some people prefer French Toast over pancakes to start their mornings off. Personally, we’ll eat whatever someone else is cooking. This recipe is similar to previously featured Nutella pancakes, but swaps out the pancakes in favor of French Toast. The Bananas almost make it feel healthy. We said almost. [View Recipe]

14. Nutella Pudding

This was one of the most enjoyable recipes on the entire list, because we can see ourselves making this one regularly. As we stated previously, we love to eat Nutella right out of the jar, and this pudding keeps the consistency similar to what we already love. Each batch claims it serves 8. If you’re like us, make 2 batches if you plan on sharing. [View Recipe]

15. Nutella Brownies

You didn’t think we’d make a list of the best Nutella recipes without including brownies did you? The finished product is decadent, gooey, and just downright delicious. You can’t go wrong with brownies…ever! [View Recipe]

Now…Peanut Butter

10 Easy Peanut Butter Recipes