Nutella
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joshperson195 wrote: »Personally I hate Nutella and don't agree with it being marketed as a "health food." But like all desserts, everything in moderation.
I thought they stopped promoting it as a health food.
I've never seen it promoted as a health food.
A few years ago they had a commercial with a mom giving her kids Nutella on whole wheat toast and saying how it was a "wholesome breakfast" over beauty shots of milk and hazelnuts. It didn't actually say it was "healthy" but I'm sure people who don't put much thought into what they eat could have taken it that way
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Yummmm.....Nutella and Biscoff spread are staples in my house. I love them, but I can also moderate them fairly well. I love mixing them into my plain oatmeal.
Speaking of....has anyone tried biscoff and nutella rice krispie treats!? They are to die for. I replace the melted chocolate with melted nutella.
http://www.bakerella.com/brown-butter-biscoff-crispy-treat-bars/
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Ready2Rock206 wrote: »What's sad about it? Other than the fact people think it is a health food.
That is the sad part in my opinion. It drives me crazy when people say they are having a healthy snack and it's nutella.0 -
Rebecca0224 wrote: »Ready2Rock206 wrote: »What's sad about it? Other than the fact people think it is a health food.
That is the sad part in my opinion. It drives me crazy when people say they are having a healthy snack and it's nutella.
Hey! It has protein (some) in it! Health food, dammit!
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Everyone's so big on how coconut is good for you. This is how I like to get my coconut.
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Susieq_1994 wrote: »distinctlybeautiful wrote: »This makes me happy..
That "duo penotti" brand came out with an Oreos and cream spread recently, I found it at my supermarket yesterday!
duo penotti - love this! i have 1 TBSP on my English muffin in the am - so much chocolate-y goodness0 -
My son eats it most mornings on a waffle for breakfast. But, he's so active that his fitbit often hits 20k steps by the end of school and I can't keep weight on the boy (he's 11). It's not a health food, but sometimes you resort to anything you can to get food in your kid (especially when they won't stop moving to eat)0
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Have you tried the Maltese?mattyc772014 wrote: »Everyone's so big on how coconut is good for you. This is how I like to get my coconut.
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@CooCooPuff Yes, I would rank them as follows:
1-Bounty This is my fav. 1 and 2 are very close
2-Twix
3-Maltesers-This was ok.0 -
CooCooPuff wrote: »
There was a lawsuit a few years ago about this.joshperson195 wrote: »Personally I hate Nutella and don't agree with it being marketed as a "health food." But like all desserts, everything in moderation.
I thought they stopped promoting it as a health food.
I've never seen it promoted as a health food.
I submitted a claim to take advantage and got a check for the price of a large jar.joshperson195 wrote: »Personally I hate Nutella and don't agree with it being marketed as a "health food." But like all desserts, everything in moderation.
I thought they stopped promoting it as a health food.
I've never seen it promoted as a health food.
A few years ago they had a commercial with a mom giving her kids Nutella on whole wheat toast and saying how it was a "wholesome breakfast" over beauty shots of milk and hazelnuts. It didn't actually say it was "healthy" but I'm sure people who don't put much thought into what they eat could have taken it that way
Must have been in a different country than the ones I've lived in.
But then, I only started eating Nutella after I moved to Australia. It didn't seem to be very popular in Canada ... I don't recall ever seeing ads for it. I do recall that I tried it once in Canada, after discovering I couldn't eat peanuts, but didn't like it. I hadn't worked out that you've got to add honey to it to make it taste good.
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Nutella is the only food I completely lose control over! I can't just stop at one serving I could easily polish off an entire jar plus some with just a spoon. I am jealous of those saying they don't like it I wish I didn't the calories in it are crazy !
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It just occurred to me that I may have stumbled on a Nutella replacement by accident while trying to make something else. I was trying to make icing or frosting for some brownies but trying to avoid the billion calories (estimated) that come from the butter and sugar in traditional frosting. I haven't finalized the recipe yet but this is pretty close. It's a small batch because I'm experimenting but I think double this would make enough for a 9x9 set of brownies.
2 tbsp real maple syrup
1.5 tbsp raw dark cocoa
1 tbsp of greek yogurt
1 tbsp of tapioca flour
1 tsp vanilla
I didn't measure the total volume yet as it's a work in progress but it looks like at least 1/4 cup or 4 tbsp and it's about 170 calories or less than half the Nutella. To a former chubster like me that means I can eat twice as much
I don't use artificial sweeteners and prefer natural based ingredients but if you're into that sort of thing you could save a significant amount of calories by using an Aunt Jemima type of sugar free syrup. The maple syrup here is more than 100 calories. Leaving out the cream and using calorie reduced syrup you could probably get a reasonable approximation of Nutella for about 25-30 calories/tbsp or 1/4 to 1/3 the calories.
I suppose you could also use powdered peanut butter instead of tapioca but I'm not sure how well it dissolves as I've never used it. Lots of possibilities here and it's just a matter of dumping everything into a bowl and mixing it together. I imagine it would keep for a long time too.0 -
JohnnyPenso wrote: »It just occurred to me that I may have stumbled on a Nutella replacement by accident while trying to make something else. I was trying to make icing or frosting for some brownies but trying to avoid the billion calories (estimated) that come from the butter and sugar in traditional frosting. I haven't finalized the recipe yet but this is pretty close. It's a small batch because I'm experimenting but I think double this would make enough for a 9x9 set of brownies.
2 tbsp real maple syrup
1.5 tbsp raw dark cocoa
1 tbsp of greek yogurt
1 tbsp of tapioca flour
1 tsp vanilla
I didn't measure the total volume yet as it's a work in progress but it looks like at least 1/4 cup or 4 tbsp and it's about 170 calories or less than half the Nutella. To a former chubster like me that means I can eat twice as much
I don't use artificial sweeteners and prefer natural based ingredients but if you're into that sort of thing you could save a significant amount of calories by using an Aunt Jemima type of sugar free syrup. The maple syrup here is more than 100 calories. Leaving out the cream and using calorie reduced syrup you could probably get a reasonable approximation of Nutella for about 25-30 calories/tbsp or 1/4 to 1/3 the calories.
I suppose you could also use powdered peanut butter instead of tapioca but I'm not sure how well it dissolves as I've never used it. Lots of possibilities here and it's just a matter of dumping everything into a bowl and mixing it together. I imagine it would keep for a long time too.
I'm curious how this could be a replacement since it doesn't have any hazelnuts?1 -
mattyc772014 wrote: »Everyone's so big on how coconut is good for you. This is how I like to get my coconut.
i'm not sure what this stuff is. are you expected to put it on bread?
sorry for sounding like a dick if i do. i just need the assumption confirmed because my mind struggles with the bread-candy combination. it seems . . . odd to me, like when people put cinnamon or ginger in tomato-based things.0 -
canadianlbs wrote: »i'm not sure what this stuff is. are you expected to put it on bread?
sorry for sounding like a dick if i do. i just need the assumption confirmed because my mind struggles with the bread-candy combination. it seems . . . odd to me, like when people put cinnamon or ginger in tomato-based things.
Do you ever put jam on toast? Similar concept. Chocolate + bread is actually a pretty great combo, IMO. It's almost akin to eating a chocolate croissant although not as flakey, obviously.0 -
JohnnyPenso wrote: »It just occurred to me that I may have stumbled on a Nutella replacement by accident while trying to make something else. I was trying to make icing or frosting for some brownies but trying to avoid the billion calories (estimated) that come from the butter and sugar in traditional frosting. I haven't finalized the recipe yet but this is pretty close. It's a small batch because I'm experimenting but I think double this would make enough for a 9x9 set of brownies.
2 tbsp real maple syrup
1.5 tbsp raw dark cocoa
1 tbsp of greek yogurt
1 tbsp of tapioca flour
1 tsp vanilla
I didn't measure the total volume yet as it's a work in progress but it looks like at least 1/4 cup or 4 tbsp and it's about 170 calories or less than half the Nutella. To a former chubster like me that means I can eat twice as much
I don't use artificial sweeteners and prefer natural based ingredients but if you're into that sort of thing you could save a significant amount of calories by using an Aunt Jemima type of sugar free syrup. The maple syrup here is more than 100 calories. Leaving out the cream and using calorie reduced syrup you could probably get a reasonable approximation of Nutella for about 25-30 calories/tbsp or 1/4 to 1/3 the calories.
I suppose you could also use powdered peanut butter instead of tapioca but I'm not sure how well it dissolves as I've never used it. Lots of possibilities here and it's just a matter of dumping everything into a bowl and mixing it together. I imagine it would keep for a long time too.
I'm curious how this could be a replacement since it doesn't have any hazelnuts?
Feel free to experiment.0 -
CafeRacer808 wrote: »Do you ever put jam on toast? Similar concept.
it's just me so i'll spare the rest of you guys, but ever since i first asked this i've been trying to figure out why jam =/= chocolate bar in my mind as a thing it makes sense to spread over bread.Chocolate + bread is actually a pretty great combo, IMO. It's almost akin to eating a chocolate croissant although not as flakey, obviously.
fair enough. i make pain au chocolat now and then, so i get the idea. but somehow there are extreme specifics [again only in my own mind] about which kinds of chocolate and what kind of bread.
but anyway, moving on . . . wasn't meaning to sound disparaging, just wanted to make sure i properly understood what the twix and malteser versions were meant to be for.0
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